What do you like reading the most? T... - Positive Wellbein...
Positive Wellbeing During Self-Isolation
What do you like reading the most? This is a multiple choice poll.
Please select all that apply:
Also newspapers
I sometimes read the papers if I know there is some thing in them . If someone told me that she has read .
Which newspaper?😀👍🌈
c u dont have to impress ur dog ur horse or ur true friends.........thats how u knw
comics.......etd
great music........something other than endless work.......all work and no play
they knew what they were doig
alwasy sunday off
they were nt wrong
was thnking of bent a dance mc: call out the dances what fun that would be
honor
ur parnter
ta
doe se doe
bow and cortsy
take it nice an d slow..........
look to eh left
loro to the right
take ur girl
and hold her tight
they new what they were doing
all along lol
As a lover of country dance, (Scottish Country, Barn or Contra dancing, I love that Brig57)! Humorous too! 😊
EVENING TIMES and DAILY RECORD
Classics, contemporary fiction.
Are there any good to read
i enjoy the funnies- helps me lighten up .......thik they are geuis like the muppets pure magid geiusn
wish i could be telephathic and beam spedial peple a throght
they would be so flattered if they knew how mudh they ment to me i jst dont show my emotions well.........gets me into torugple .........if peple only knew.........
wish i were a great potriat painter- honor people and make them feel special omg is that what i look like or dome across as..........the correded morrior of themslefes
miror on the wall who is
really the fairest of them all
not the celebrites thats for darn sure
not the ones who get all the attetnion
they have plenty they are a turn off to me
im the non weird non stalker
secret admirer............ull never know it too
u see i can write stroies and wonder where he gets his cahracters or wonder who is gedhin this paintignor mremorial
taj mahal
wasnt wrong...........amen
now that man
got it right
I enjoy the comics, too: Cathy. I read that comic even as a teenager.😀👍🌈
Historical fiction, and as a Christian theology and other Christian books.
What part of history do you like the most?😀👍🌈
Henry the Viii C J Sansom and Shardlake novels I think are excellent. I have just finished The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick which is based in the 12th Century which was good that's the first one in a series.
This sounds really great! How long are each book?😀👍🌈
The summer Queen was 478 pages, the last Shardlake Tombland was 866 pages.
That's great to hear. Thank you for letting me know. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. 
I love a good psychological thriller... what does that say about me?😳
I think it means that you like Psychology/medical books/magazines.😀👍👍🌈
ur britght and bored....tons of peole are adrenalin peoeple liek sports........i think we are fixing what aint broke in this society and whi im pullintg away from metnahlheath ...........a dry cracker ...........booorign.........id rather live .........and haf perfedrt mental health not my interest i want to ge doing and making things and living ...........explorig whatever.........
Magazines and newspapers.
Which ones are your favorites?😀👍🌈
I have home delivery of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and if our local county paper. I also read the Washington Post and New York Times on line. I read my Veterinary journals, Birds and Blooms,Zymurgy, Consumer Reports,Investing magazines,and of course my dahlia Bulletins and publications.
Wow! I haven't seen the Plain Dealer in a while since I wasn't able to go and visit my family back in Ohio this year since COVID started. My dad usually borrows my Grandmother's paper when we go and visit sine she knows he wants to read it when she and I play card games together.
Geography
What is your favorite place to read about?😀👍🌈
The Silk Road, Marco Polo. Venice to Xian Have travelled complete route through Venice, Russia Middle East, Tartary Kashi Xian, Peking.
That’s wonderful! Sounds lovely!😀👍🌈
Fantastic it took many years to complete, It was an experience some of the places visited were remarkable. We actually needed to follow several routes of the Great Wall of China for thousands of miles across Deserts, We also visited religious sites, forts and ruins of ruined cities.
BOB
Do you want to post any pictures of the places you visited? We'd love to see them.
