What is Everybody Reading?

[Neb]

The Great Reset

Glenn Beck

Just received it today.

Ben

 

[MoBookworm1957]

School books-:
How to correctly use your knitting machine.
And yes I paid $20 for this class.
Part one of a series of 10 classes.
Being these are educational, fun class there will be no get expense to get all class materials at once.

 

[Weedygarden]

Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, by Francis Chan

Our new book study for church. Francis Chan also has videos on YouTube.

 

[Neb]

The Great Reset

Glenn Beck

Just received it today.

Ben

Just finished.

Worth 5he read and has me thinking.

Ben

 

[Heartbroken]

I read a lot, and while I prefer the heft and feel of a real book, I can spend 1.99 instead of 16.00 for a book on the kindle app, so nowadays most reading is on my phone or tablet. Been going through a lot of D.E. Stevenson and Grace Livingston Hill and Mary Stewart lately. In between I'm reading how-to gardening and root cellaring books and the seed catalogs. I've already bought way too many seeds but can't help looking for more.

 

[Amish Heart]

Welcome to the forum, Heartbroken, Where you from? Sorry you're heartbroken.

 

[Heartbroken]

Hi Amish Heart, thanks for the welcome. I'm in Michigan. Recently lost my Husband so I will forever be simply heartbroken. Been reading even more than usual and burying myself in seed catalogs. Just started Moonspinners by Mary Stewart, will probably finish it tonight.

 

[LadyLocust]

Started the second in the little house series. Pretty easy reading - not sure I could live in a dugout.

 

[Amish Heart]

Nice to meet you, Heartbroken. Sorry.
You are choosing good books to read

 

[Weedygarden]

Started the second in the little house series. Pretty easy reading - not sure I could live in a dugout.

My ancestors lived in pretty crude homes when they first came to America. I know there were at least two sod homes owned and built by grandparents of some level, one great grandparents, another great, great. I like to be comfortable, so I understand what you are saying, but there is a part of me that is fascinated by bushcraft shelters.
Little House books were common reading for South Dakota girls.

 

[RidgeRunner]

I have read all of the Longmire series books, except for the last one, which I am reading now.

 

[Morgan101]

I have read all of the Longmire series books, except for the last one, which I am reading now.

Who wrote the Longmire books? I have only read one, but I really enjoyed it. I will have to look for them at the Library. Is it recommended to read them in order? sometimes an author will reference things in a previous book, and if you haven't read it you are lost.

If you lime Longmire you might try the Joe Picket books by CJ Box. I think I have read and really enjoyed all of them.

 

[Bacpacker]

My ancestors lived in pretty crude homes when they first came to America. I know there were at least two sod homes owned and built by grandparents of some level, one great grandparents, another great, great. I like to be comfortable, so I understand what you are saying, but there is a part of me that is fascinated by bushcraft shelters.
Little House books were common reading for South Dakota girls.

My sister still has all the little house books she got as a young girl.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Right now I'm reading the latest issue of Fur Fish and Game magazine. Plus The Adventures of the Mountain Men, true stories.

 

[Weedygarden]

My sister still has all the little house books she got as a young girl.

I really never had my own books as a child. We had a shelf of Golden Books that Mom read from to us everyday. I have no idea what happened to them after she died. They disappeared. I was a frequent visitor to our local library. As an adult, I have many, many books, and just my classroom books filled my car three times. In that mix was a set of Little House Books. Most of these classroom books mostly came from thrift stores, yard sales, and earned free from Scholastic book club orders. People also donated children's books. I keep working to rid myself of all the boxes of books I have. I have too many and have taken car loads to thrift stores and donated to other places.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Murder by Sweetheart Knitting Club based on fact maybe.
Supposed to happened in the 80's.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Murder by Sweetheart Knitting Club based on fact maybe.
Supposed to happened in the 80's
Whoops double post, sorry.

 

[RidgeRunner]

Who wrote the Longmire books? I have only read one, but I really enjoyed it. I will have to look for them at the Library. Is it recommended to read them in order? sometimes an author will reference things in a previous book, and if you haven't read it you are lost.

If you lime Longmire you might try the Joe Picket books by CJ Box. I think I have read and really enjoyed all of them.

The Longmire series is written by Craig Johnson. I bought all seventeen books at the same time, and read them in sequence. It does flow better from book to book, plus it is really nice to go right into the next book and not have to wait for the next release in about a year. Joe Picket by CJ Box in on my list to read. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I just ordered volume 9 of the Adventures of Lew and Charlie by Maurice Decker.

 

[Bacpacker]

I really never had my own books as a child. We had a shelf of Golden Books that Mom read from to us everyday. I have no idea what happened to them after she died. They disappeared. I was a frequent visitor to our local library. As an adult, I have many, many books, and just my classroom books filled my car three times. In that mix was a set of Little House Books. Most of these classroom books mostly came from thrift stores, yard sales, and earned free from Scholastic book club orders. People also donated children's books. I keep working to rid myself of all the boxes of books I have. I have too many and have taken car loads to thrift stores and donated to other places.

Our parents would get us books most anytime we wanted one. Always encouraged us to read. They had me doing the newspaper by the time i was in school. Didn't understand it or know many of the words but that changed quickly.

