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[April] What are you reading?
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I had started reading His Dark Materials by Richard Pullman when the Magic Compass movie came out. I'd also listened to the audiobook in the commute of the first book.
My wife had bought me the big His Dark Materials. I made it to page 24 before my chest said, "this book is heavy" and put it down for many years.
Since my wife got me a Ebook for x-mas, I finally decided to tackle it.
I have 150 pages left to go.
An annoying discovery: The original softcover book cost $21.99. The eBook from the Sony store also cost $21.99.
Something has gone wrong with eBook pricing, an eBook should not cost as much as a paper book.
My wife had bought me the big His Dark Materials. I made it to page 24 before my chest said, "this book is heavy" and put it down for many years.
Since my wife got me a Ebook for x-mas, I finally decided to tackle it.
I have 150 pages left to go.
An annoying discovery: The original softcover book cost $21.99. The eBook from the Sony store also cost $21.99.
Something has gone wrong with eBook pricing, an eBook should not cost as much as a paper book.
Agamon
Adventurer
Reading The Daily Show with John Stewert presents: Earth, funny stuff, as expected. Also reading some X-23 comics to get a little more caught up on the Marvel universe. Also reading the HackMaster PH pdf now that it is in the final print stage. And I'm looking over Dungeon Crawl Classics beta again now that pre-orderers are gushing about the final product.
Villano
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I'm currently reading three books:
American Scary: Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV, by Michael Monahan. Monahan was involved with a few other people in making a (rather excellent) documentary about the history of horror hosts in America called "American Scary". This book contains the full transcripts of the interviews as well as conversations with newer hosts that weren't covered in the film.
Since it's a collection of interviews, I'm taking my time and reading a section here and there.
I defintely recommend it to anyone who watched these shows as a kid.
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Pass, by Mike Jahn. I picked this up in a used book store. Yes, it is the novelization of the Bionic Bigfoot episode of the TV show. I don't apologize, I loved the show (especially Bigfoot) as a kid.
I'm also reading The Sportsman: Unexpected Lessons from an Around the World Sports Odssey, by Dhani Jones. You may remember Jones as the host of the Travel Channel series, Dhani Tackles the Globe, in which Dhani traveled around the world, learning the local sports.
The book is divided into 2 halves. The first is his life and football career. The second is about filming the series.
It's a terrific book. Dhani has a distinct writng style. If you watched the show, you may remember Jone's voice overs. That's just the way he writes.
Jones is an interesting guy. He's the sort of Kim Possible Type A personality: an A student involved in every single sport and extracurricular activity. Before he was detoured by pro football, he wanted to be a pediatric neurologist (or something like that).
He also has some sort of obsessive disorder. He can be overwhelmed by too many choices. He wears a "uniform" (black shirt and blue or grey jeans) and eats the same things when he goes to restaurants (he doesn't even want to see the menu). He talked about when he bought his first house and tried decorating it. He got so obsessed with minutia like cupboard handles and door hinges that he once spent 7 hours in a lighting store because of some small detail.
Anyway, I downloaded it from Amazon last week for $5.28. As I'm writing this, I checked again and it's now available for $3.09, so it's definitley worth a look.
American Scary: Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV, by Michael Monahan. Monahan was involved with a few other people in making a (rather excellent) documentary about the history of horror hosts in America called "American Scary". This book contains the full transcripts of the interviews as well as conversations with newer hosts that weren't covered in the film.
Since it's a collection of interviews, I'm taking my time and reading a section here and there.
I defintely recommend it to anyone who watched these shows as a kid.
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Pass, by Mike Jahn. I picked this up in a used book store. Yes, it is the novelization of the Bionic Bigfoot episode of the TV show. I don't apologize, I loved the show (especially Bigfoot) as a kid.
I'm also reading The Sportsman: Unexpected Lessons from an Around the World Sports Odssey, by Dhani Jones. You may remember Jones as the host of the Travel Channel series, Dhani Tackles the Globe, in which Dhani traveled around the world, learning the local sports.
The book is divided into 2 halves. The first is his life and football career. The second is about filming the series.
It's a terrific book. Dhani has a distinct writng style. If you watched the show, you may remember Jone's voice overs. That's just the way he writes.
Jones is an interesting guy. He's the sort of Kim Possible Type A personality: an A student involved in every single sport and extracurricular activity. Before he was detoured by pro football, he wanted to be a pediatric neurologist (or something like that).
He also has some sort of obsessive disorder. He can be overwhelmed by too many choices. He wears a "uniform" (black shirt and blue or grey jeans) and eats the same things when he goes to restaurants (he doesn't even want to see the menu). He talked about when he bought his first house and tried decorating it. He got so obsessed with minutia like cupboard handles and door hinges that he once spent 7 hours in a lighting store because of some small detail.
Anyway, I downloaded it from Amazon last week for $5.28. As I'm writing this, I checked again and it's now available for $3.09, so it's definitley worth a look.
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