I will in the future we are going to sort out photographs for the walls in the future. I will sort several out to send then in then when we decorate. This Spring
BOB
That sounds like a great plan!
Newspapers and magazines
What is your favorite newspaper and magazine?😀👍🌈
Guardian / Observer
That’s great! We have the The Washington Post and a few others delivered now and then.😀👍🌈
Biographies every time, Other would be reading magazines that I’ve had for a year or more and able to concentrate on the best of what’s in the magazine before filing bits or getting rid. But occasionally still keep. Can see I’ve clicked something re type of writing by mistake. It will be back to normal next time.
Which Biographies do you like the best?
No worries about the bolding. You can always click on the B again and it will go back to regular print/type.😀👍🌈
Thank you for the B tip
I think my favourite ones are where the adult tells the story of their life as a child in times gone by. I read one by I think Molly Wier. Could have been, “shoes were for Sunday” another favourite was “Haste ye Back” set in Scotland. About 2 children sent to an orphanage after their Mother had died. Oh and I also like Monica Dickens books, when she worked as a cooks help and a cook. And people who were nurses, always so interesting. It’s easy to imagine you are there in the same room as they are.
You're welcome! Glad I can help.
The books you're reading sounds very interesting. How long are they?
They are really easy to read as in compelling to keep reading. And I would say standard paperback size. It’s many years since I read them. The most recent one I’ve read not mentioned above, is called “ “Don’t Drop it Nurse” by Anne Bolam, cost £6 and Only recently published. It is quite thin, but interesting & pleased I bought it. It’s about a nurses training many years ago in Scotland who goes on to work in Aden, Yemen. 62 pages plus photos.
I’m now considering buying
Travels with a gas mask which is also about nursing. But I will have to buy that Direct as it’s been self published.
This sounds really good! I’m glad you enjoyed them. I will have to look for them soon. 😀👍🌈
Fantasies
Who’s your favorite fantasy writer?😀👍🌈
Science fiction and fantasy
What is your favorite author for both types of books?😀👍🌈
Christian
Old classic fiction, ie Gone With the Wind
I think I own the book. Will have to see if I can find it on my bookshelf.😀👍🌈
WW1 and WW2
That's great to hear. Which authors do you have the most of for both wars?
And some newspapers
Which newspapers?
Mail and Mail on Sunday but not through lockdown.
That's okay! What are you reading during lockdown?
I'm being very remiss because I am self isolating and can't get out to buy new books or scout the local charity shops. My Niece bought me Supervets book in hard back for Xmas which I confess I haven't started yet. I've been doing lots of Sudoku though!
That's quite okay! When you're ready to start reading the book your Niece bought you, then please let us know how you like it.
wartime romance novels
Which authors do you like the best?
Rosie Clarke, Dilly Court, my latest was Anton du Beck but mostly Rosie Clarke
I like cozies. "Crimes/Thrillers" are more violent than my tastes dictate. I'm scared enough in this pandemic to need further scaring! M.C. Beaton is my current favorite author.
What are some of the titles that M.C. Beaton writes?
M. C. Beaton is mildly, as opposed to "wildly," popular but she's very much a favorite of mine. Goodreads.com has a pretty comprehensive list of her books. Some are about Agatha Raisin and some are about Hamish Macbeth. Both are endearing characters and not perfect people by any means. Here is a list of her books: goodreads.com/author/show/1...
I like these, i have my car serviced in the village that Agatha Raisin is set, and look for clues when I take my car to the garage..
You are so lucky! I am in the States.
Same here.😀👍🌈
The cottages and country life are described well and really set the scenes for murder that Agatha investigates. The village is in the Cotswolds which is a beautiful part of England.
This is a quirky part of England! Very old and peaceful, maybe on the surface! I love these books, Agatha is a composite character and I am a similar age so recognise many of her eccentricities!
It's nice to see some similarities in ourselves in some book characters now and then. Makes the stories more enjoyable/exciting to read.
