Does anyone read anymore?

[g5000]

Most of my books are in storage.

Ones kicking around me are -

(Not read pile as of yet)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and punishment

I hope you have a lot of patience when you read that book. Dostoevsky goes into excruciating detail of every item in a room. I guess that makes it a great historical record for that kind of stuff, but it does not move the story along at all.

 

[g5000]

Really? It's cool, and, I believe, it's pretty difficult to find "non-fictional" books, especially in the USA. As for me, I don't like term "fiction". I prefer term "turbo-realism". I mean, "fiction" is a "truth, disguised as lie" and "documentary" is a "lie disguised as truth".

I mean, there is much more truth in stories about space ship battles and blasters or about dangeons and dragons than in stories about "Russian invasion in Ukraine" or "Chemical weapons in Iraq".

I don't understand how you can say it is difficult to find non-fiction. The vast majority of books I've consumed for the past 20 years are non-fiction.

I just finished an 800+ biography of Alexander Hamilton, and am currently reading a book about the French Revolution.

If that is too heavy for you, Michael Lewis has written some great modern history about Wall Street. Liar's Poker and The Big Short are very entertaining and light fare.

 

[g5000]

I read, but one thing that I have never done and most likely never will is do it through an audio recording. To me, if you learned to read in school, then read whatever you are wanting to know about. Don't get someone else to do the reading for you.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Several of my family members who are no longer here never did learn to read when they were alive and so that is one reason why I have such a frame of mind on the subject.

Audiobooks can be listened to while commuting, while walking the dog, while working out, and in many other situations not conducive to reading a book.

It's not laziness. It is convenience and opens up many more opportunities than books do.

 

[Zavulon]

I don't understand how you can say it is difficult to find non-fiction. The vast majority of books I've consumed for the past 20 years are non-fiction.

They say, that those books are non-fiction, like "Hey, believe us! We are saying the truth, nothing but truth, and it is the only truth you need!". But should we believe guys who say "Belive us"? Not necessarily. Quite often, if they say "we are telling the truth" - they are lying.

I just finished an 800+ biography of Alexander Hamilton, and am currently reading a book about the French Revolution.

Did you realise where exactly the authors were lying, and what they tried to sell you?

If that is too heavy for you, Michael Lewis has written some great modern history about Wall Street. Liar's Poker and The Big Short are very entertaining and light fare.

Literally everything written about Modern History, and especially about Politics and Economics - is plain lie and simply couldn't be anything but lie.