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Adventure in book form

ecar3483 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:10:56 GMT

Novels may be novel, sci fis take can fly you to the moon, and even history books can open the door to days of yore.

In this age of electronic media, do you find your escape in books, or by other means?

Re: Adventure in book form

bright.ton42 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:13:06 GMT

Yes I devour books. From thrillers to literature and right now I'm re-reading a lot of the classics which I re-read often and always find something new in them. Dickens, Austen, Eyre, Thackeray, Bronte, Wilde, Homer etc .... all wonderful old friends. I will never live long enough to read all the books I want to.

Re: Adventure in book form

esseco46 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:15:09 GMT

I love reading the actual book. Love the feel of one in my hands and read constantly. I love, crime, history and fiction of various kinds.

I read on average 5 books for per fortnight. In fact, after family history and quilting, reading comes next then surfing the internet for interesting things to see and read about. I have a reasonable collection of books as do my daughters with books from their childhoods.

I LOVE BOOKS.

Re: Adventure in book form

bright.ton42 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:25:51 GMT

I wish I could read 5 a fortnight, I'm a slow reader unfortunately.

Re: Adventure in book form

esseco46 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:44:33 GMT

Reading lots of books often got me in trouble when I was a child. I used to get books for presents in preference to the usual clothes etc. My husband picks out my books for me from the local library and we reckon between us we have read thousands of books, even more possibly. I will read until 2am sometimes.

Re: Adventure in book form

lloydslights — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:27:54 GMT

I used to be a quick "reader" - purely for the storyline.

Now, I am a slower reader due to mentally examining the order of the words in which the author uses them. I often re-read passages due to my "detective" mind.

DEB

Re: Adventure in book form

bright.ton42 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 02:34:39 GMT

That's interesting ..... come to think of it that's what I do. I'm a book detective too, lol.

Re: Adventure in book form

ecar3483 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:32:29 GMT

It's a little bit like looking for trout - they hide under rocks, rocks create ripples in the water and so do the subtle movements of the trout.

It's all a matter of seeing the telltale ripples within the ripples.

Re: Adventure in book form

icyfroth — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:37:40 GMT

A good book I picked up off one of those $5 tables at the shopping centre:

"Not a Drop to Drink" by Mindy McGinnis.

About the Book

Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our own.

Teenage Lynn has been taught to defend her pond against every threat: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and most important, people looking for a drink.

She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty—or doesn't leave at all. Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. But when strangers appear, the mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it. . . .

Re: Adventure in book form

bright.ton42 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:32:24 GMT

Icy this reminds me of when you used to tell us stories on the Cat thread and we would wait with baited breath for the

next episode. I miss those.

Re: Adventure in book form

icyfroth — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:25:04 GMT

@bright.ton42 wrote:
Icy this reminds me of when you used to tell us stories on the Cat thread and we would wait with baited breath for the
next episode. I miss those.

Yeah that was always fun, Bright 🙂

Well in this one, the mother and daughter watch over this pond. They're constantly watching over it against intruders wanting to take their water. Anyone that comes near is summarily shot. They rob the bodies of clothes, ammunition.

It's some sort of post-apocalypse I haven't got to yet,

The water is contaminated, but they haul it up by buckets and purify it by letting it sit on sheets of steel in the sunshine.

They have to be on the constant alert against Dingos while they go about their tasks of survival.

There's no cats in this story lol.

Bloody good book, one of those stories that grabs you on the first page and doesn't let go til the last.