I read mostly fiction, and have eclectic tastes & favourite writers. A lifelong library user. My own books were packed up for a long time due to covid-postponed move, but thankfully are now placed. At present re-reading old treasures: Clive James, Nevil Shute (Round The Bend; Requiem For A Wren), Jonathan Raban, Colm Tóibin (Blackwater Lightship), William Trevor, Muriel Spark. Don't read a lot of poetry, but at present greatly taken with U.A. Fanthorpe. I also re-read some children's fiction every few years: The Children of One End Street are great favourites, also enjoy Just William & National Velvet, etc! My favourite newspaper is the i.
That's a wonderful list of authors and books! Which ones have you read recently?
As well as Crime my favourite genre is Fantasy. Takes me away to another world and forget what is going on here. 😁
That's the best type of book/author/genre. If a book can make you forget about bad things around you, then that's a wonderful stress reliever to have.
I’m also a Science Fiction and Fantasy fan of they aren’t covered in the above categories - they are all fiction after all!
Who's your favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy writer/author?
Picking a favourite is unfair as I like so many. The books I keep coming back to reread are Ursula le Guin (Left hand of darkness and all the Earthsea books) Frank Herbert (Dune series), Tolkein (Middle Earth series), Arthur C Clarke (anything!) and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). Nearly 60 years ago I came across The Machine Stops (EM Forster’s only SF short story) started reading Gollanz Best SF Short Stories and gradually graduated to novellas, then novels and multivolume series! The escapism from our current lockdown of cities and countries makes them worth revisiting. And I almost forgot Philip H Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The story that became Blade Runner!
Sounds like a great list for reading ideas.😀👍🌈
Business and finance news
Science Fiction / Fantasy
Who's your favorite author for both?
Too many to mention really but top scifi must include Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, David Weber, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Robert Silverberg, Michael Moorcock to start with, fantasy at the moment would be JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Michael Anderle, Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr, Rachel Caine, Richelle Mead. I do the Goodreads Challenge every year, have set my goal to read 160 books this year, set it at 150 last year and managed 180/150. I am of the older generation now and have been a prolific reader for going on 50-60 years
If you wanted to look at my goodreads profile you are more than welcome (Philip Cantrell)
I love reading all the time. I always read when I wait for a doctor to get to the phone for my video chat appointments.😀👍🌈
Also sword and sorcery. And science fiction.
Do you read books that are by JK Rowlings?
Hi no I have never read any J K Rowling. I prefer old style sci fi eg Larry Niven, Asimov. I haven't read sword and sorcery for a while. Like Tolkein. Love Anne McCaffrey Dragon books.
That’s great! How many stories do you have coming up?😀
Reading Alison Weir historical fiction about Katheryn Howard at the moment. Have new Ken Follett to come plus anymore!
How long is the book?
I love sci fi and books about ghosts and creatures and I looove fantasy
Hi Hb2003 ,
What Sci-Fi and Fantasy books are your favorites? Which authors do you like the best?
Hmm 🤔 good question the hazel wood is one of my favorites also land of stories is my favorite book series and lots more I don’t have a favorite author yet
That's okay if you don't have a favorite author, yet. It took me a little while before I had James Patterson and Stephen King as my top two favorites. Third favorite is Nora Roberts/JD Robb.
I also love the dream house kings series and I also love the library series ❤️
Science fiction and fantasy
Bookazines are the best- you get tons of information condensed in about 150 pgs, packed with photographs, ect all on glossy paper. My favorite is the All About History bookazines. They range in topics on everything from the French Revolution to the Salem witch trials.
This sounds interesting! Are they read online or are they paperback/hard cover books?
I only read physical copies, but believe there are online editions available on the publication website..they are 12x9inches glossy magazines, and are referred to as "bookazines" due to the content being stuff you'd usually find in books- i.e. history, biographies, ect., condensed into about 160pages. I've only seen them for sale in Barnes and Nobles bookstores.
