And write. Write. Write. And someday I will be reviewing your book here.
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
True Writer
And write. Write. Write. And someday I will be reviewing your book here.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Still a Good Series
You don't hear much about her anymore. She seems not to have kept her blog up. I have no idea if she is writing another book. I am speaking about Rochelle Krich Her last one I am aware of is Now you See Me which was quite a few years ago.
I sued to be book review editor for the Santa Monica Daily Press until it was decided that there was no need for a book reviewer column in that paper. Book Reviews seem to be the first thing to go when there is a need to cut back in the cost. Not that I was being paid for the reviews. They were carried without reimbursement. I got to keep the books I reviewed and/or picked up for review from the newspaper site here in the city of Santa Monica..
Anyway, I haven't heard from her. I think she was thinking of allowing me to review her next book. I do do on- line reviews. I do both Booksneeze which is Thomas Nelson's and am starting Multinomah book publisher.
Krich is a good writer of the mystery genre and unless she is dead should continue.
Anyway, I haven't heard from her. I think she was thinking of allowing me to review her next book. I do do on- line reviews. I do both Booksneeze which is Thomas Nelson's and am starting Multinomah book publisher.
Krich is a good writer of the mystery genre and unless she is dead should continue.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
How to Read
I found a good book in my library. I tend to read for information. I like to read these types of books to clear out my mind between fiction. This book How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom is refreshing. It was published in 2000-- the turn of the century (I have always wanted to say that and now I have)
He points out that books should be read for the purest of reasons,which is to discover and augment the self.
"Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?"
He discusses the works of some writers whom he admires. You will find Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner used.
You can also look at my web page http://www.turbo642.com/ for further help. It, of course,. is a book web site full of information and help.
Stay with me. Enjoy my love for books and reading.
What have you been reading lately? Comment and let us talk.
He points out that books should be read for the purest of reasons,which is to discover and augment the self.
He discusses the works of some writers whom he admires. You will find Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner used.
You can also look at my web page http://www.turbo642.com/ for further help. It, of course,. is a book web site full of information and help.
Stay with me. Enjoy my love for books and reading.
What have you been reading lately? Comment and let us talk.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
A New Site
I just want the readers of this blog to know that I have a web page concerning information on books and things pertaining to books. It is http://www.turbo642.com/.
This is a blog.
That is my information page.
I am currently reading a J.D. Robb book, her latest in the Death series. It is called New York To Dallas.
It is known that the authors real name is Nora Roberts, a fair writer in the romance genre. Authors do things like this-- write in other genrbooks es under pen names. I enjoy her romance but even more her mystery series. She mixes romance with mystery in this series. It is set, all the series, in the future, around 2060. The main character ,Eve Dallas, is married and horny as all get out. But the job as detective Lieutenant comes first
In this book she runs into a character from her past. He seeks revenge for her putting him in prison. She must put hiom back in before he kills and rapes more women.
Maybe not your type of mystery fiction. that's okay.
Keep reading my posts and I will keep on reviewing and letting you see what I am reeading. Deal?
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This is a blog.
That is my information page.
I am currently reading a J.D. Robb book, her latest in the Death series. It is called New York To Dallas.
It is known that the authors real name is Nora Roberts, a fair writer in the romance genre. Authors do things like this-- write in other genrbooks es under pen names. I enjoy her romance but even more her mystery series. She mixes romance with mystery in this series. It is set, all the series, in the future, around 2060. The main character ,Eve Dallas, is married and horny as all get out. But the job as detective Lieutenant comes first
In this book she runs into a character from her past. He seeks revenge for her putting him in prison. She must put hiom back in before he kills and rapes more women.
Maybe not your type of mystery fiction. that's okay.
Keep reading my posts and I will keep on reviewing and letting you see what I am reeading. Deal?
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Alarming but true.
Hi. I realize this isn't really about a book. Not at this moment. What I would like to do is tell you that I have set up a web page at http://www.turbo642.com/. It is an information site about books. It is neat. It is a love of mine--books and reading literacy. No doubt if you are following this blog you have figured that one out.
In fact let me print out an article.
Literacy Rate -
In fact let me print out an article.
