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  1. Bob Magness

    2012 Olympics - Wrong Korean Flag!

    Of ALL the flags to confuse it with, that was the worst they could have chosen. I don't think it was deliberate, though.
  2. Bob Magness

    e-Books Vs normal books..

    With the exception of graphics heavy books, I prefer ebooks to dead tree books. In fact, on several occasions I have purchase an ebook when I already owned the physical book, just so I could read it on my preferred medium.
  3. Bob Magness

    Do you ever struggle finishing a book?

    There are some books in which I continue to have “false starts”. I’ll get a couple chapters into them, lose interest, and by the time I give them another try I have to start back at the beginning. Sometimes this happens with books that I KNOW I will enjoy once they get going. For example, I...
  4. Bob Magness

    R.I.P. Andy Griffith

    "When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me. " ~ Sheriff Andy Griffith The Andy Griffith Show was a couple decades before my time...
  5. Bob Magness

    Holy Cheap Kindles Batman!

    It is great for when you are traveling or out and about and what to limit the number of devices you are carrying. I have started leaving my Kindle and laptop at home and only grabbing my iPad when I am mobile. If I want to get some reading in then I use the Kindle app. But when I am at home...
  6. Bob Magness

    Self-Promotion Forum Discussion

    I defer to the mods in whatever makes their job easier. From my own perspective I don’t see the point in having it. It is choked full of threads posted by people who join the board for the sole purpose of advertising. It would be one thing if the posters were long standing contributing members...
  7. Bob Magness

    Favorite Character in Harry Potter

    I love how nobody picks Harry. :) Snape is definitely my favorite. I like the complexity of his character. I also enjoy strong female characters so Hermione is a close second.
  8. Bob Magness

    Stephen King: The Wind Through the Keyhole

    That is usually how I prefer to read series as well. But I thought this one was finished. Any idea if this is the last one or if there is even a last one planned?
  9. Bob Magness

    Christophe Hitchens diagnosed with esophageal cancer

    He was a brilliant writer who wrote about politics, war and religion. He was also one of the best debaters I have ever seen, who could deal "lethal" blows with a turn of a phrase. I agreed with most of what he said about religion. And I disagreed with most of what he said about politics. But...
  10. Bob Magness

    Readers vs Writers

    I do think it is safe to say that the vast majority of fiction has conflict. I am also a prolific reader and I can't remember off the top of my head reading something that didn't have conflict. Of course conflict doesn't have to be between two opposing people. The conflict can be with oneself...
  11. Bob Magness

    she deserves it

    This generation of kids has every excuse not to read. The amount of eye catching electronic entertainment they have access to is mind boggling. It is easy for them to be bored even thinking about staring at a page of text when they could be engaging in some high resolution MMORPG with their...
  12. Bob Magness

    When fiction dissolves...

    I have noticed the older I get the more non-fiction I read, though I would still say 2/3 of what I read is fiction. That trend may continue but I highly doubt I will ever abandon fiction completely. I enjoy it too much and it offers an escape from the stresses of everyday life. This might be...
  13. Bob Magness

    Each downloaded book makes your Kindle weigh slightly more

    Hmmm, I wonder if your brain gets heavier when you do. Sparkchaser, get on that, will you? ;)
  14. Bob Magness

    Western Steampunk?

    Thanks all. Beer Good, you are right, it does seem to be an underexploited market. That surprises me a bit as it seems like a fertile ground.
  15. Bob Magness

    Western Steampunk?

    I want to give reading some steampunk a try but most of it seems to be set in Victorian era Europe, which I am not interested in. I am looking for something set in the American West. I have been googling “western steampunk” and am not having that much luck. Most of what I come up with has a...
  16. Bob Magness

    iBooks Censoring? World War Z

    I highly doubt that is censorship. It is more likely you are mistaken about it being in that particular book, there is an error with the e-book, or you are reading a different edition. Are abridged versions of books “censored”? The reason I doubt censorship is, well, that would be a stupid...
  17. Bob Magness

    Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan: The Strain

    I have read the first two books. I gave The Strain three stars and The Fall two stars. I definitely like how they have broken from recent tradition and have taken the romance out of the vampire. These are definitely monsters, and I like that. I also like that there are different types of...
  18. Bob Magness

    Goodreads

    Libraries are great but have their limitations. When I go to a library or a bookstore I just end up blindly browsing, which is fun and can lead to finding great books. But the likelihood of me finding books I will enjoy using something like this is higher. Though for me, specifically...
  19. Bob Magness

    Goodreads

    It also appears to be smart enough to not flood your recommendations with several books from the same series. In the Fantasy recommendations it only lists the first book of each series that it is recommending (assuming I haven't read anything yet from that series). So in my Humor...
  20. Bob Magness

    Goodreads

    I know many people here use Goodreads to track what they have read and to find new books to add to their TBR lists. Many people also like the large number of book lists you can browse through there. I have been using it for a couple years now and love it, but my biggest complaint was there was...
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