Very interesting news about that. Thank you for letting me know. I will have a look when I can and see what they may have that I will be interested in for reading.
Hi Leah, hope you are ok today. I really like true stories to read when I can .I don't read newspapers because most of it is not true.
Hi Clive,
I'm doing good today. Been a busy day so far, but not bad.
Who's your favorite author for true stories? I have a lot of different authors I love reading books by. I have a lot of James Patterson and Stephen King books from when I was 13+ years old.
I knew you were only 21 😀 . Stephen king is horrors 👹 . The book I was reading and put it down was Town without pity . Don Hale.
21? No, but thank you, Clive. I wish I was still 21, again.
My first story by Stephen King was Carrie. My first James Patterson book was 1st To Die ( Women's Murder Club series). Both were really good and got me hooked on the other books they both wrote/write.
How long was the Don Hale book?
About a year 😂 I have only done about 30 page's of about 200 should be done before I'm 21 😁
Take your time! No rush necessary!
Biographies as well as women's true life magazines
Who's your favorite author for the magazines and books?
I don't have a favourite author as I tend to only like true stories and am reading a book 'Our Yorkshire Farm' and it's very good. I read all kinds of magazines but as long as they have true stories in that's fine as I'm not a lover of fiction.
mysteries Mary Higgins Clark, and Carol Higgins Clark.
I have some of Mary Higgins Clark's books on my shelves. Been wanting to read them after April. Some of them will go on my list of books I want to read for the upcoming book postings.
Great Survey.
I also like to read fantasy and science fiction.
I love my books, I could talk about them for hours.
We have a monthly book posting ( Reading Rabbits) each month. Would you like to leave a comment about what you're reading on it? Click on Follow/Save posting and you can see/reply to the other comments on it, as well. Everyone is welcome to participate anytime. It's pinned to the Pinned Posts section ( February 2021).
Online news, learn how to do ..blogs, self care articles.
That's great that you want to do online classes for how to do writing. How long have you been reading the information?
I also enjoy the Saga and History Scotland magazines that I subscribe to and I like to read books about other islands and their small communities.
That sounds good! How many do you have on the topic?
Off the top of my head I’d say I have about 20 - mostly about small Scottish islands but also a few off Welsh or English coasts and one off Vancouver Island. Fascinating. 🥰 What do you enjoy reading Activity?
Some horror, mystery, thriller, romance, craft/project books.
What crafts do you enjoy Activity? I love some crafts too - knitting, crochet, sewing patchwork cushions etc. I’m busy on a wall hanging at present knitted with odds and ends of wool to make what I hope resembles a landscape. 😆 No pattern to follow so fun experimenting.
I enjoy knitting. I use variegated skeins of yarn so the yarn can make the patterns for me. A nice surprise! My mom does crocheting.
I’ve seen the variegated skeins and they sound a lot of fun. Once I’ve reduced the massive stocks of yarn I have stashed in cupboards I’ll maybe give it a go. I like surprises, so it sounds right up my street! Great chatting with you Activity. Keep safe and warm! 🤗
Thank you! You, too!
If you knit something, we'd love to see it posted anytime.
If the wall hanging I’m working on works out 🤞 I’ll let you all see it. Take care. 🤗
That sounds great to me!
Other: I love mysteries set in foreign countries... the more exotic and unknown, the better!
Which authors do you have from the mysteries?