Literacy Rate -
How Many Are Illiterate
The literacy rate in the US has many educators in search of answers about this problem that has plagued our country for decades. Instead of decreasing, the numbers of literacy has steadily increased over the years. This raises a lot of questions about our education system, how it is ran, and why there is such a problem with illiterate people in our country.
The NAAL (National Assessment of Adult Literacy) administered tests which revealed that an estimated 14% of US residents would have extreme difficulty with reading and written comprehension. These people can legally be defined as illiterate. This could lead to numerous problems for these people now and in the future. When looking to apply for a job, there are forms that have to be filled out. Adults with literacy issues are unable to fill out these forms which decrease their chances of getting a job and raises unemployment issues.
According to international charts has a literacy rate of 21.8%. Education completion among males and females is drastically low. There are six years of primary level education and seven years of secondary level education offered. The United States requires six years of primary level education and seven years of secondary level education.
Greenland has fallen in the number one spot for literacy rates which is defined as anyone over the age of fifteen years old that can read and write. Both males and females have are at 100% literacy. In the US, adults with a high level of literacy are at 19%, a low level of literacy are at 49.6% and a moderate level of literacy at 31.4%. That difference in literacy rates are outstanding.
When compared with international figures, out of 205 rated countries, the US falls into the 27th slot of 205. While this isn't a dangerous place to be in, we need to research what it is countries such as Greenland, Luxembourg and Norway are doing differently. Perhaps there is something within our school system that we can alter to better accommodate students with literacy problems and prevent future issues.
Literacy issues affect daily life. Those who are illiterate face problems, not only in the workforce but at home as well. How can anyone with a low literacy rate complete daily tasks such as writing a letter, filling out forms, helping their child with homework and so on. The issue of literacy rates is a concerning one. With the proper research and adjustments we can better these rates from what they are now and educate our students further to prevent adult literacy problems.
If we fail to fix the literacy problems that we face today it may one day become a crisis issue. All one has to do is look at the facts and figures to figure out that there is a phenomenal difference internationally between countries and their literacy rates. Low levels of literacy result in people being uninformed or misinformed about certain issues. This can lead the way to crime, mis-education, and the failure to live life properly. For example, it has been stressed over the years that parents should read to their child. How can a parent do something like that if they are unable to read more than a few short sentences?
No matter what the circumstances behind the issues of literacy, we need to take a step back and analyze our options and move forward from there. Children of today are the future for tomorrow and we need to do all that we can to make sure that those children graduate from school able to read at a moderate to high literary level. Their comprehension is important and testing needs to be done in order to assure that they are where they need to be before moving ahead and graduation out of the school system. These are steps that will help our students not only avoid the disadvantage of being illiterate for the well being of their own future, but also that of our entire country and how competitive we can stay in the global economy.
This shouldn't be. So I have a web site up.
Enjoy it.
Send me comments. How do you like what I am doing? Is there any other information I can impart on this subject that will help you?
The NAAL (National Assessment of Adult Literacy) administered tests which revealed that an estimated 14% of US residents would have extreme difficulty with reading and written comprehension. These people can legally be defined as illiterate. This could lead to numerous problems for these people now and in the future. When looking to apply for a job, there are forms that have to be filled out. Adults with literacy issues are unable to fill out these forms which decrease their chances of getting a job and raises unemployment issues.
According to international charts has a literacy rate of 21.8%. Education completion among males and females is drastically low. There are six years of primary level education and seven years of secondary level education offered. The United States requires six years of primary level education and seven years of secondary level education.
Greenland has fallen in the number one spot for literacy rates which is defined as anyone over the age of fifteen years old that can read and write. Both males and females have are at 100% literacy. In the US, adults with a high level of literacy are at 19%, a low level of literacy are at 49.6% and a moderate level of literacy at 31.4%. That difference in literacy rates are outstanding.
When compared with international figures, out of 205 rated countries, the US falls into the 27th slot of 205. While this isn't a dangerous place to be in, we need to research what it is countries such as Greenland, Luxembourg and Norway are doing differently. Perhaps there is something within our school system that we can alter to better accommodate students with literacy problems and prevent future issues.
