Do you like Reading books?

Yeah, that's the thing about this part of Tennessee.
It is so hiily and rocky that the crops requiring slave labor never took a hold here like they did in the flatter part of the state west of here. ( Tobbaco and cotten).
So, there was not really that many folks owning slaves here.

 

So, there was not really that many folks owning slaves here.

What about CWC??? Or was he fibbing about his workload... ( Kidding Dino, I know you are a kind man)

Seriously.. one of the main start up points to leave was Nashville. I know that is a couple hours away?? Looks close on a map.

 

Good lord, I read almost too much. I didn't even own a TV until pretty recently.

 

I read a lot of Sci-FI and Fantasy and comic books. My TV is rarely on except for once or twice a month for a UFC PPV and I'm usually reading something.

 

Have read Carved in Bone, Flesh and Bone, and now The Devil's Bones. Three of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. All three written by the team Jefferson Bass. Jon Jefferson and William Bass Forensic Anthropologist at the UT Body Farm. I recommend them highly. The books use the Knoxville and Chattanooga Tn area as their setting and those are home grounds for us.
Carol

 

yes I still like to read books.It is a quiet different experiance.I would like to read horror and detective stories.It is a very nice experiance.

 

Anyone know of a good site for digital books? Not for Amazon's Kindle (or whatever it's called) but books that can be dropped onto an iPod or even a PDA cel.

https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

most are old because of copywrite laws, but they have some very good books

 

just finishing up the latest JI'm Butcher book - Small Favor.
I really like his books.
carol

 

I just got done reading Anna Rice's new book "The Road to Cana". Its a good book if your Religious,like me.

I like it, its very interesting.

 

Just finished a Gothic novel, 'the long shadows' or something.

 

This won't be a big surprise to some of you, but I love reading Steven King and Dean Koontz.

 

Lord of the Rings and Lord of the Rings related stuff is awesome
Iluvatar-god in LOTR

 

Work in libary , so that gives me a big chance to see what comes out first ! I love James Patterson and Patricia Briggs !

 

Work in libary , so that gives me a big chance to see what comes out first ! I love James Patterson and Patricia Briggs !

Patricia Briggs rocks!! Have read everything she has written.
Like KI'm Harrison also
Just finished reading Melanie Rawns latest book "Spellbinder". Now reading David B Coe "Sorcerers Plague" . He is such an imaginative author.
Carol

 

I am addicated to reading "how to" books and anything I can learn from

 

Patricia Briggs rocks!! Have read everything she has written.
Like KI'm Harrison also
Just finished reading Melanie Rawns latest book "Spellbinder". Now reading David B Coe "Sorcerers Plague" . He is such an imaginative author.
Carol

Is "Spellbinder" part of any of Rawn's series? My wife is really into one of the series (the one that isn't about the Sunrunners), and would be ecstatic if I got the next book for her.

 

SDS - spellbinder is at this point a stand alone novel. I hear she's thinking of writing Spellbinder II .
if she's not reading the the Dragon Prince or Dragon star series (about sun runners) Then she's probably reading the Exile trilogy which is a very interesting series. Melanie Rawn hasn't written anything in a good while I understand she was sick.
Here is Melanie Rawns website with book listings if you think your wife might be interested

Carol

 

I read boring stuff mostly, what can I say I'm a geek. I am almost finished reading "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond. Its pretty much about how the world is the way it is today. Pretty tough read, but I like challenges. I get bored with fiction, is that weird?

 

That's the one.
I know that the last Exile book came out a long time ago, and my wife was ecstatic that that one had finally come out.

 

Last night I was just reminded of how much I love one of the old classics My husband and I watched the movie Jane Eyre last night and I am definetly going to re-read the book as soon as I am done reading the one that I am currently reading. It is such a wonderful story and I cried several times while watching the movie last night. I know a lot of people think that it is a girly story, but my husband loved it too

 

That's the one.
I know that the last Exile book came out a long time ago, and my wife was ecstatic that that one had finally come out.

I understand there are two more books captals tower(?) and the diviner but neither are out yet. I bet she hates waiting for books to come out as bad as I do LOL.
Carol

 

I just finished reading James Patterson's "Step on a Crack" I think that it is the beginning of a new series.

I love the "detective-type" series books - James Patterson, Michael Connally, John Sanford. I usually read pretty much anything I come across though. One of my more recent favorite authors is JodI Piccolut, great books but definitely deep and meaningful reading.

 

MRSmuffin- I bet you would enjoy David BaldaccI books. They are mysterys and very intense. Saving faith was the first of his I read and I have been reading them since
Carol

 

MRSmuffin- I bet you would enjoy David BaldaccI books. They are mysterys and very intense. Saving faith was the first of his I read and I have been reading them since
Carol

I am pretty sure that my hubby has read some of his books in the past. I will have to look through what he has and check it out. A lot of times, we read the same authors anyway. We are both Half Price Books junkies!

 

A lot of times, we read the same authors anyway. We are both Half Price Books junkies!