Thank you for saying that, Hidden ! Do you also do the Jumbo word scramble puzzles? Who's your favorite author for Crimes/Thrillers?
i spoke badly to ms carol king-
grw up in prestine wilderness most of my life
devote - conservationist......- long story
ignore how i sound
tring to say
range of senstifity in people
im sensstife
others even more
like ms king
they feel and hear more
liketh deer horses and etd
we always use the animals to spot ahead
when myhorse spooks
i know hes tellint me somenting
im a huge tree hugger
but if i had my wayh-
endless for est.................fw
endless wildlife............like lewis and dlarke era.............tough life til ur prpeared'
i liive in the woods now............pros and cons
but peple are muh more in tuen to enerdies
it dam eout wrongt sorry
i do ........appredaite natrure..........hard to find likewise and msuci and dance.........many forms fo aesthetids.............not rap. ............any subject or area can be explored if ur not around critics.............
the wilderness allows one to get badk in toudh and as it once was
Do you read Robert Frost poems? The one dealing with The Woods?
know the grat name- eons ago great respedt like walt whiman or the early paitners that worked wth the natife ameridans
thoutht abot writing about our early time in the woods.......lost camps etd........maybe nest life have to surfie too hard to get pushilhed .....noone beliffes a wrod anyway.......
There's a middle school that I had gone to years ago when I was 13 years old and it was named after Robert Frost. They even have the poem The Woods posted in a shadow box. Haven't been back to visit the school.
Do you mean the road not taken? I’ve always found it helpful of I’m undecided which way to go on a walk. It is also safer of you are exercising your right to exercise during lockdown!
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
😀
The one that goes: "The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have miles to go before I sleep".
So your Robert Frost poem is titled “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
And I referred to “The road not taken”
Both are superb word pictures, I love them both!
The road not taken reads:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.😀👍
Exactly right!😀👍🌈
I enjoy sagas such as The library of forgotten books followed The labyrinth of the spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Also Ken Follet's The Century Trilogy.
How many are in the trilogy?
I'm guessing three as it's a trilogy.
That's a good number. There's a trilogy/series called Mr. Mercedes, Finder's Keepers and End of Watch, by Stephen King that come in a 3 book series. That's one of my book choices I plan to read in the next few weeks ( see Reading Rabbits February 2021 book posting).
I give you three guesses 🤔although the hitch hikers guide has four 😀
True stories
Which authors are your favorite for true stories?
Easy reading fiction and comedies
That's great! Who's your favorite author?
Health related topics, like this site. A sibling asked if I’d read his son books on Zoom so soon I’ll be reading children’s books too. Good thing I saved mine.
That's great! I use some of my old childhood books to read to my Nephew and Niece when they are here for the day/week. They love the ones I use to own as a kid.
I forgot to add the library series
Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Which authors and books?
Robin D Owen's series The Summoning' and 'Enchanted. Wheel of Time series (forgotten author), Steven King, particularly the Dark Tower series (started with The Stand), a number of other fantasy books, plus Harry Potter, murder mysteries, anything that takes me into a different world, although I don't often bother with authors. I used to swap books with neighbours as I rarely read one more than once but Lockdown ended that.
I have The Stand and the Dark Tower Series. I still have to read The Dark Tower Series in the next few months, but that may be in about the time for Thanksgiving/Christmas, maybe. It's a big series.
I like reading true life stories of the Japanese POW's and those who survived the death camps. Also true life stories of WW1 and WW2. Everybody should read these books so that we should never forget the suffering caused by these even people.
Which authors do you have for the WW1 and WW2 books?
Bird watching magazines and books. Re-reading some old childrens classics
Which children's books are you rereading? What's your favorite bird in the bird watching books?
Favourite bird?? That's difficult, there are so many. Owls of any kind. The avocet and curlew for wading birds. Long tailed tit robin and goldcrest for garden birdsMichael Morpurgo, any of his. The Borrowers. The Secret Garden.
The The Secret Garden and The Barrows were my favorites when I was younger. Read them in school for book reports on what I had read.😀👍🌈
I also read local newspaper online.
Which articles do you read in the online paper?
I read the paper that tells me news that's local to my village so that I can keep in touch with what's going on as Covid 19 means I'm shielding again.
That's a great place to start with local news in your area. We had a newspaper for my City, but that got closed years ago.
I also love reading about Lawyersand Newspapers.
Have you read James Patterson's books? There's a lawyer in the stories that helps Lindsay Boxer from the Women's Murder Club series.
