Today's book

[john g. 37,776]

6 minutes ago, snowingagain said:

Have your tried podcasts of books?  I know many people who love them.  Think Kama Sutra would not re them.  Think Kama Sutra would not really work though.

6 minutes ago, snowingagain said:

7 minutes ago, snowingagain said:

Have your tried podcasts of books?  I know many people who love them.  Think Kama Sutra would not really work though.

I don't read any books anymore. Time is sparce. I used to read a lot of history books and would tend to continue in that vein once I settle down! 

I haven't got time ( or the eyesight) to reread the Kama Sutra😂

 

 

Sorry: for trying to answer and quoting you a thousand times- aldo don't know why my script has changed.

I am still very busy business-wise pöus dogs and partner and stuff- I fon't have the mrntal space to listen to anything for hours ( except in the background eg cricket ). 

And only joking about the Kama Sutra! I never read past pahe 2 ( when I remembered a joke ).

Probably why one of my ex- wives divorced me!😂)

and , it comes and goes, but my eyesight could be better.

[Fietsrad 429]

Of course, in Hamburg people like reading their Kontoauszuege/Bank statements💰

[Keleth 9,322]

8 hours ago, Santitas said:

I just finished The Midnight Library. Not highbrow and not ashamed 😊

I love Krimis too with Agatha Christie being my favorite

Christie is nowhere near "trash".

I am talking about authors like Clancy, Brown and many others that sell millions but no one ever admits to reading.

[Keleth 9,322]

On 04/01/2023, 18:41:18, Fietsrad said:

Murder mystery stories (Krimis) are very popular.

 

Seems a bit sick, IMHO.

You seem to me to be what many foreigners would consider to be the archetypal German.

You always seem to have a problem with what other people call fun and the rules and regulations are to be followed to the letter and all Is must be dotted and Ts crossed.

I presume you walk around with a stick permanently stuck up your arse.

[kathdonn 387]

9 hours ago, Fietsrad said:

What do others think about Krimis?

I like Donald Westlake's Dortmunder gang Krimis. I like Tony Hillerman's mysteries about Navajo country. I like Tey, Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Then there's Dashiell Hammet. There are so many good Krimis.

[optimista 5,925]

27 minutes ago, Keleth said:

 

I presume you walk around with a stick permanently stuck up your arse.

Why do you feel the need to be so rude and insulting to this person ? Quite unnecessary. Do you consider what effect your words have on others ?

 

I stopped reading books years ago partly because of my eyes, partly  concentration and partly because I do not have the patience to read trash. You only know afterwards if it was a good or bad read. Life is too short for most fiction. Same goes for films. You have to be highly sélective. I have however spent 2 décades plugged into BBC 4 podcasts, which are generally excellent. I like history, science, documentaries and analysis. There are some good true murder mysteries on podcast. I have also spent hours down wikipedia rabbit holes.

[Keleth 9,322]

9 minutes ago, optimista said:

Why do you feel the need to be so rude and insulting to this person ? Quite unnecessary. Do you consider what effect your words have on others ?

He´s just said he thinks that people who read krimis are a "bit sick".

If saying someone has a stick up their arse hurts them that badly then they have problems that should be immediately addressed and should not be posting on anon internet forums.

Also, they should not be finding fault with others.

[fraufruit 42,509]

31 minutes ago, kathdonn said:

I like Donald Westlake's Dortmunder gang Krimis.

 

Loved those. I should give them another go. I've also read all of Conan Doyle.

 

I read Clancy up until he started pooping out a book every few months. His early ones were good.

 

I read all sorts now but never got into romance and such. Used to read a lot of chick lit in my 30's and 40's but not any more. Seems my tastes change with the years.

[optimista 5,925]

He did not. Read the words very carefully. He is allowed to express an opinion.

[optimista 5,925]

16 minutes ago, Keleth said:

 

If anyone thinks saying someone has a stick up their arse is normal then they have problems that should be immediately addressed and should not be posting on internet.

@K 

My bold. 

I really do disagree with you.

[Fietsrad 429]

"SEEMS a bit sick", I wrote. I do not know much about murder, crime etc. Perhaps people who have lost someone through murder, or been victims of violence, might find bloody stories distasteful. Same for horror stories 

 

I was called a "typical German", very good, been working on that for years😃

[Malcolm Spudbury 3,527]

I haven't had time to read books for years, but over Christmas I borrowed my dad's copy of "And Away...", Bob Mortimer's autobiography.  Very enjoyable. 

[HEM 11,163]

In my younger years I used to read books a lot; nowadays not at all.