We read a large variety of book types too. We raised four children and read what they read(of course they all read different stuff ) also and so developed a wide variety of likes. Before we moved we had a HUGE used book store available so we were used book junkies. Now we don't have that so we trade with friends or go to the library.
Carol

 

I love reading. I used to read a lot when I was younger, usually at least a chapter or two before I'd go to sleep at night. It would take me months to finish a book sometimes.

My girlfriend's sister gave me 'The Kite Runner' for Christmas last year and that got me right back into it. I finished reading that in a week and then I just couldn't stop reading. I picked up another book and another book and another book...

If you don't know which book to read, I suggest 'The Kite Runner,' if you haven't read it already, or the second book by the same author, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns.' I literally couldn't put them down. I was dreaming about them at night and day dreaming about them during classes or even while watching tv!!

I'm addicted to reading and love it!

 

I haven't read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" but I have read "The Kite Runner" and really liked it. I will have to pick it up when I get a chance.

 

reading Karen Slaughter right now! very good !

 

I love reading, especially the classics! ;D

 

I am my own libary ! I love to read !

 

I am forbidden to touch books during the university year since when I read I do it to the exclusion of all else. Once I pick up a boo that's it, nothing else will be accomplished till it is done. I'm a fast reader but I love long books mostly fantasy, scI fI or fiction.

 

I am forbidden to touch books during the university year since when I read I do it to the exclusion of all else. Once I pick up a boo that's it, nothing else will be accomplished till it is done. I'm a fast reader but I love long books mostly fantasy, scI fI or fiction.

I'm sorry. You need to be in school for creative writing. Reading the genres you plan to write is a requirement, as the best way to learn how to write well is to read things that work. ;D

Of course, the trade-off is that the degree you end up with is pretty much pointless. With or without it, your success depends mostly on a combination of diligence and luck.

 

I'm a huge reading fan. One of the only people I know who is out of all my friends. Right now I'm reading The Stand by Stephen King. Awesome book.

 

Right now I'm reading The Stand by Stephen King. Awesome book.

The edited or the "unedited" version? Both are good, "unedited" is better, if you can handle the appalling length.

Also, have you read the Gunslinger series?

 

My favorite scI fI author is Anne Mccaffrey. I think I have everyone of her books - I have read the Pern series so much that I have most of them almost memorized. I am re reading it now. There are a couple that her son Todd Mccaffrey has written that go along with the Pern books and they are good also. I liked Terry Brooks series that started with Magic Kingdom for sale - Sold. and the Shanarra series. I also like the Harry Potter series and the Lord of the Rings (the movie left out all about Tom Bombadil and the song at the inn hey diddle diddle).

 

I'm sorry. You need to be in school for creative writing. Reading the genres you plan to write is a requirement, as the best way to learn how to write well is to read things that work. ;D

Of course, the trade-off is that the degree you end up with is pretty much pointless. With or without it, your success depends mostly on a combination of diligence and luck.

Hey! I'm going for a writing degree!

Although, to be honest, I agree that it's quite pointless. At least of all the "art" degrees, writing is the one that can be applied to jobs in other areas too if Plan A fails.

 

Hey! I'm going for a writing degree!

Although, to be honest, I agree that it's quite pointless. At least of all the "art" degrees, writing is the one that can be applied to jobs in other areas too if Plan A fails.

All of the art degrees can be turned into doctorates, which allow you to teach, but yes, you can try to trade a writing degree off into journalism (you'll start pretty low on the totem pole, but it will at least give you a foot in the door) or, if you're lucky, you can get a job writing pamphlets for, say, a large medical company.

 

All of the art degrees can be turned into doctorates, which allow you to teach, but yes, you can try to trade a writing degree off into journalism (you'll start pretty low on the totem pole, but it will at least give you a foot in the door) or, if you're lucky, you can get a job writing pamphlets for, say, a large medical company.

I have to jump in here--I wouldn't recommend a journalism OR creative writing degree unless you really, really don't care about having much money!! I switched from journalism to CW midway through university, then switched back because the only CW professor at my tiny college was a nimrod. He allowed NO writing except "literature." He rejected my fantasy short story because it was "genre fiction," which "cannot properly convey the truths of humanity." Of course, the two goths in my classes were A-OK to write Anne Rice knock-offs. Of course, vampires and absinthe and blood-soaked threesomes aren't genre fiction, not at all.

Anyway I am sure other colleges have better instructors. Still, CW is a good minor if you love to write, but if you want to ALSO be able to pay bills I'd pair it with a business or marketing communications degree. I got my BA in journalism and let me tell you, I get sick of listening to my teacher-friends whine about their salaries because they're making a good 5-10k more right out of school with shorter days, more holidays, a union and better benefits.

So. That's been MY experiences with the worlds of creative writing and journalism. The worst part is I haven't written so much as a short story or poem--not even a limerick--since I have been writing newspaper and magazine articles. It just sucks away all my interest in writing more. I am working on getting ready to return to college in order to find a completely new direction and reorganize my dreams, career and income.

Sorry for the novella. But I wanted to share what I found out in the "trenches" of journalism. I can't say I'd recommend it; it was once a noble calling, but now it's bleeding and gasping its last breath.

 

I like to read books about true stories, but must admit to once being into star trek

 

I like to read books about true stories, but must admit to once being into star trek

Which Star Trek?