Literacy issues affect daily life. Those who are illiterate face problems, not only in the workforce but at home as well. How can anyone with a low literacy rate complete daily tasks such as writing a letter, filling out forms, helping their child with homework and so on. The issue of literacy rates is a concerning one. With the proper research and adjustments we can better these rates from what they are now and educate our students further to prevent adult literacy problems.
If we fail to fix the literacy problems that we face today it may one day become a crisis issue. All one has to do is look at the facts and figures to figure out that there is a phenomenal difference internationally between countries and their literacy rates. Low levels of literacy result in people being uninformed or misinformed about certain issues. This can lead the way to crime, mis-education, and the failure to live life properly. For example, it has been stressed over the years that parents should read to their child. How can a parent do something like that if they are unable to read more than a few short sentences?
No matter what the circumstances behind the issues of literacy, we need to take a step back and analyze our options and move forward from there. Children of today are the future for tomorrow and we need to do all that we can to make sure that those children graduate from school able to read at a moderate to high literary level. Their comprehension is important and testing needs to be done in order to assure that they are where they need to be before moving ahead and graduation out of the school system. These are steps that will help our students not only avoid the disadvantage of being illiterate for the well being of their own future, but also that of our entire country and how competitive we can stay in the global economy.
This shouldn't be. So I have a web site up.
Enjoy it.
Send me comments. How do you like what I am doing? Is there any other information I can impart on this subject that will help you?
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Have I Got a Tale For You
I would venture to say that in most of us there is a story waiting to come out. A story that at least your grandmother or the people at work would be thrilled to hear.
Maybe someone has said to you that something you said should be in a book and you should write it. Yet you hold back because you wonder who will publish it.
When I was younger, and this was before ebooks or even the Internet, I had a subject I felt needed to be addressed. Never mind that there was a glut of books out there already on the subject. I decided that I was going to seek out a vanity publisher,--a subsidy press-- to get my booklet out there.
And so we still have that avenue of publishing to consider. Today it is easier. We have the Internet and we can turn what we have written into an Ebook.
Some self-published books do work. I understand that The Wizard of Oz was self published. Look how popular it became and every book in the series after that was published under a publisher that paid the author.
When we self-publish we, the author, have to pay to have it printed and distributed. And if it doesn't sell, we are stuck with the surplus.
This may not be a worry in the Ebook realm. But we still have to pay for the privilege to have our 'baby' set mto print.
Luckily there are good places you can go. I don't know the prices. Ask once you have contacted them. I am sure that somewhere on this posting there is an ad. The Booksneeeze group I receive books to review from is affliated with a publisher. I am sure you can link up with the publisher they push.
Enjoy reading. I plan to keep on recommending books and reviewing books.
Maybe someone has said to you that something you said should be in a book and you should write it. Yet you hold back because you wonder who will publish it.
When I was younger, and this was before ebooks or even the Internet, I had a subject I felt needed to be addressed. Never mind that there was a glut of books out there already on the subject. I decided that I was going to seek out a vanity publisher,--a subsidy press-- to get my booklet out there.
Some self-published books do work. I understand that The Wizard of Oz was self published. Look how popular it became and every book in the series after that was published under a publisher that paid the author.
When we self-publish we, the author, have to pay to have it printed and distributed. And if it doesn't sell, we are stuck with the surplus.
This may not be a worry in the Ebook realm. But we still have to pay for the privilege to have our 'baby' set mto print.
Luckily there are good places you can go. I don't know the prices. Ask once you have contacted them. I am sure that somewhere on this posting there is an ad. The Booksneeeze group I receive books to review from is affliated with a publisher. I am sure you can link up with the publisher they push.
Enjoy reading. I plan to keep on recommending books and reviewing books.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Great Book For Cult Differences
Before section one we are given a chapter on Orthodox beliefs so we will have a basis to talk from. Ridenour calls it a Plumbline.
Section two covers the major religions of the world. Judaism. Islam. Hinduism. Buddism.
Section Three covers the major cults. Unitarians. Jehovah Witnesses. Christian Science. Mormonism.
The New Age which is an explosion of Hinduism is not covered.
