DrB Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Just now, aomagrat said: Mom signed me up for the Weekly Reader Book Club We had that also. Is that the one you could order the paper back books from also? Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 For me, my mom took me and my sister to the library every week in the summer when we were off school. Farm folks but mom made us read. We had to get books to read each week. For me I read every Hardy Boy book they had. Mom also had us order some paperbacks from an order form some company that the school had send us. I loved getting those paperbacks. Twice each summer when the list came we could look over the list and order two each. I carried those paperbacks in my back pocket and would read under the shade of a tree when my chores were done. The memories of the shade of a tree, the big blue sky with a few cotton clouds overhead and that paperback book remains with me always as a young boy. In High School in English Class we read Animal Farm and 1984 By George Orwell. Also Edgar Allen Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart and the Pit and the Pendulum come to mind for a few. Many more... I thank my Mom and my English teachers for giving me the love of books. How about you? Dave.A lot like your background. Shortly after getting a basic Schwinn bicycle I got a handlebar basket so I could carry books to/from the library. Hardy Boys, Tarzan, Tom Sawyer, Robin Hood, and many more fiction and factual. The various Walter Farley books featuring horses, the first of which was Black Stallion. Discovered Heinlein and his juvenile books at the library. And railroad books. Still addicted. Own far more books than I can possibly read during my remaining time. Have given a few to our library to sell or add to its collection, and need to give many more. Should start selling some more specialized ones on eBay. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Have given a few to our library to sell or add to its collection, and need to give many more. Should start selling some more specialized ones on eBay. I give mine away to those who show an interest. Hope I can carry the love of books in print forward. If just one, mission accomplished. Dave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Indeed. Few things are as comforting as the feel and smell of a book, the process of turning pages, marking a spot with a piece of old cardboard. Give me paper or give me death.I have found that, for me, 1/3 of a blown in magazine subscription card makes a perfect bookmark. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) right now im reading samuel l jacksons book , Go the **** to sleep . honestly never got into the book thing , i can count on my hand the books ive read , now my wife has an extensive library , and our grandkid Piper is 3 and reading ,in fact at 3 she has read more books then me , i do not have patience . Edited December 21, 2019 by ASH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, DrB said: We had that also. Is that the one you could order the paper back books from also? Dave. Most of the books I received were hardbacks, but I believe there were paperbacks also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Going to “The Children’s Museum” and then to the library almost every Saturday morning for several years was routine for me and my two children. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, ASH said: honestly never got into the book thing , i can count on my hand the books ive read , now my wife has an extensive library , and our grandkid Piper is 3 and reading ,in fact at 3 she has read more books then me , i do not have patience . Perhaps you've not found your interest, yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Two of mine I am revisiting that were handed down to me from my grandparents. "Bring'Em Back Alive" by Frank Buck and "Six Years In the Malay Jungle" by Carveth Wells. Old but probably not well known books. Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I really got into book binding for a while because of the love of books. It was fun to find an old book in a thrift store or some place that you knew could be saved if someone would give it a decent cover. Books are art. They truly are. And the only thing I think we bond with as much are guns. You can never have too many books, whiskey or ammunition. But we can try. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Historian said: You can never have too many books, whiskey or ammunition. But we can try. I'll drink to that........ You forgot, .......or Firearms...... Dave... Edited December 21, 2019 by DrB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, DrB said: I'll drink to that........ You forgot, .......or Firearms...... Dave... What would the ammunition be for? If not for the firearms? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I remember one book I read in the late 40's. It was an amazing two stories and in a book about 3 or more inches thick. The author was Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was a "Big Little" book and one of my all time favorites. On one side the story was, "Tarzan". On the other side was, "John Carter" of Mars. To this day John Carter is one of my favorite stories. I keep watching the excellent movie made of it on Cable, and occasionally on late night TV. The movie bombed. If I had to list my top favorite books you guys would laugh at me. They are all Electrical Engineering Technical Reference texts. I have given many to my son. I hope he sees what I did in them. Some call them dry, to me Electric and Magnetic fields From DC to light comprised much of my career. I have been fascinated by their manipulation my whole life. To me they are stories of how to do things. Along side of them is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". When you actually pay attention to the dialogue, it's brilliant and each farcical comment has roots in statistics and probability theory. I love the digs for "experts" in the story. So I'm pretty dull, I guess. But I like me, and don't intend to change. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Any of you ever read the entire Bible front to back? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Speaking of books. Seinfeld episode. Mr. Bookman, the library cop. Kramer. "You guys go ahead. I'm gonna stick around, maybe get a library card." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 My mom and dad were big on getting us to read but my uncle took the cake. He would read me adult books. Classics. The Arabian Knights, Chaucer, Poe, Tennyson, Hawthorne. Then he gave me the books. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Any of you ever read the entire Bible front to back? A couple of times. Read old and new testaments front to back several times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, janice6 said: Huh! I thought I posted this but I can't find it: “If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.” "Epitaph" from Smart Set (December 1921) H.L. Mencken Yes you did. This is the second time this morning that I read it. tom. Edited December 21, 2019 by deputy tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 8 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Any of you ever read the entire Bible front to back? Yes. tom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXUSMC Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Funny thing about reading... the more you read, the better you write. My advice to younger employees who wanted to improve their writing skills (and there’s a topic for another thread) was to read as a hobby. Fiction, non-fiction, didn’t matter. I’ve always believed that you adopted some of the styles of other writers by reading more. Edited December 21, 2019 by TXUSMC Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huski92 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 It sure. My mom and dad were nit readers. My grandma and grandma were. They owned a bookstore before I was born. I guess it started in middle school. TS Huting(?). Been reading ever since. Good post BYW. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huski92 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 It is not the same as holding paper in your hands. Dave.Nope. Not the same. Something about holding a good book makes for the experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Huski92 said: . Good post BYW. Thanks... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Just now, deputy tom said: Yes. tom. Just the new testament. As a kid I had different churches in town telling me different things, so I decided to find out for myself. What I found was that each denomination was saying that only they were the "right one". Once I realized that, I decided to practice my faith from my own readings and not from what some person told me was true! I'm not obsessive about religion. However, I do believe in the premise that you should treat others as they treat you. Another variation of my belief, is that I will walk the ridgeline and give you a free shot. After that...…….. YOUR MINE! Edited December 21, 2019 by janice6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 hours ago, TXUSMC said: Funny thing about reading... the more you read, the better you write. My advice to younger employees who wanted to improve their writing skills (and there’s a topic for another thread) was to read as a hobby. This is outstanding advice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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