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Are you a reader ?

posted 4 years ago by Allison44 (602)
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Do you read real books? Everyday? How many books per week or month? Favourite genre and/ or author? Me? On average, 2 or 3 books per month, hard sci-fi and my favourite is Alastair Reynolds. Thank you for your time!

[–] Bateman (601) 4 years ago

Definitely. I too average about three books a month.

I'm not particular about genres, as I'll read anything that grabs my interest; mostly, though, I guess I have a weakness for weird and/or surreal books.

I'd have a hard time pointing to a single favorite author, as every now and then I'll stumble into a new literary "crush" - Bruno Schulz, Kazuo Ishiguro, Richard Brautigan and Daniil Kharms being some of the most recent.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Hey Allison, great topic!!

Yes I love reading, although I find I don't have as much reading time these days as I used to.

My favourite authors are:

Neil Gaiman
Tim Winton
Colin Bateman
Poppy Z. Brite
Gillian Flynn
Christopher Fowler
Elmore Leonard
Nick Cave
Glen Duncan
Peter Carey
Stephen King

Also a big fan of autobiographies. Currently reading 'By Myself and Then Some' by Lauren Bacall - what a fascinating life!

[–] Kowalski (76265) 4 years ago

JUST THE ARTICLES.🙂

[–] Artisan (3464) 4 years ago

I try to be, usually on the train after work. The classics interest me although sometimes I find they don't hold up well compared to the hype they get.

[–] BillHicksFan (10613) 4 years ago

Most of what I read are biographies of people I find interesting, even if I'm not a big fan of their work. Mostly people in music movies and comedy. I'd be happy to recommend.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

Last bio I read was "A Fortunate Life" about Robert Vaughn. It was such a cool lens into that era of Hollywood that I want to read more like it. tim74's recommendation of Lauren Bacall's has me interested. Even if not of the same vein, what's high on your recommendation list?

[–] BillHicksFan (10613) 4 years ago

Last man standing : Mort Sahl and the Birth of Stand-up Comedy (Jim Curtis)
In the Pink: Not a Hunting Memoir - Nick Sedgwich
The John Lennon Letters
Director Interviews Series (Huston, Fellini, Sam Peckinpah, Welles, Altman)
Songs My Mother Taught Me: Marlon Brando (and the bio by Peter Manso)
Cassavetes by Cassavetes: (John Cassavetes and Ray Carney)
Summer With Morrison (Dennis Jakob)
Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together (Frank Lisciandro)
Heartland (Mort Sahl)
The Playboy Interviews: DIRECTORS
Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

Added Director Interviews Series and Last Man Standing to my list.

[–] BillHicksFan (10613) 4 years ago

Awesome! You are in for a treat

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I love a good novel. I'm reading "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell at the moment. The basis for John Carpenter's "The Thing."