My Christmas present, The Thursday murder club by Richard Osman is a good read 🙂
How long is it?
New Age books
Who's your favorite author for the new age books? Titles?
I enjoy Victoria Hislop’s books and those of Kate Mosse.
What books do they write? You're favorite?
Both authors are really good. Kate Mosse lives in France and has explored her region well to write about the re-telling of local incidents into historical fiction. The Burning Chamber is a chilling account and there is a new sequel which I have yet to read.
Victoria Hislop also writes historical fiction with a centred base such as bringing back to life the story of an island where unfortunate people were sent to die, but colonised it to make a different sort of life, again quite chilling.
Did you read Kate Mosse's Carcassonne books about the Cathars? I am interested in her Huguenot ones, as my family name comes from the Huguenot Register, and I knew my family were originally French.
Hi, yes i loved that book and it prompted me to visit Carcassonne, which i found fascinating. i did not have a lot of time, and there were far too many people there , so I returned at a less popular time of year to be able to visit the deeply set cave- resembling shops and cafes and soak in the atmosphere and smells and sounds i saw in one of my magazines this week an advert for a trip/stay there, and to meet and be escorted around Carcassonne by Kate .Mosse, unforunately lockdown and no price mentioned but can dream!
This sounds very interesting!
Also like sci-fi
What series in Sci-Fi do you like?
My favourite series is Anne McCaffrey’s Dragons of Pern - I discovered them as a teenager and still love them... (cough...mumble...) years later. Also love John Wyndham’s books... I don’t think anyone has done a tv or film version of The Day of the Triffids that’s done justice to the book. 🙂
That's very interesting! Thank you for letting me know. How many pages are each book by Anne McCaffrey?
A bit like the Harry Potter series, they vary in size. Picking a couple at random off my bookcase... Dragonsong was the first one I ever read (originally borrowed from my local library) is from somewhere in the middle of the series but also introduced an important character so wasn’t a bad place to start - that’s 176 pages. Where The Skies of Pern is 587 pages! I think I have bought all the books in the series that Anne wrote on her own - she wrote a few with her son Todd and he’s gone on to write some of his own but somehow I prefer the original stories.
And yes, I’m a Harry Potter fan too 🙂
That reminds me of Stephen King and his son. His son also writes horror, but goes under a completely different name so no one knows they are related. Have you heard of Joe Hill? He's Stephen King's son. I have a few of his books, too.
The game of Bridge has been studied, learned and played so much during our most difficult Covid Time. It is a wonderful game.
Try it ....... by Yourself,With partner,
or in a Team.
It is of course played on Line,
I play ......
Bridge on Line, Called BBO ..........
and Fun Bridge ......
The Easiest to learn is FunBridge,
as well of course On Line.
Enjoy your time,
Stay well,
Traudel
I had a book years ago, but donated it to a Senior Center called How to Play Bridge for Dummies. Not sure if anyone actually read it, but it's still waiting there for when the center reopens for anyone to read and learn from it.
All those since Sept. Have just finished Muriel Spark's Memento Mori & starting her Girl of Slender Means. Being brought up on the library meant I learned to enjoy browsing, & becoming immersed in a book. Then you find an author you click with & read something else of theirs - that's still the same now, I have runs on different writers. You maybe read the crit. page of the weekend paper, or see a recommendation in a magazine, and away you go! I take a book nearly everywhere. When I went to Venice, which can be over-stimulating & v tiring, I used to step aside from my day and have a munch & a read - deeply restful for me. Now with all these lockdowns am becoming too fond of the telly! Whatever would many of us do without it...
Do you watch shows based on the books you read?
Humerous family novels
That sounds great! Which author is your favorite for family novels?
Maeve Binchy is the author I like the most
I read one of her books before a few months ago, but couldn't get into it that much. It'll be a while if I can find that one book that was by her and try to reread it since it was at my center.