I recommend this as a good introductory book.
Please feel free to comment. I will respond. And keep on reading.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
How to Read A Book
I know. I know. What a dull title for a posting. But this is important.
A book is to be slowly and lovingly digested. That can easily be said of a good fiction book. But how do you read that non-fiction work?
That is a good question and one that needs to be addressed.
I find that when I come across a non-fiction book that I look first at the table of contents to get a general idea of where the author is going. Sometimes the titles given each chapter are deceptive. So my next step is to look at the index (This is non-fiction and hopefully the author has been nice enough to include one.) I would look to see who and what is mentioned. I don't concern myself so much with where and on what page, but I look to get an idea of what the author considers important.. Then I would look at the number of pages. It is not always true that the more pages the better the coverage. Some subjects don't need extensive coverage.
Then I ask myself, or I have before I select a book on the subject, just what am I looking for? What do I need to know? And having selected the book I read it to answer my questions. It doesn't have to be a profound question. Maybe just something I need to know.
Please feel free to comment on the posts. I will answer every comment that is not spam or a flame.
A book is to be slowly and lovingly digested. That can easily be said of a good fiction book. But how do you read that non-fiction work?
That is a good question and one that needs to be addressed.
I find that when I come across a non-fiction book that I look first at the table of contents to get a general idea of where the author is going. Sometimes the titles given each chapter are deceptive. So my next step is to look at the index (This is non-fiction and hopefully the author has been nice enough to include one.) I would look to see who and what is mentioned. I don't concern myself so much with where and on what page, but I look to get an idea of what the author considers important.. Then I would look at the number of pages. It is not always true that the more pages the better the coverage. Some subjects don't need extensive coverage.
Then I ask myself, or I have before I select a book on the subject, just what am I looking for? What do I need to know? And having selected the book I read it to answer my questions. It doesn't have to be a profound question. Maybe just something I need to know.
Please feel free to comment on the posts. I will answer every comment that is not spam or a flame.
Friday, September 9, 2011
James Patterson's New Venture
I don't know how new new it is because Patterson has the habit of co-writing at the present time with so many other authors--each seems to be a series-- that he is always present in the New Book Section of the Santa Monica Library. This is where I pick up his books to read. This one he wrote with a Michael Ledwidge. It is named Now You See Her It is a suspense novel told mostly in first person from the woman's pov. (Point Of View) it is intersperced with third person from Peter's point of view. This helps the mounting tension as she disappears and later shows up again and a hunter/ hunted motif is used. But mostly the motif of chase is used. As Paterson's co-authored books go, this is well done. His formula of short chapters, terse language is seen here. Just enough red herrings are used to keep the reader guessing to the end. Is her husband a wife killer? Is she the next? That's one plot line. Another is: who is the Jump Killer? Someone is killing women and leaving them tied up in jump cords. The main character knows the one on death row for the crime isn't the killer. How is she going to prove that and still keep away from Peter whom she has managed to run away from all these years?
For readers of Patterson novels I recommend this one.
For readers of Patterson novels I recommend this one.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Biography Of Ethel Waters
Found a great biography by Donald Bogle, an instructor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the University Of Pennsylvania. It is concerning the life of Ethel Waters Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters I remembered her only as a back up singer for the Billy Graham Crusades. By that time she had put on lots of weight. But she wasn't always overweight. She was a thin singer/ actress before then. She also was featured, or maybe starred in A Cabin In The Sky . I did see that once at the library here in Santa Monica on one of their movie days. And she did act in Member Of The Wedding.
I find this book to be a good biography. The author, also black, does not go light on the race issue of the times. Nor should he have done so. It is a matter of history. History must not be forgotten or placed in an alternative universe, except in sci fi.
I find this book to be a good biography. The author, also black, does not go light on the race issue of the times. Nor should he have done so. It is a matter of history. History must not be forgotten or placed in an alternative universe, except in sci fi.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Warning-- watch out
It is dangeous. Dangeous because all we need to know about heaven is found in God's Book, the Bible. Dangeous because to say a person can die and come back again is not according to what God says. Dangeous because this writer is a pastor. People hold pastors in awe and believe what they tell them.
