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  • Fresh Tendrils
    Strike Hard and Fade Away
    • Jul 2002
    • 36131

    #466
    Re: OS Book Club Pt II

    Originally posted by Ron Mexico
    The Game of Thrones was one of the first books I bought on my Kindle. It's the second time I've tried getting into it, and I just can't. I guess it'll just have to be on hold for now.
    I've started GoT roughly 4 times and have finished it completely once due to one reason or another. I've read the first 1/3 of the second book and GoT is a definite world/character builder. There's a lot to wade through, but there's enough intrigue in the beginning and action from the middle on to plow through it.



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    • mattlanta
      MVP
      • Aug 2008
      • 2384

      #467
      Re: OS Book Club Pt II

      Originally posted by Beantown
      I'm team actual books....but I'm close to caving and getting an eReader just for convenience sake.

      But I want a library of books in my house in the future, so, I doubt I'll cave.
      I'd sell you my Kindle, but you could probably find the Paperwhite 2 for a pretty good deal now.

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      • Gibbz
        All Star
        • Aug 2005
        • 8240

        #468
        Re: OS Book Club Pt II

        I'm reading George Carlin's Last Words at the moment.

        Originally posted by Beantown
        I'm team actual books....but I'm close to caving and getting an eReader just for convenience sake.

        But I want a library of books in my house in the future, so, I doubt I'll cave.
        My girlfriend got me a Kindle about a year ago although I prefer actual books as well. I hear about me not using it enough all the damn time.

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        • royals19
          MVP
          • Jan 2012
          • 2182

          #469
          Re: OS Book Club Pt II

          I prefer actual books to e-books. I feel like I comprehend the text better when I have the tangible book in my hands.

          In my Responsible Self class (see spoiler), we read only e-books and it was a huge pain when we'd go to write in class essays because we had to recall specific instances from the text without having the actual text to use. As a result, many hours were wasted memorizing lines.

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          Last edited by royals19; 12-18-2014, 05:36 PM.



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          • Fresh Tendrils
            Strike Hard and Fade Away
            • Jul 2002
            • 36131

            #470
            Re: OS Book Club Pt II

            How do the e-books handle reference materials in books like say the map in Game of Thrones? I like flipping back to look at that while reading.



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            • WDOgF0reL1fe
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              • Apr 2005
              • 3427

              #471
              Re: OS Book Club Pt II

              Reading Gone Girl right now, almost done. Really good, getting ready to see the movie eventually. Love to read books when a movie adaptation comes around

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              • Bruce1975
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                • Sep 2014
                • 102

                #472
                Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                Reading "a Fire Upon the Deep"

                Really good hard scifi book.


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                • Scott
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                  • Jul 2002
                  • 20032

                  #473
                  Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                  Has anybody read the Divergence series?
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                  • WDOgF0reL1fe
                    MVP
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 3427

                    #474
                    Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                    Originally posted by Scott
                    Has anybody read the Divergence series?
                    I read the first book (Divergent), it wasn't... terrible.

                    Started off really strong actually.

                    Ended kinda... similar to the 2nd and 3rd books of the Hunger games series.

                    If not familiar... It just takes on more political tones than the whole Teens struggling to survive or fighting against each other mantra.

                    Havent had a real inclination to read the next book in the series.
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                    • AC
                      Win the East
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 14951

                      #475
                      Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                      Originally posted by Scott
                      Has anybody read the Divergence series?
                      It wasn't bad, honestly.
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                      • jct32
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                        • Jan 2006
                        • 3437

                        #476
                        Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                        Originally posted by Scott
                        Has anybody read the Divergence series?
                        The writer changed the writing style in the 3rd book and it annoyed me but it was good otherwise.
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                        • Beantown
                          #DoYourJob
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 31523

                          #477
                          Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                          Caved and bought a Kindle Paperwhite with some gift cards I got for Christmas. Don't regret it.

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                          • dickey1331
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                            • Sep 2009
                            • 14285

                            #478
                            Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                            Here's a cool book challenge for 2015 I saw online. I might try it.

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                            • dickey1331
                              Everyday is Faceurary!
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 14285

                              #479
                              Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                              Just finished The Martian. The movie for it comes out in October. It's a good book and I recommend it. The author does a good job and getting the science right, or so it seems. Hopefully the movie does it justice.
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                              • Money99
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                                • Sep 2002
                                • 12695

                                #480
                                Re: OS Book Club Pt II

                                Just finished The Fold by Peter Clines.
                                Sci-fi/Thriller about a man that investigates a Transporter that can move people through something called The Albequrque Door.

                                But something is off and nobody on the team is open to discussing it.

                                The main character also has the gift of Hyperthymesia (the ability to remember every single detail from every living memory they have) which plays heavily into the story. (and pretty cool as well).

                                It's sci-fi with a touch of Stephen King - especially in the end.

                                I read mostly sports biographies, but this one was a beauty.

                                Finished reading The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers some time ago as well.
                                If you like baseball and/or sports, this is a great read.
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