I like reading magazines, especially Reader's Digest . I also like reading health, and fitness books, and magazines. I like to read my bible. I envision funny scenarios from the stories presented during that era which keeps me engaged in reading the bible. 
I am reading Rev. Chapter 4. and listening to the radio sermon. on commercial I finished this text. Thank GOD for multi tasking.
That's fantastic news! Keep it up and enjoy!
Enjoy reading medical and science books including updates on research.
What do you read related to research?
I have read 38 books of various genres since March 2020..some classics, some celebrity bios, some faith based.
38 books is a great amount! Are you reading something now?
Yes, The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
How far have you gotten so far in the book?
Sorry I did tick the books too I should have said I read Countryfile, Yours and Women's Weekly and we buy the Daily Mail every day
No need to be sorry! It's okay. What articles do you read in the Daily Mail?
Biographies and books about serial killer, interesting to read what the trigger was.
That sounds really interesting! How many books do you have dealing with serial killings? Who wrote them?
Hi probably over 30. Ann rule wrote The stranger beside me about Ted Bundy who she actually knew. Brian Masters wrote the shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer The list goes on. My late father was a murder squad detective and later a forensics manager which probably started me off.
Wow! That's very interesting to hear! Thank you for sharing that.
SciFi and Fantasy.
Which is your favorite author/book?
Too many to list, but particularly Anne McCaffrey, David Eddings, Asimov, H.G Wells, Robert Jordan,, and last but not least Terry Pratchett!
That's a great list so far for books/titles/authors. Enjoy!
I have a few Sherlock books that I have gotten a few years ago. Short stories.😀👍🌈
Thank you for letting me know about the poll! Enjoying how many people are replying!😀👍🌈
Read a lot of Catherine Cookson years ago as I like social history that's set in novels. Became depressed and lost concentration, I haven't really got into books since. I watch a lot of television these days.
What TV shows do you like watching?
When I was in a very dark place in my life I couldn't read. Gradually over time I tried again and slowly restarted. It really started to settle my nerves.
I get the National Geographic, the Royal Geographic, and various Archaeology Magazines. I also get above associated magazines History Georgian Furniture. etc, we have a large inclusive book library that is full of picture books and reference works
That's great to hear! Are the furniture books about old furniture?
Many of the Furniture books belong to the properties we visit, although we do also have registers of mostly Georgian, also furniture New Art, periods 1910-1920s etc My collection id full of registers and picture books of places visited around the world , Site guides etc. We also have various types of Atlas. Also History works
BOB
That sounds great! Enjoy!
In the History both fact and fiction. good fiction will often lead me to the fact book. Times newspaper, in Biographies only sports stars, have a lot of cricket ones and one Rugby Sevens (the British Manager who took Fiji to the Olympic Gold Medal). I also buy Crossword and Sudoku books. Also what I would categorise as Fantasy: The Hobbit and all Tolkien, the Duncton Wood books (William Horwood about badgers), The Shannara Chronicles cannot think of the others.
That's great to hear. The Hobbit is a great book.
When I was 15 my Mother bought me an enormous paperback of the three Lord of the Rings in one book. I was going on an air flight to the South Pacific, over the USA, With three refuelling stops on the way, took nearly 36 hours, I finished the book just before we got there. I giggle now when parents sigh that they have to remove their children's smart phones at night, Mine had to remove the torch I used under the bed clothes, nothing really changes.
Wow! You're right! Nothing changes except for the items taken away for certain times of the day/night.
I started reading at night years ago and now I can't go to sleep without reading at least a chapter or two each night.
I like something that makes me laugh; I also like reading the newspapers
Which newspapers do you read the most?