This pastor is wrong. Dead wrong.
It is also dangeous because some people trust the publisher, Thomas Nelson, as being a Christian publisher of truth. In this case the publisher blew it.
Set in Santa Monica
I have found a mystery that is set in Santa Monica. It is called No Dice and it is written by Mar Preston. It is written omnipresent and the viewpoint is shared by two persons. Dave Mason, the Santa Monica detective and Ginger McNair, a resident who is up for nomination as a member of the city board. It is up with the rent control faction and the fair wage law issue of a few years ago and I must admit, a present day issue in Santa Monica. Santa Monica is run by a mayor who is part of the city council. The way it works here in Santa Monica is their mayor is elected from among the council.
The story starts the day before a big vote on bringing a casino into their city. The council woman who is pro-gambling is found knifed. She is discover by Ginger who is anti-gambling. This makes her a suspect.
The casino will be built on prime land now used by Sears and Santa Monica Place. There are suspects a plenty. There is also a romance but it is not allowed to dominate the mystery. There are not bodies every place.
This does follow the mystery formula of victim, murderer, sleuth. Our amateur detective is Ginger who just can't let the Santa Monica Police Department alone to solve the case.
It has a satisfactory ending and all is well.
I would recommend it for the mystery reader out there.
The story starts the day before a big vote on bringing a casino into their city. The council woman who is pro-gambling is found knifed. She is discover by Ginger who is anti-gambling. This makes her a suspect.
The casino will be built on prime land now used by Sears and Santa Monica Place. There are suspects a plenty. There is also a romance but it is not allowed to dominate the mystery. There are not bodies every place.
This does follow the mystery formula of victim, murderer, sleuth. Our amateur detective is Ginger who just can't let the Santa Monica Police Department alone to solve the case.
It has a satisfactory ending and all is well.
I would recommend it for the mystery reader out there.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Thursday Missing
The story concerns the seeking for the real Thursday. It takes place in the Bookworld and the real Thursday has dissapeared and all that is left is the written Thursday. It is told in first person and it is trhe written Thrsday we are seeing the story through. Chartacters around her are fading away because they are no longer read. She feels unneeeded and a shadow of the original. She wants to find and restore the real Thursday.
In the end, if I understand it correctly, she discovers she is not a copy.
I guess maybe I don't get it. But that is okay. There are a lolt of other genres out there for me to read.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Dekker's new Book
At least I think it is his new book. He is such a prolific writer at the moment, it seems to me. Since I pick up his books at the Santa Monica Library and it appeared in the new book section, I think it is new.
It's The Priest's Graveyard and I have always enjoyed his writing style. Tight. Good charaters. Concerning the battle between good and evil in the world.
This concerns a priest who is going around cleansing the world of bad people. A priest who acts like the grim reaper. He meets up with a young woman who has been ill treated and now has the goal to destroy the man who abused her.
I am still in the midst of reading it so I don't know how it works out, but the two of them are on a vengence kick. I suspect if it follows the resolution of his other novels, good will win out in the end, Although I wonder about the message that it is okay to take the law in your own hands when it comes to evil.
Dekker handles the subject well and it is a good read for those who like this type of story.
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It's The Priest's Graveyard and I have always enjoyed his writing style. Tight. Good charaters. Concerning the battle between good and evil in the world.
This concerns a priest who is going around cleansing the world of bad people. A priest who acts like the grim reaper. He meets up with a young woman who has been ill treated and now has the goal to destroy the man who abused her.
I am still in the midst of reading it so I don't know how it works out, but the two of them are on a vengence kick. I suspect if it follows the resolution of his other novels, good will win out in the end, Although I wonder about the message that it is okay to take the law in your own hands when it comes to evil.
Dekker handles the subject well and it is a good read for those who like this type of story.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Importance of Reading
I might have mentioned this earlier Books whether in EBook form or hard cover contain so much good material. Where else can you get an education for little money and time?