 

[Weedygarden]

Our parents would get us books most anytime we wanted one. Always encouraged us to read. They had me doing the newspaper by the time i was in school. Didn't understand it or know many of the words but that changed quickly.

After Mom died, we were not allowed to "want" anything and especially not to ask for anything. The only thing we got out of wanting or asking for something was being in trouble and physical punishment. Small town library had lots of books and we could go there and check out books to read and I did. When Mom was alive, we would go to Gambles where they had Golden Books, and each of us got to pick a new book periodically. We had no duplicates and had a shelf about 30 inches across full of those Golden Books. Every afternoon we each picked one for Mom to read, four books an afternoon.
My daughter and I would go to the bookstore once a month and each get a new book when she was growing up. We would go to a bookstore called The Tattered Cover, and it was also a place where authors would come and speak and autograph books. What a great way for TC to sell books! I saw Jean Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear), Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman), and many more authors there.

 

[Bacpacker]

After Mom died, we were not allowed to "want" anything and especially not to ask for anything. The only thing we got out of wanting or asking for something was being in trouble and physical punishment. Small town library had lots of books and we could go there and check out books to read and I did. When Mom was alive, we would go to Gambles where they had Golden Books, and each of us got to pick a new book periodically. We had no duplicates and had a shelf about 30 inches across full of those Golden Books. Every afternoon we each picked one for Mom to read, four books an afternoon.
My daughter and I would go to the bookstore once a month and each get a new book when she was growing up. We would go to a bookstore called The Tattered Cover, and it was also a place where authors would come and speak and autograph books. What a great way for TC to sell books! I saw Jean Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear), Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman), and many more authors there.

That first part is truly sad. Books have always been such a large part of my life I couldn't imagine not. Glad you could do the library. I read Clan of the Cave Bear long ago, always wanted to finish the series. Guess I forgot about that.

 

[Weedygarden]

That first part is truly sad. Books have always been such a large part of my life I couldn't imagine not. Glad you could do the library. I read Clan of the Cave Bear long ago, always wanted to finish the series. Guess I forgot about that.

With my mom reading 4 books to us each afternoon, books have always been a large part of my life as well. In spite of not getting my own books, we had a bookshelf of books that came from estate sales. I remember the name of one, because it was so odd to me, "The Best Cellar." At that time, I had no idea that it was about wine, but have since figured it out. In that mix of books was a really old set of encyclopedias, from around 1910. I enjoyed that set immensely. Owning books was not really a thing in my hometown. I knew people who didn't have cars, so owning books would have been a luxury for many.

 

[Bacpacker]

I'd love to look thru that encyclopedias. We had a set from the 60's sometime. I spent a lot of time going thru those.

 

[Weedygarden]

I'd love to look thru that encyclopedias. We had a set from the 60's sometime. I spent a lot of time going thru those.

I had a set of Junior Britannica's for my classroom from the 60's. People often commented that they were out of date. Sure, they were 40 to 50 years old when I had them in my classroom, but as a Junior set, they had great illustrations, larger print, and were easier for my students to read. Yes, things change, but many things stay the same. If a student wanted to do research about chipmunks, how much about that would change? Maybe the classification pieces would change, but there was a whole bunch of stuff that didn't.

 

[Bacpacker]

I think the old ones at least to me are more historical. Country names change, new things taking place, etc. Still good info

 

[Weedygarden]

I think the old ones at least to me are more historical. Country names change, new things taking place, etc. Still good info

They also had some great illustrations.

 

[Neb]

I had a set of Junior Britannica's for my classroom from the 60's. People often commented that they were out of date. Sure, they were 40 to 50 years old when I had them in my classroom, but as a Junior set, they had great illustrations, larger print, and were easier for my students to read. Yes, things change, but many things stay the same. If a student wanted to do research about chipmunks, how much about that would change? Maybe the classification pieces would change, but there was a whole bunch of stuff that didn't.

I like the old references to get an insight into topics before ideas were whitewashed.

I had the youngest granddaughter going through the encyclopedia Britannica on Saturday showing how we searched for information before Google.

There are at least 4 sets of encyclopedia on that shelf dating back to 1900 with a circa 1980 Britannica on that shelf. After that hard copies disappeared.

I think Eden (the younger granddaughter) enjoyed it.

Ben

 

[Weedygarden]

I like the old references to get an insight into topics before ideas were whitewashed.

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I had the youngest granddaughter going through the encyclopedia Britannica on Saturday showing how we searched for information before Google.

There are at least 4 sets of encyclopedia on that shelf dating back to 1900 with a circa 1980 Britannica on that shelf. After that hard copies disappeared.

I think Eden (the younger granddaughter) enjoyed it.

Ben

I'm a maker. I like to make things and see how things are made. In that old set of encyclopedias that we had when I was a kid were drawings and directions to build a home of sorts, maybe a cabin. I was fascinated with how that was built.

 

[LadyLocust]

I didn't actually start reading much until I was almost out of HS. I am not a fast reader so they always put me in "slow" reading groups etc. I like to have to look up a word here and there. I think it was one of the Brontes that got me reading. I also like "old" rather than whatever is new and in style (and always have thus not liking what I was reading in school.)
Also, I have a history book from about 1905- ish. There is so much history that hadn't even happened yet so the history covered in the book is OLD.