 

I can only really recall 3 books I read in the last few years:

 

- My Search for What Really Matters - Capt. Sullenberger

- Ich bin dann mal weg: Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg (in German) - Hape Kerkeling

- Prisoners, Property and Prostitutes: and other things beginning with `P' - Tom Ratcliffe

 

The last book is both a sad & hilarious representation of life as a UK policeman "on the beat"; "Tom Ratcliffe" is a pseudonym. 

I know his real name as he is the brother of a school class-mate of my brother if you follow me.

[Tap 8,460]

I’ve started reading again after many years, and I’m really enjoying it.  For those of you who have heard of her, I’m a big fan of Maeve Binchy and other books of that type.  I enjoy books about interpersonal relationships, family dramas, etc.

 

I have a friend who is an avid reader, and she has persuaded me to start reading again.  Some days I read more, some less, but I try to get a few pages in every day as I think it’s good for the mind.  We’ve talked about why my friend reads so much and why I, and many others, don’t read today, and a lot of it has to do with lifestyle.  She is married, (to a wonderful man, I hasten to add) but he loves sports and most of evenings and weekends centre around what’s on TV sport wise.  So, she takes a book and reads as she’s not interested in sport at all.  I, on the other hand, don’t have anyone here and I’m in complete control of my environment, so I choose what I want to do and when.  Like @optimista, I’ve also become a huge podcast listener.  BBC Sounds is a great resource, also lots of good stuff from the US and I have some favourites from Ireland that I like to listen to. 

 

When it comes to reading crime novels, are they any different to watching crime series on TV, which have been popular everywhere for a long time. Starting with series like Hill Street Blues, Murder She Wrote, to Criminal Minds, NCIS, and of course, the wonderful Inspector Morse, Lewis, Midsummer Murders, Tatort, etc. Let’s face it, we all enjoy a little murder mystery now and again. 

[skadi 76]

I'm quite happy to admit that I read a lot of what people might describe as trash (excluding romantic shite like Jackie Collins etc,)  and love krimis and sci-fi. Occasionally, I feel the need to go a bit more highbrow, so now have a Charles Dickens and Kazuo Ishiguru in the pile waiting to be read. Recently re-read Donna Tartt's The Secret History, equally as good second time round. 

[Lorelei 1,881]

5 hours ago, fraufruit said:

 

Loved those. I should give them another go. I've also read all of Conan Doyle.

 

I read Clancy up until he started pooping out a book every few months. His early ones were good.

 

I read all sorts now but never got into romance and such. Used to read a lot of chick lit in my 30's and 40's but not any more. Seems my tastes change with the years.

I've found my tastes changing too, now preferring non-fiction to fiction, for some reason. I did re-read Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" last year and liked it as much as I had the first time I read it, then read the sequel, "The Testaments", which was OK. Am currently re-reading the BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson's "News from No-Man's Land". Have most of his books and really like them.

[Keleth 9,322]

2 hours ago, optimista said:

He did not. Read the words very carefully. He is allowed to express an opinion.

Seems a bit sick to me were his words.

That means that people who read them are a bit sick.If you enjoy sick things then it stands to reason you´re a bit sick.

 

2 hours ago, optimista said:

@K 

My bold. 

I really do disagree with you.

Do you actually know what the saying means?

[Eric7 555]

I've just finished "Red Rebels", the story of FC United of Manchester, the non-league football club set up by Manchester United supporters in protest to the Glazer family leveraged takeover in 2005.
A sobering tale of honest founding principles being eroded by mismanagement, nepotism, ego and greed.
Enjoyed it!

[kathdonn 387]

11 hours ago, fraufruit said:

 

Loved those. I should give them another go. I've also read all of Conan Doyle.

 

I read Clancy up until he started pooping out a book every few months. His early ones were good.

 

I read all sorts now but never got into romance and such. Used to read a lot of chick lit in my 30's and 40's but not any more. Seems my tastes change with the years.

My theory is that people read books that supply a lack in their lives, like romances. My life was so helter-skelter for years that mysteries provided a calm and reassurance that somewhere chaos could be cleared and all loose ends tied up in a nice, neat bundle which could be discarded. Things are better now, thank goodness, but the occasional mystery is still a pleasure.

I don't read blood and gore, 'action', stories, though I did read Mickey Spillane when I was young.

[AlexTr 19,754]

In 2021, I read all of Raymond Chandler's and Dashiell Hammett's works. Last year, I read a smattering of news stand style authors: Garrison Keillor, Fredrik Backman, Gail Honeyman, and Joe Browning Wroe. On the more literary side, I read Michael Chabon, Dorothy Parker, and Junot Diaz. In addition, I read several books on editing and style. I read what suits the mood and the moment. Cormac McCarthy has just published these two new books after a long hiatus from publishing, so I begin 2023 with him.