5 Books On My Desk

[keiramarcos]

The fact is that I mostly buy ebooks these days but our house is loaded down with print books that we bought before we had devices for ebook reading because both my husband and I are both avid readers. He also has a serious hard-on for audio books. Nine times out of ten, he's listening to audio book on his mp3 player instead of actual music.

1. The 15th Edition of the Chicago Style Manual (because I'm currently editing an article for a magazine that is due next week)

2. Master/slave Relations: Handbook of Theory and Practice by Dr. Robert J. Rubel (because I'm considering scenarios for the next TTB story)

3. Killers: The Most Barbaric Murderers of Our Times by Nigel Cawthorne (professional project research)

4. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (because it's my favorite book in that series)

5. The Shelter of Stone by Jean Auel (because a new book in this series is coming out soon and I was brushing up on it so I could be prepared for the hardcore reading session I'll have on my Kindle when it comes out)

Comments

[batspit.livejournal.com]

Jean Auel- The release date for the new book is 3/29. I was so excited I broke my rule about reading reviews and it got panned and messed with my excitement. Which is why I have that rule in the first place.

I need to find someone who owns a kindle to look at and play with. I've been avoiding them because of the screen size. I read so fast that I don't think the screen size/refresh rate will keep up. But maybe they've fixed those limitations. I imagine you read pretty fast.

I can't do audio books. Unless I'm trapped in a moving vehicle, I'll get distracted and tune it out. Which is odd, because when I'm reading, I can tune out the whole rest of the world in favor of my internal movie.

Doesn't everyone have a Chicago Manual of Style on their desk?

[keiramarcos]

I read fast, yeah, the refresh rate on the Kindle has never been a problem. I have a Kindle 2. The refresh rate on the iPad sucks ass by the way.

[juniper617.livejournal.com]

The Kindle refresh rate is really good. I'm a fast reader and honestly, it takes no more and possibly less time than turning a physical page. Granted you have to do it more often, but it doesn't matter.

I worried about this as well before I got mine, so that's why I decided to chime in here You should go for it! :-)

[batspit.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good reviews. I'll have to put a Kindle on my wish list.

I have seen the refresh rate on the iPad and have no interest whatsoever. They're high on the wow factor, but insufficiently useful for the price unless you attend a lot of conferences and use them for taking notes.

[tamstercmt.livejournal.com]

I have a Kindle 3. You can adjust the text size. I'm a fast reader and there have been one or two rare occasions where it didn't refresh fast enough. I'd rate a kindle being up there with morning coffee.