Non-Fiction is very important. How to do it books sell well because people want to know. No ones' education, that is formal education, can cover everything you would need to know as you go through life. But someone has put it in a book to share with others
Also non-fiction includes biography. Get to know people this way. Meet people you wouldn't run into every day. There is the memoir called "Jennie Out Of The Bottle" by Barbara Eden. You remember her. The woman who played a genie that came out of the bottle to help the Astronaut played by Larry Hagman. yes, her. Chances are that you won't meet her every day. But you have a book you can read and learn something about her.
Or you can read books on Abraham Lincoln. Him you aren't going to run into today.
Keep reading. Keep growing.
Non-Fiction is very important. How to do it books sell well because people want to know. No ones' education, that is formal education, can cover everything you would need to know as you go through life. But someone has put it in a book to share with others
Also non-fiction includes biography. Get to know people this way. Meet people you wouldn't run into every day. There is the memoir called "Jennie Out Of The Bottle" by Barbara Eden. You remember her. The woman who played a genie that came out of the bottle to help the Astronaut played by Larry Hagman. yes, her. Chances are that you won't meet her every day. But you have a book you can read and learn something about her.
Or you can read books on Abraham Lincoln. Him you aren't going to run into today.
Keep reading. Keep growing.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Further Books
Books are very important to a persons life. You get enjoyment from them as well as information. I am very grateful having learned to read.
I guess I have always been a reader. It is very important to me. I also guess I am the few of those who weren't distroyed by the required books to be read for English Classes in High School. I never really disliked Dickens or other writers. Although there were a few authors, looking back, I would never have read unless they were required in school. Sir Walter Scott is one of those. George Elliot is another. As well as Thackery.
Now that I am out of school I find it easier to go back and read those authors I have missed reading when in high school.
Moby Dick is still a hard one to get interested in. As is Gone With The Wind which I was able to plod through. Cancer Ward is a great piece of writing.
I have also found that American Literature really isn't. Geater themes and plots are found in Soviet Literature and English Literature. But more about them later.
The EBook has not done a great service for us by releasing these books and others as free downloads. But that seems to be where you are most likely to find the titles limping along.
Now that I am out of school I find it easier to go back and read those authors I have missed reading when in high school.
Moby Dick is still a hard one to get interested in. As is Gone With The Wind which I was able to plod through. Cancer Ward is a great piece of writing.
I have also found that American Literature really isn't. Geater themes and plots are found in Soviet Literature and English Literature. But more about them later.
The EBook has not done a great service for us by releasing these books and others as free downloads. But that seems to be where you are most likely to find the titles limping along.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Others Are Reading
Doing my search for others to recommend along the line of book to consider. Some links I was able to find--and these are areas that I myself won't be covering-- are these. http://www.ablogofbooks.blogspot.com/ which covers children's books. When it comes to Sci-Fi/ fantasy you can look at http://www.fantasticreviews.blogspot.com/. If you are a lover of mysteries I recommend http://www.stacyjuba.com/.
Death of an outlet
Sad to say but I have just been informed by Daniel A.of the Santa Monica Daily Press, our Santa Monica paper, that he has decided to stop carrying the book review column in the paper. This means there are going to be many in the area who are not going to be able to have good books reviewed.
Book reading is not dead. If you don't have a hard cover or paperback book you could have an EReader. These people still need a good book reviewer
Be that as It may be, this makes it more important that I keep this blog up.
Presently I am sitting keyboarding this in our local library. I am surrounded by books. True, there are books on tape and CDs and other medias here. Yet there are books here. Hard cover. Soft cover. Graphic books. Dictionaries. And so on
Reading is important. The reason we read is for information and for entertanment. Hopefully when we get out of school we keep reading.
People will tell you that it was the required reading in school that killed or lessened their love of reading. True, Dickens will not be a favorite of mine anymore. I have reread Christmas Carol again. A Tale of Two Cities is still out there for EBooks. But you don't have to read them now that they are not on your English teachers recommended list.:-)
That was just an example. I am sure you have many more you have no desire to go back and read. I don't blame you.
Keep reading and write back to me. Leave a comment and I will respond.
Book reading is not dead. If you don't have a hard cover or paperback book you could have an EReader. These people still need a good book reviewer
Be that as It may be, this makes it more important that I keep this blog up.
