How many of you are bathroom readers?

How many of you are bathroom readers?

If you're referring to my blackberry then yes. Otherwise I want to get out of there asap.

If you're referring to my blackberry then yes. Otherwise I want to get out of there asap.

 

 

Thats pretty much where I get all of my reading done. Its the only place I can get some PEACE AND (relative) QUIET!

If you're referring to my blackberry then yes. Otherwise I want to get out of there asap.

 

Remind me never to borrow your Blackberry.

How many of you are bathroom readers?

 

[raises hand]

Remind me never to borrow your Blackberry.

Don't worry. That's just chocolate smeared along the edges.

I could read the s*** out of a book while on the toilet.

How many of you are bathroom readers?

 

I have a buddy who says he only reads while on the toilet. That just confuses me though. It must take FOREVER to finish a book, and must really suck if you hit an exciting chapter and don't wish to put the book down.

I read on the toilet. There have been entire books I've read on the toilet. I always keep one in there to read.

My best friend has been a bathroom reader since he was a kid, and one time he just starts spouting off all of these random facts, and I asked him where he got it from, it turns out he was reading a book called "The Bathroom Book" which is full of random stories and facts. lol

My best friend has been a bathroom reader since he was a kid, and one time he just starts spouting off all of these random facts, and I asked him where he got it from, it turns out he was reading a book called "The Bathroom Book" which is full of random stories and facts. lol

 

Hah. My mom had that in our bathroom.

My best friend has been a bathroom reader since he was a kid, and one time he just starts spouting off all of these random facts, and I asked him where he got it from, it turns out he was reading a book called "The Bathroom Book" which is full of random stories and facts. lol

 

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader!!! I have a few editions of those...

Reading Angels and Demons. Don't care what anyone says, it isn't as good as The Da Vinci Code.

Reading Angels and Demons. Don't care what anyone says, it isn't as good as The Da Vinci Code.

 

I honestly didn't think there was anything as bad as the Da Vinci Code. ...Huh.

LOL, they are hardly great but they are fun books.

I honestly didn't think there was anything as bad as the Da Vinci Code. ...Huh.

This connects nicely with the earlier discussion of Crichton. I thought that Dan Brown's books, Da Vinci Code particularly, suffered from much the same lack of character depth that most of Crichton's books do. I could see how some people would find them fun in a mindless kind of way, though I personally didn't like them much.

 

Reading Angels and Demons. Don't care what anyone says, it isn't as good as The Da Vinci Code.

 

You're right. It is much, much better.

 

Last few years, I've read more non-fiction than fiction. Anyone else read any substantial amount of non-fiction, particularly history-related books?

 

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Here's a seperate question. Name an author who you like that you'd call a guilty pleasure. Something you know is not great literature, but you just enjoy it anyway.

 

I'll throw one out there: Tony Hillerman

 

Hah, I know I will catch s*** for this, but I have been reading the Twilight series. I resisted for a long time, but I work 12 hour night shifts several times a month and so I need something to make the time pass. I love vampire lore, so I figured what the heck. Picked up the first book in the series and have been hooked since.

 

Another solid vampire book, for those of you into that sort of thing, is The Historian....good stuff.

 

Hah, I know I will catch s*** for this, but I have been reading the Twilight series. I resisted for a long time, but I work 12 hour night shifts several times a month and so I need something to make the time pass. I love vampire lore, so I figured what the heck. Picked up the first book in the series and have been hooked since.

 

Another solid vampire book, for those of you into that sort of thing, is The Historian....good stuff.

 

I have a co-worker who took her kids to the Twilight movie, and she read the book afterwards just to compare and became hooked immediately.

My guilty pleasure is anything by Brad Meltzer. The guy is pretty simple in his writing style, and the characters are pretty much the same in every book, but i enjoy it.

Another solid vampire book, for those of you into that sort of thing, is The Historian....good stuff.

 

I've taken a look at this and I'll probably like it when get a chance to read it. I used to eat up all the trashy vampire stuff (books, movies, comics, whatever) when I had the time. Occasionally I'd be surprised at the quality of some of the stuff - the first couple Lumley Necroscope books, for instance.

 

Last few years, I've read more non-fiction than fiction. Anyone else read any substantial amount of non-fiction, particularly history-related books?

 

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Here's a seperate question. Name an author who you like that you'd call a guilty pleasure. Something you know is not great literature, but you just enjoy it anyway.

 

I'll throw one out there: Tony Hillerman

 

I'm more into science stuff, and I have an Einstein biography on cd. The author is Walter Isaacson. I started it a while back but I just got really busy during this past semester, I'm just starting it over now. I think it's pretty good.

 

My physics teacher recommended a book Isaac Newton written by James Gleick. I just started this book, and I'd recommend this one as well.

If your into zombie material, I suggest the Walking Dead series. They are graphic novels.

 

Also, are there any Christopher Moore readers? He has a new book that came out called "Fool" was wondering if any has read.

How is this for bathroom reading... Krakatoa.

Freakanomics and Post-American World are sitting on our end table. I'm debating whether or not to start either.