I love historical fiction especially in the era of WW2
Fantasy
I used to love reading practically anything. I took a degree in English language and literature. Unfortunately, I can't read properly at all now, due to my brain injury. I can't remember enough to follow things, (especially narratives,) due to severe short term memory problems. 🙂🌸
Thank you! I had fun! The next one will be Titles of books and the one after that will be authors. Not this week, but soon.😀👍🌈
also:
scifi
Which author and books of Sci-Fi?
oooo long list... but here's some select few... at least that i remember off top of head...
michael crichton - timeline, sphere, airframe, rising sun & disclosure (tho not so scifi), prey - more i can't remember i'm sure!
robin cook - coma, outbreak, cell, contagion - and more
james hogan - gentle giants of ganymede - and others
hg wells - time machine, war of the worlds
gene roddenberry - tho not sure i've read any of his books
stephen king - carrie, it, the shining, shawshank (tho never read the book, and not scifi)... more i can't remember offhand
...other categories which didn't fit:
self-help/docu-science:
brene brown - daring greatly *** a must read - s/b mandatory reading for all!!
author? - 18 minutes
almost anything science or medical:
guy consolema [sp?] - meaning (exploring cosmos)
atul gowande [sp?] - being mortal
einstein - not always books - but publishings
hawking - same as albert..
richard dawkins - not books - but speeches and publishings
christopher hitchens - speeches and publishings
dan denitt - speeches and publishings
...
more than i can recall !!!
That's a great list that you have written so far. I have some of the Stephen King books you mentioned in the list. Did you like Carrie and IT?
i really did like carrie and IT...
i love scary stories - as long as the focus of the scariness isn't gore for the sake of gore - i appreciate if it's important to the story - but if i want to watch special effects - i'll watch a space movie!
i especially like king's brand of scare - because he addresses things that are common to the human condition; and he exploits them to generate tension and/or fear. i don't like all of the things he's done - but that's life - no one gets everything perfect everytime....
in addition to that - carrie adds in a religious metaphor / implication, that king also does a nice job of twisting to his desires....
he's got a warped mind - and i can really appreciate that!! 
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what did you think of those - and what of his works were your favorite? (and why?)
Carrie was my first story that Stephen King had done. It was interesting to see how it teaches a person how others are different in certain ways and still deserve to be treated with the same respect as anyone else.
I have IT, but I didn’t have a chance to read it, yet. I will see where it is on my shelves and then add it to my soon to read list.
My favorite books were: Doctor Sleep and (as of recently) Rose Madder.
Doctor Sleep showed that people should be not judged until other sees what that person has done.
Rose Madder proved that if you try to do something to save yourself or others, then you don’t give up on what you want.😀👍🌈
those sounds like awesome reads too! i'll hav to check 'em out!
i tend to try to read "in between the lines"... so i appreciate well thought out well written authors....
Thank you! I enjoyed the stories very much. Please let me know how you like them when you have the chance.
Novels not included in your list, nor science fiction
That's okay. Which authors/books do you like?
I have read so many books but here are just a few I have read recently: The Female Few by Jacky Hyams, First Flight by Geoffrey Wellum, Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris, The White Rabbit by Bruce Marshall, White Coolies by Betty Jeffrey, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart, A Girl from Schindler's List by Stella Muller-Madej, The Women at Hilter's Table by Rosella Postorino. Some are based on true stories, most are true accounts from the authors who lived to tell their stories. I read so many I cannot remember. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is a good book. Fictional but very good and gives a true sense of the horror of war.
That's very interesting. Did you see the movie Schindler's List when it was in the theaters?
Non-fiction.
That's great! What book/authors do you read that does nonfiction?
I have seen parts of Schindler's List but will try and watch it all eventually when I can. The book I am reading at the moment is about a young girl called Stella Muller who was taken prisoner with many of her family and ended up at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. I am only mid way through the book but she is now on her way to Oscar Schindler's factory as her name is on his list. She obviously managed to survive to be able to tell her story as an older women. It is a heartbreaking read but I feel we owe it to these poor souls to understand what they suffered all those years ago and must never forget what suffering they endured.
Perfectly said!
