Adventure in book form

[ecar3483]

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?

[bright.ton42]

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. 

[esseco46]

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.

dI

[bright.ton42]

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

[esseco46]

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.

Di

[lloydslights]

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

[bright.ton42]

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

[ecar3483]

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.

[icyfroth]

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. . . .

[bright.ton42]

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.