Anybody read books? I do.

Some of the threads on this site are so long I guess you could call them a novel.

 

And you have time to read with 10 DVR's?

 

Being you enjoy reading John Sandford & James Patterson books, you would probably enjoy reading Jonathan Kellerman & John Lescroart books as well.

 

Been reading the WWW trilogy by Robert J Sawyer.

 

Kellerman is one of my favorite authors! Patterson.. not so much any more. Especially his off the rails book when Alex Cross went to Africa. What a crock.

Kellerman is a very nice man as well. I sent him an e-mail once after reading a funny story on his web-site. He responded personally and gave me an update on a future book I was waiting for. He replied several times and started sending me updates on when his books will be coming out.

I also read his wife's books and I tried on of his son's - but that book was very dark. It was well done, but soooo dark.

I love Vince Flynn and Brad Thor. Brad Thor has a forum (called the Thorum) that readers post on daily. He always responds! He seems a very personable man as well.

Another fave is JA Jance. My dad likes her books as well and managed to convince her to come speak at his retirement village down south of Tucson.

I joined a book buying program on-line (sort of like those 10 cd's for a dollar). It is called The Mystery Guild. I get all the books (hardcovers) at about half off or more. I read so many that I resell almost all of them the next month or I would not have room on my bookshelves. I only keep my most favorites and almost all non-fiction.

 

Cool. I hope I can retire one day.

BTW, does reading this site multiple times a day count as reading? :sure:

 

I read about two books a month, mostly now on my iPad via the Kindle App, but three printed books in the last two months.

I also read two weekly, six monthly and one quarterly magazines. Online I regularly but selectively read three local newspapers, three statewide newspapers, and three national newspapers, as well as various TV related trade publications and this Forum.

If you didn't already know, I too am retired and didn't have TV or the internet in my early childhood, so I developed a reading habit. Like most reading addicts, I just can't say "no" to a good book.

 

I have been reading as many books as possible since I could read! And I am still a TVaholic as well. I am so glad I love reading as I have instilled that in my children as well. My teenage boys read almost as much as I do.

 

Good for you with regards to your children and reading. Outside of my family none of my male friends read at all, they are used to seeing it now but the first few times they came over during the summer and see me sitting by the pool with a book (now a Kindle) they all looked at me like I was an alien or something. My wife and I have been trying to share the enjoyment of reading with our Godson, who is also our neighbor, because his parents don't really read much and I'd hate for him to miss out on how incredible a great book can be - no movie can compare to your own imagination.

I'm always looking for new authors to try so I really like this thread!

Lately I've been reading Christopher Reich and like too many others to mention them all but I recommend Brad Meltzer's early books (I loved "First Counsel"), some of John Katzenbach (physiological thrillers / mystery with my favorite being "The Madman's Tale"), and the Harry Potter series - the first couple are quick reads that lack some substance but that changes pretty quickly IMO. They are obviously older but the original Bourne Series and just about anything ACTUALLY written by Ludlum I really enjoyed. Ken Follett is good if you want some weird sexual situations thrown into your spy novel.