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Who here reads books?

  • 23-07-2015 12:36PM
    #1
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭


    Heard an interview in relation to this article on Newstalk last evening

    https://medium.com/@hughmcguire/why-can-t-we-read-anymore-503c38c131fe

    like the writer I'm limiting my time on the net and the ole Telly and trying to read a couple of books a month.
    Good summer reading so far, read 4 or 5 books in the past 2 months but I must admit it is an effort at times to shut out everything and get down to it.
    I have logged out of facebook for a fortnight now and I'm glad as it is mainly rubbish, even good ole boards I have only checked in once or twice recently.

    I recommend that we readers take the world back! who's with me?

    (I'm aware of the irony of posting this online)


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  • #2
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    I only read buttock clenchingly honest toilet books.


  • #3
    jpboard1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭jpboard1


    Any good recommendations?


  • #4
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,949 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    Always have two on the go, one for lunch-break at work & one beside the bed at home before I go to sleep.


  • #5
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Boks? Wats dem?


  • #6
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    The kindle/ereader is honestly the greatest invention since printing for readers.

    I was initially against them but having a library of books on something that size is fantastic.


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  • #7
    Trent Houseboat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,116 ✭✭✭Trent Houseboat


    Have you read pubes?

    (Doesn't work in written form)


  • #8
    Tombi!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    GAAman wrote: »
    The kindle/ereader is honestly the greatest invention since printing for readers.

    I was initially against them but having a library of books on something that size is fantastic.

    *cough*smartphone*cough*


  • #9
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Trent Houseboat wrote: »
    Have you read pubes?

    (Doesn't work in written form)

    What's brown and sticky does though


  • #10
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Tombi! wrote: »
    *cough*smartphone*cough*

    Yep easily done, but the kindle (I mean the one solely for reading, not the fire) battery life is super as well. My phone being so smart, has a very stupid battery!


  • #11
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Yes. I honestly can't remember a time when I wasn't reading at least 2 or 3 books.
    Fiction mostly, with interesting non-fiction sometimes. And of course comic books. :)


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  • #12
    Tombi!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    GAAman wrote: »
    Yep easily done, but the kindle (I mean the one solely for reading, not the fire) battery life is super as well. My phone being so smart, has a very stupid battery!

    Apparently it goes for a long time.
    Much longer than a phone. Not sure if it could handle comics since they're different formats. Or videos. Can it take videos?


  • #13
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,079 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I don't have time to read books because I have 3 young kids, otherwise known as time vampires

    But I do have an audible subscription so I get an audiobook each month to listen to while at work or driving or doing the dishes or whatever.

    It's not perfect because it's easy to zone out and miss parts of the book, but there's always the rewind button

    I find it way better for non fiction because when the narrators do voice acting it's almost always awful
    (possible exception of the game of thrones narration, Roy Dotrice does a good job despite having to act out a gazillion different characters (world record actually)

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  • #14
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Tombi! wrote: »
    Apparently it goes for a long time.
    Much longer than a phone. Not sure if it could handle comics since they're different formats. Or videos. Can it take videos?

    The fire would do both, wouldn't say the normal kindle would do books as you would need a cbr program to see the comics


  • #15
    HandsomeDan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 812 ✭✭✭HandsomeDan


    Tombi! wrote: »
    *cough*smartphone*cough*

    *cough* lcd not comparable to e-paper. 2 month battery life *cough*


  • #16
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Tombi! wrote: »
    *cough*smartphone*cough*

    Whatever about an e reader, I could never read a book on my phone, would drive me demented.

    I still read paper books myself.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #17
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,079 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Tombi! wrote: »
    Apparently it goes for a long time.
    Much longer than a phone. Not sure if it could handle comics since they're different formats. Or videos. Can it take videos?

    E-Ink is a passive screen technology, it doesn't require any energy to display an image, only to change it.

    It can handle comics but they'll be in black and white but not video

    Edit, actually, comics are a problem because of the format the files are usually in, it can be done but requires usually third party software

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  • #18
    Tombi!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    Really? I've been using my phone more to read books lately. Can't handle comics on it since the screen is a bit too small.
    What's so difficult about readng books on it?


  • #19
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Tombi! wrote: »
    Really? I've been using my phone more to read books lately. Can't handle comics on it since the screen is a bit too small.
    What's so difficult about readng books on it?

    Harsher on the eyes and too small a screen for me.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #20
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,059 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    I read books - paper books.

    The last one was Waiting for the Barbarians.

    The current one is East of Eden.

    Not sure about the next one but reading Steinbeck will almost certainly make me want to read more Steinbeck. Maybe Of Mice and Men.


  • #21
    Tombi!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Harsher on the eyes and too small a screen for me.
    I suppose it would depend on the size of the screen, etc. I don't mind some of them too much. But yeah, I could see how it would be difficult.


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  • #22
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Akrasia wrote: »
    I don't have time to read books because I have 3 young kids, otherwise known as time vampires

    But I do have an audible subscription so I get an audiobook each month to listen to while at work or driving or doing the dishes or whatever.

    It's not perfect because it's easy to zone out and miss parts of the book, but there's always the rewind button

    I find it way better for non fiction because when the narrators do voice acting it's almost always awful
    (possible exception of the game of thrones narration, Roy Dotrice does a good job despite having to act out a gazillion different characters (world record actually)

    Get back to your audio "books" thread: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057461120

    This is about READING books.

    :p


  • #23
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,114 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    I only listen to audiobooks on Vinyl


  • #24
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    What ya readin' for.


  • #25
    Baggy Trousers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Baggy Trousers


    I read books. Mainly biographies.


  • #26
    Jinonatron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Jinonatron


    Love to read books. I was into the kindle for a while and it is great. However then I read a paper book again and it is infinitely superior in my opinion. And to people reading on phones/ipad/laptop. That's not real reading and drives me crazy.

    Also like audiobooks. I usually listen to an audio book with my eyes closed. Right now I am in the middle of an audio book and a paper book.
    Reading "Naokos Lächeln" by Haruki Murakami. (English title Norwegian Wood).

    Audiobook is The Rats by James Herbert.

    I cannot actually imagine not reading books. If you just spend all the time surfing the net you end up reading an awful lot of rubbish.


  • #27
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    jpboard1 wrote: »
    Any good recommendations?

    Eyrie, Tim Winton
    Continental Drift - Russell Banks


  • #28
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    I have hundreds of books, mostly scifi and have been reading novels since i could read.
    I ready about 30 hours a week at a guess.

    Paper is best, but the kindle is very handy as i can read anywhere with it on my phone or tablet and the authors actually get some money from kindle where they dont get a penny from second hand book sales which most people buy.


  • #29
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    I'm always reading a book.It gives me something to live for


  • #30
    libelula
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭libelula


    I don't know how ye read more than one book at a time, I honestly don't. My poor brain would be mixing up plots and characters all over the place!

    /thicko


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  • #31
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    Tombi! wrote: »
    I suppose it would depend on the size of the screen, etc. I don't mind some of them too much. But yeah, I could see how it would be difficult.

    the quality of the screen for reading is the most important thing when i'm buying a phone. Kindle set with white txt on black background makes it easier on the eyes and most phones have a fairly big screen nowadays, But my 7inch tablet is ideal as it's the same size as most books anyway and is easier on the eyes then print.


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