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Silver-Tiger on 26 April 2011

They still do, but the way people read books is changing. The majority still reads paper books, but also a lot of people only read online or on their tablet-PCs/PDAs/Smartphones/E-Readers.

I for one still prefer paper books, because you'll never have to recharge the battery of them.



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sapphi_snake on 26 April 2011
vlad321 said:

Some people make me wonder whether everyone knows just what is the difference between reading an actual, non-educational book, and some other crap that is online or in print.

So true, and so sad.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

sapphi_snake on 26 April 2011

I persoanlly wasn't much of a reader up 'till last year, but noe I'm trying to make up for lost time.

I've actually discovered that reading for pleasure is a really nice passtime. I read more books last year than I saw movies or played video games.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

Tizona on 26 April 2011

I read, probably just a little less than I play games. History books, biographies, philosophy, classic literature, and every once in a while fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!). Books are freakin awesome, and It's one of my biggest bummers in life that book stores and ACTUAL books are slowly falling by the way side. There is just nothing like them.

I posted a book thread on here a while back about books for gamers, and got Masters of Doom recommended. It's a Bio of John Romero and John Carmack ( id software) and it's super good. Read People!



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sapphi_snake on 26 April 2011
Tizona said:

I read, probably just a little less than I play games. History books, biographies, philosophy, classic literature, and every once in a while fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!). Books are freakin awesome, and It's one of my biggest bummers in life that book stores and ACTUAL books are slowly falling by the way side. There is just nothing like them.

I posted a book thread on here a while back about books for gamers, and got Masters of Doom recommended. It's a Bio of John Romero and John Carmack ( id software) and it's super good. Read People!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter??? LOL What's that like?



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

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pizzahut451 on 26 April 2011
sapphi_snake said:
Tizona said:

I read, probably just a little less than I play games. History books, biographies, philosophy, classic literature, and every once in a while fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!). Books are freakin awesome, and It's one of my biggest bummers in life that book stores and ACTUAL books are slowly falling by the way side. There is just nothing like them.

I posted a book thread on here a while back about books for gamers, and got Masters of Doom recommended. It's a Bio of John Romero and John Carmack ( id software) and it's super good. Read People!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter??? LOL What's that like?


Abraham Lincon's adventures and Vampire hunting in Romania



sapphi_snake on 26 April 2011
pizzahut451 said:
sapphi_snake said:
Tizona said:

I read, probably just a little less than I play games. History books, biographies, philosophy, classic literature, and every once in a while fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!). Books are freakin awesome, and It's one of my biggest bummers in life that book stores and ACTUAL books are slowly falling by the way side. There is just nothing like them.

I posted a book thread on here a while back about books for gamers, and got Masters of Doom recommended. It's a Bio of John Romero and John Carmack ( id software) and it's super good. Read People!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter??? LOL What's that like?


Abraham Lincon's adventures and Vampire hunting in Romania

How predictable. Still, Lincoln was quite a guy, US President, vampire hunter. I wonder if he knew how to knit?



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

Tizona on 26 April 2011
pizzahut451 said:
sapphi_snake said:
Tizona said:

I read, probably just a little less than I play games. History books, biographies, philosophy, classic literature, and every once in a while fiction (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!). Books are freakin awesome, and It's one of my biggest bummers in life that book stores and ACTUAL books are slowly falling by the way side. There is just nothing like them.

I posted a book thread on here a while back about books for gamers, and got Masters of Doom recommended. It's a Bio of John Romero and John Carmack ( id software) and it's super good. Read People!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter??? LOL What's that like?


Abraham Lincon's adventures and Vampire hunting in Romania

No! It's a real book! It's part factual biography, part secret history of how Vampire's killed lincoln's mom, were the secret backers of slavery (they needed the slaves as a food supply), and how John Wilkes Booth was  a vampire. It's AWESOME!

http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Vampire-Seth-Grahame-Smith/dp/0446563080

It's from the same guy who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.



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sapphi_snake on 26 April 2011
Tizona said:

No! It's a real book! It's part factual biography, part secret history of how Vampire's killed lincoln's mom, were the secret backers of slavery (they needed the slaves as a food supply), and how John Wilkes Booth was  a vampire. It's AWESOME!

http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Vampire-Seth-Grahame-Smith/dp/0446563080

It's from the same guy who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Must buy this book, along woth the Jane Austen zombie spoof. I loved Pride and Prejudice. maybe zombies will make it even better.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

d21lewis on 26 April 2011

I'm currently reading two seperate books at once.  I'm using a Kindle app on my Droid, though.  That way, it doesn't make me feel like a nerd!