Your first ebook read of 2010 - Page 10

MelC · 01-06-2010, 03:21 PM

Consider me one of the many who have picked Under the Dome for 2010's first read of the year...I feel so unoriginal but I'm enjoying it. Not as much as my crossover book The Business but still it's pretty good so far.

Mel

astrodad · 01-06-2010, 05:00 PM

I was looking to reread Dante's Divine Comedy, but I can't stand all of the Longfellow translations out there on the Web. I looked for a more modern verse translation such as the one I really like from Mark Musa, but I couldn't find one in eBook format. So...I ended up buying a Pbook from BN. Oh well.

zipzip · 01-06-2010, 07:26 PM

First I started new: "The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" by Jason Kelly.

On January 2nd, I finished "Disney War," by James B. Stewart.

Jack Tingle · 01-06-2010, 07:46 PM

Right now I'm plowing through a slough of short fiction. I don't recall which one I read first. No novel length stuff completed yet.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

nick101 · 01-06-2010, 08:08 PM

Heart of Darkness. Wow.

mikemc2 · 01-06-2010, 08:30 PM

"The Stand" - expanded version. I've read a lot of SK over the years but never felt up to tackling The Stand. Now that I've finished "Under the Dome" I'm ready.

WT Sharpe · 01-06-2010, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

BookCat sent Audrey Niffenegger an email back in August about the availablility of The Time Traveler's Wife in ebook format and got this reply:

Well, I don't agree with her position, but at least she has a nicer way of putting it than one fellow I won't mention!

(Please, don't say his name. we all know what happens when you speak of the Devil! )

astrodad · 01-06-2010, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Well, I don't agree with her position, but at least she has a nicer way of putting it than one fellow I won't mention!

(Please, don't say his name. we all know what happens when you speak of the Devil! )

And at least she had good reasons. If I were an author, er, a published author, I might feel the same. Maybe.

WT Sharpe · 01-06-2010, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

And at least she had good reasons. If I were an author, er, a published author, I might feel the same. Maybe.

Yes, she made some interesting points. Her argument was thoughtful.

Harmon · 01-07-2010, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

I'll just throw in my thoughts (when do I ever not, right.

)

One of the first ebooks I picked up was short story collection - "The Best of Phillip K Dick" and I read a dozen or so stories before abandoning it. It just seemed too forced and a bit too much beating the reader over the head with a particular idea behind the story. It just didn't do much for me, in the same way Terry Pratchet doesn't do much for me. Of course your mileage may vary.

Pratchett works best in audiobooks, in my experience. It's the main reason I've had a membership in Audible, sporadically, over the last few years.

llreader · 01-07-2010, 05:57 AM

"The Fifth Head of Cerberus", Gene Wolfe. Phenomenal. An outstanding work from a superlative author.

greencat · 01-07-2010, 06:48 AM

Imagination in business by Lorin F. Deland

http://www.archive.org/details/imaginationinbus00dela

It's a quick read. Only around 50 pages. Worth reading for some great business gems which are still relevant today (eg always tell people why the price as well what it is). It's also a fascinating insight into the early 20th century - eg the casestudies used make it clear that the motor car is not yet a part of everyday society.

everlod · 01-07-2010, 07:25 AM

Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's really depressing and sometimes boring. Bleak, dull, gray, and bleak again...

kennyc · 01-07-2010, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by everlod

Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's really depressing and sometimes boring. Bleak, dull, gray, and bleak again...

I loved this book! And in reading a few of his others so far and from what I've heard is that this is perhaps his most hopeful book. I actually found it the opposite. The setting and conditions are truly bleak (as is true of most post-apocalyptic stories) but the conclusion and the meaning of the story is very hopeful.

banjomike · 01-07-2010, 11:04 AM

I'm not very good at only reading one book at a time.

I'll have ANOTHER try at "Gone With The Wind", "Ossian's Ride" by Fred Hoyle, and see if I can read "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" cover to cover.

Then next week...

EDIT: What is the ebook equiv of "cover to cover"?

01-07-2010, 11:04 AM	#150
banjomike Addict Posts: 319 Karma: 397404 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: PRS-505,DSlibris,nook Glow & HD+,Tab S2,Moon+,Clara,Clara Colour	I'm not very good at only reading one book at a time. I'll have ANOTHER try at "Gone With The Wind", "Ossian's Ride" by Fred Hoyle, and see if I can read "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" cover to cover. Then next week... EDIT: What is the ebook equiv of "cover to cover"? Last edited by banjomike; 01-07-2010 at 11:16 AM.

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01-06-2010, 03:21 PM	#136
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	Consider me one of the many who have picked Under the Dome for 2010's first read of the year...I feel so unoriginal but I'm enjoying it. Not as much as my crossover book The Business but still it's pretty good so far. Mel

01-06-2010, 05:00 PM	#137
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	I was looking to reread Dante's Divine Comedy, but I can't stand all of the Longfellow translations out there on the Web. I looked for a more modern verse translation such as the one I really like from Mark Musa, but I couldn't find one in eBook format. So...I ended up buying a Pbook from BN. Oh well.

01-06-2010, 07:26 PM	#138
zipzip Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2.0	First I started new: "The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" by Jason Kelly. On January 2nd, I finished "Disney War," by James B. Stewart.

01-06-2010, 07:46 PM	#139
Jack Tingle Punctuation Fetishist Posts: 557 Karma: 1070000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Bluest Commonwealth In East America Device: Kindle PW, Nexus 7 (2013), Galaxy S5 phone, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0	Right now I'm plowing through a slough of short fiction. I don't recall which one I read first. No novel length stuff completed yet. Regards, Jack Tingle

01-06-2010, 08:08 PM	#140
nick101 Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 1248 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milton Keynes UK Device: Sony PRS-600 Touch, iPhone	Heart of Darkness. Wow.

01-06-2010, 08:30 PM	#141
mikemc2 Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 7878 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Milwaukee,WI Device: Sony PRS-505,Kindle 3,Nook HD+,iPod Touch,Kindle PW2	"The Stand" - expanded version. I've read a lot of SK over the years but never felt up to tackling The Stand. Now that I've finished "Under the Dome" I'm ready.

01-07-2010, 05:57 AM	#146
llreader Mesmerist Posts: 331 Karma: 506558 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spain Device: PRS-600 Silver. Much nicer than I expected.	"The Fifth Head of Cerberus", Gene Wolfe. Phenomenal. An outstanding work from a superlative author.

01-07-2010, 06:48 AM	#147
greencat Freebie finder Posts: 907 Karma: 2046472 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony, Kindle	Imagination in business by Lorin F. Deland http://www.archive.org/details/imaginationinbus00dela It's a quick read. Only around 50 pages. Worth reading for some great business gems which are still relevant today (eg always tell people why the price as well what it is). It's also a fascinating insight into the early 20th century - eg the casestudies used make it clear that the motor car is not yet a part of everyday society.

01-07-2010, 07:25 AM	#148
everlod Compulsive reader Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Device: Kindle 2 international	Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's really depressing and sometimes boring. Bleak, dull, gray, and bleak again...

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