Presently I am sitting keyboarding this in our local library. I am surrounded by books. True, there are books on tape and CDs and other medias here. Yet there are books here. Hard cover. Soft cover. Graphic books. Dictionaries. And so on
Reading is important. The reason we read is for information and for entertanment. Hopefully when we get out of school we keep reading.
People will tell you that it was the required reading in school that killed or lessened their love of reading. True, Dickens will not be a favorite of mine anymore. I have reread Christmas Carol again. A Tale of Two Cities is still out there for EBooks. But you don't have to read them now that they are not on your English teachers recommended list.:-)
That was just an example. I am sure you have many more you have no desire to go back and read. I don't blame you.
Keep reading and write back to me. Leave a comment and I will respond.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Lakers Score
Back on April 2, 2010 my book review on "50 Amazing Years in The City Of the Angels" by the Los Angeles Times Sport Staff was published in the Santa Monica Daily Press. This is a collectors item. They haven't always been on the winning end of the game. And with the recent mishaps they may not be on the winning end this year. But when it comes to history and basketball, the Lakers are a team to be looked up to.
Basketball is a contact sport. The price of being a winning team is high.
What I liked about this book is the collection in one place of all the columns detailing their long history in the sport. The time period covered in this table sized book is from 1960 to 2009.
The losing years are detailed here also. but along with that is a recap of the recouping and effort to be number one for so many years.
Columns by Jim Murry, Ted Green, Scott Howard Cooper.. they are all here. And the pictures from Times achieves makes this a must have for sports fans.
Basketball is a contact sport. The price of being a winning team is high.
What I liked about this book is the collection in one place of all the columns detailing their long history in the sport. The time period covered in this table sized book is from 1960 to 2009.
The losing years are detailed here also. but along with that is a recap of the recouping and effort to be number one for so many years.
Columns by Jim Murry, Ted Green, Scott Howard Cooper.. they are all here. And the pictures from Times achieves makes this a must have for sports fans.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Books are Here to Stay
Books. They are important. I mean the ones you can hold in your hand and pursue slowly, letting the words simmer in your mind. I have nothing against Ebooks. I like Kindle, Kobo,IPads. They have their place. They can store lots of titles without taking up much space on the bookshielf.
But I prefer to hold something with weight to it in my hand and slowly turn the pages. It is also hard to cuddle up to an Ereader, metal, breakable.
Yes, over time the paper book gets old and worn and torn. Sometimes they go out of print and before they do it is neccessary to put them into pixels.on disks and CDs. We are seeing that today... the transformation of bound books into pixels. And even that will pass. Look at what is happening to that form of storage known as microfiche.
I am the book reviewer for the Santa Monica Daily Press. http://www.smdp.com/. Most of this discussion comes from the book I reviewed back in June 9, 2010 . It was called "The Case for Books:Past, Present, and Future." by Robert Darnton. It seems to be aimed for libraries and other bibliophites, but it is good reading for thought. We seem to be seeing a transformation from bound books to pixels stored on disks and CDs and Google Book Search. This is somewhat of a good move. But with the transformation of information there is also the possibility of what was added by publishers as the years went by. The classic case in point would be anything we have today by Shakespeare. But we accept the additions to the text, the lines subtracted, words left out. After all, that is stuff of days gone by and no one minds.
A worning is given that we must be careful of what we accept from the intgernet,. "Students usually download tests from computers without askin gwhere they come from, aqnd they frequestly get garbage," Darnton. points out.
Still that is no reason not to read.
More discussion to come.
But I prefer to hold something with weight to it in my hand and slowly turn the pages. It is also hard to cuddle up to an Ereader, metal, breakable.
Yes, over time the paper book gets old and worn and torn. Sometimes they go out of print and before they do it is neccessary to put them into pixels.on disks and CDs. We are seeing that today... the transformation of bound books into pixels. And even that will pass. Look at what is happening to that form of storage known as microfiche.
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A worning is given that we must be careful of what we accept from the intgernet,. "Students usually download tests from computers without askin gwhere they come from, aqnd they frequestly get garbage," Darnton. points out.
Still that is no reason not to read.
More discussion to come.
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