Thank you all for the Grisham recommendations. I'm going to the library after work today to do some browsing. (Yes, I still old-school and check out paper books, but think I'm going to ask Santa for a Kindle finally. Lol.)
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Ag12thman said:
Thank you all for the Grisham recommendations. I'm going to the library after work today to do some browsing. (Yes, I still old-school and check out paper books, but think I'm going to ask Santa for a Kindle finally. Lol.)
I read 99% of my books on my phone. I can always read.
Wow - I guess I need to do this so I can get more reading done. Do you just use the Kindle app on your phone? I guess I have always assumed the pages would be too small on my phone. (Yes, I'm a bit old school when it comes to books.)Rudyjax said:Ag12thman said:
Thank you all for the Grisham recommendations. I'm going to the library after work today to do some browsing. (Yes, I still old-school and check out paper books, but think I'm going to ask Santa for a Kindle finally. Lol.)
I read 99% of my books on my phone. I can always read.
I was diehard old school until I got a kindle. Absolutely love it and would never go back. My whole library in one place. Paper white does make a huge eye strain difference, but I will read on the app on my phone sometimes. Integration with audible is great. Prices are better for the most part.
Ag12thman said:Wow - I guess I need to do this so I can get more reading done. Do you just use the Kindle app on your phone? I guess I have always assumed the pages would be too small on my phone. (Yes, I'm a bit old school when it comes to books.)Rudyjax said:Ag12thman said:
Thank you all for the Grisham recommendations. I'm going to the library after work today to do some browsing. (Yes, I still old-school and check out paper books, but think I'm going to ask Santa for a Kindle finally. Lol.)
I read 99% of my books on my phone. I can always read.
Yep. I do Libby which I can check out ebooks for reading from libraries.
I can also listen to audible books on Libby and Spotify.
I only buy books from a couple of authors I'm ok supporting.
I have pretty big font too since I'm in my 50s.
Absolute said:
I was diehard old school until I got a kindle. Absolutely love it and would never go back. My whole library in one place. Paper white does make a huge eye strain difference, but I will read on the app on my phone sometimes. Integration with audible is great. Prices are better for the most part.
Thanks for sharing these details! I definitely need to see about getting a Kindle. I can see the benefit of being able to read anywhere and not have to pack a book around all over the place in order to be able to. I was wondering about the eye strain as well. I have actually been considering a Kindle for a while and others in this thread recommended it earlier this year as well. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the page sample. That's definitely big enough font size. (I am also in my 50s.) Maybe I really don't need to buy a Kindle and can just use my phone with the Kindle app as you are doing. This helps a lot. Thanks a lot for the information!
I just spent 30 seconds trying to get to the next page of that screen shot.
Holy cow, how did I miss all of this discussion on both Kindle and Grisham? I don't remember when I read the last one of his, but there weren't any bad ones. Some just aren't as good as others. One book still stands out, The Chamber. If you aren't familiar with the story, it's about a Klansman on death row for a bombing he didn't commit. His grandson tries to get his sentence overturned while the inmate doesn't want him to do it. It truly changed my mind on the death penalty due to the writing. It is a very depressing story.
As far as ebooks, I've written before how much I love having an electronic library. I use my phone, my IPad and my Kindle to read on, depending on where I am. I read all the time, and almost never read paper books any longer.
As far as ebooks, I've written before how much I love having an electronic library. I use my phone, my IPad and my Kindle to read on, depending on where I am. I read all the time, and almost never read paper books any longer.
John Adams - David McCullough (audiobook)
"Rained all day. Read Don Quixote!"
"Rained all day. Read Don Quixote!"
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
Started A Time to Kill last night. Man. That first chapter is rough.
The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner. Re-read the book that first taught me that Economics is cool.
Crosshairs by James Patterson
Quote:
Listened:
1. Over my dead body: Jeffery Archer. Book 4 Willam Warwick
2. Next in Line: Jeffrey Archer. Book 5. William Warwick
3. Long Road: Stephen Hyden
4. Slay book 3. Scott Sigler
5. The Target: David Baldacci. Will Robie book 3
6. The Guilty: David Baldacci Will Robie book 4
7. The End: David Baldacci Will Robie book 5
8. Split Second. David Baldacci: King and Maxwell book 1
9. Hour Game: David Baldacci: King and Maxwell book 2.
10. Zero Day: David Baldacci. Will Puller book 1
11. Simple Genius: David Baldacci Book 3
12. First Family: David Baldacci. King and Maxwell book 4
13. Sixth man. David Baldacci King and Maxwell book 5
14. Atmosphere: Taylor Jenkins Reid
15. King and Maxwell: David Baldacci. Book 6
16. The Forgotten: David Baldacci. John Puller Book 2
17. The Escape: David Baldacci. John Puller Book 3
18. A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Addams
19. The Stench of Honolulu: Jack Handey
20. The Uncool: Cameron Crowe
21. Going Home: A American.
22. Nash Falls: David Baldacci -inc(Spotify only has half the book. Grrrr)
23. 11/22/63: Stephen King-inc
Well, David Baldacci thanked me on my Spotify wrap, so I got that going for me.
Are Orphan X books similar to John Rain books by Barry Eisler? I love those.
Setting to a black background/night mode on the app helps with eye strain as well.
“There is no red.
There is no blue.
There is the state.
And there is you.”
“As government expands, Liberty contracts” - R. Reagan
There is no blue.
There is the state.
And there is you.”
“As government expands, Liberty contracts” - R. Reagan
Yes, if you like the John Rain series, you will also like the Orphan X series.
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