A Good Thriller discussion

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I see many reviewers that I follow "currently reading" 4 and 5 books at a time...

I usually have two going at a time... a fiction and a non-fiction. But I can't seem to get into multiple fiction books at a time... especially if I am REALLY into one particular one - the others would get abandoned b/c I'd forget what was happening in them and lose interest.

So I'm curious... how many of you read multiple fiction books at a time? :-)

I read between two and four.

I am currently reading 2 hardcovers and 2 on my kindle! I read the kindle at night and hardbacks during day. I choose depending on my mood!

I'm generally actively reading 2 - 3 at one time, but the reality is that there are also 5 - 7 that I started and have not picked up for awhile, and the jury's out on whether I'm abandoning them or merely taking a break.

Normally I don't, but it I'm reading on a device, I usually have a bathtub book going too.

yes, Sometime

I usually read two at the same time.

I can't read two stories at the same time, I usually end up read the one I like the most. But I can read a story and something else like psychology, history, politics, theology...

One.

I usually have 3 books going on at the same time: one on my laptop, one on my phone and a paperback for different times of the day.

8-10 combination of books and tablet.

Yes. And they're all REAL paper books. Tablets and e-readers aren't real books.

That's an interesting comment Amber, especially since you can read "real books" on tablets and e-readers.

I definitely have two and sometimes three going at the same time. They are usually different formats - an ebook, an audiobook and a paperback.

Amber wrote: "Yes. And they're all REAL paper books. Tablet and e-readers aren't real books."

Sorry, but I can't let this comment slide...

So the words in ebooks are fake words - alternative words? The books that I download from Amazon are figments of my imagination. What should we tell the authors of said books? That their works are not valid? They don't deserve royalties for their writing? What constitutes a REAL book? Explain, please....

Lauren wrote: "Amber wrote: "Yes. And they're all REAL paper books. Tablet and e-readers aren't real books."

Sorry, but I can't let this comment slide...

So the words in ebooks are fake words - alternative word..."

Amber is a friend, but she got herself into trouble for being rude to people who treat ebooks as real books. I hope that will not repeat itself here.

Luffy wrote: "Amber is a friend, but she got herself into trouble for being rude to people who treat ebooks as real books. I hope that will not repeat itself here. "

Thanks Luffy.

It's just that comments like that touch a nerve with me and bring out my usually dormant snarky side :0)

Books by definition, are made from paper. The e-readers may contain the same contents as a REAL book but as they are not paper, they don't sound, feel or smell like a real book.

Despite the second definition listed here, I disagree with that one and ONLY agree with definitions 1 and 3: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/book

Another: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...

According to BOTH of these, I am correct in saying that real books are made of paper, parchment or vellum, rather than light and binary code on a screen. Vellum definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...

Parchment definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...

The subject is touchy, because ebooks have relatively just arrived on the reading scene, that's why old fashioned readers have certain preferences. :)

Damn right, Luffy. The big advantage paper books are gonna have over e-books is that when the supply of materials to make e-books runs out, you'll (hopefully) still have trees with which to make PAPER... not to mention that you don't NEED a toxic battery for a paper book.

Plus trees can be replanted, whereas the human lives lost in the mines for the materials from which e-books are made CANNOT be replaced.

Amber wrote: "Books by definition, are made from paper. "

No they are not. As you so clearly point out, original books were made from vellum (animal skin) not paper.

Moreover, the dictionary definition that you provide clearly states that ebooks are book. One cannot pick and choose the definitions they don't agree with. That would would make dictionaries obsolete.

Amber wrote: "Books by definition, are made from paper. The e-readers may contain the same contents as a REAL book but as they are not paper, they don't sound, feel or smell like a real book.

Despite the second..."

Hey Amber! So I have to ask...is the format more important than the contents to you?

Many authors publish their books using both formats. How can the same thing be a book one way but not the other?

You (Amber) seem to make some good points, but I can't see why people who die in mines equates to ebooks not being real.

Amber wrote: "Damn right, Luffy. The big advantage paper books are gonna have over e-books is that when the supply of materials to make e-books runs out, you'll (hopefully) still have trees with which to make PA..."

The number fallacies in this argument are so numerous that it boggles the mind.

The process of creating paper is just as toxic as creating batteries. Never mind the number of forests cleared for this purpose and the number of people who have died over the centuries so that we can have paper for books.

Lauren wrote: "Amber wrote: "Damn right, Luffy. The big advantage paper books are gonna have over e-books is that when the supply of materials to make e-books runs out, you'll (hopefully) still have trees with wh..."

Lauren: The difference is that the people cutting the trees had a CHOICE, whereas the SLAVE LABOR does not. It is SLAVE LABOR that mines the materials for the e-readers.

Ever heard of recycling? When paper wears out, you send it to be made into fresh paper.

Eldon, that's a question that can't easily be answered. The same way money is no longer money.

Because it's not TANGIBLE, Luffy. Physical books are tangible items.

Amber wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Amber wrote: "Damn right, Luffy. The big advantage paper books are gonna have over e-books is that when the supply of materials to make e-books runs out, you'll (hopefully) still hav..."

Again just curious but where did you read that slave labour is used to make ereaders?

Amber wrote: "Because it's not TANGIBLE, Luffy. Physical books are tangible items."

When an ebook is sideloaded into a tablet or dedicated ereader, the weight of the ereader does increase. It only happens on a very, very small scale. So ebooks have substance, they not just occupy a tablet, they change the tablet's weight. So they are real.

The majority of ereader batteries are made from Lithium and the largest source of this mineral is Australia. I highly doubt that the miners there are slave labor.

Moreover, forced labor is not uncommon in the forestry industry either.

An interesting article on the environmental advantages of ereaders over paperbooks:

http://theecoguide.org/books-vs-ebook...

And Amazon's recycling policy for the Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...

Kobo also has one:

https://www.kobo.com/erecycling

And Barnes & Noble Nook:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/nook/...

Cobalt is also used for items like smartphones (and by extension an e-reader), Lauren and Eldon: https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...

So are industrial diamonds. Another one, for both you and Eldon, Lauren: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15842524/ns...

http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/co... is a third source to answer your question about where I read this stuff, Eldon.

Lauren: Most of us don't care as much if the slave labor is an adult, except in sexual situations, compared to our reaction when the slave labor is made up of kids as young as 7. Why do you think we require US kids to go to school? Re: forced labor in the lumber industry vs. the mining of the non lithium materials for tablets, smart phone and e-readers.

Maybe it makes a tablet, smartphone or an e-reader a millionth of an atom's weight heavier than before the text was loaded, Luffy, but to an ordinary person, they can't tell the difference, weight wise, so that doesn't hold water, pardon the pun.

Tell me Amber, do you eat chocolate?

http://fortune.com/big-chocolate-chil...

There isn't an industry on this planet that cannot be accused of using forced labor somewhere. This is not a valid reason to claim that ebooks are not REAL book because they are.

Calm down Amber. I'm not arguing with you but am merely seeking to understand your position.

I can read 2 nonfiction and 1 fiction at a time. Fiction is on Putin. Also rereading some old children's books from my mother. Easy to read, she passed away in Feb. was 96.

Sue wrote: "I can read 2 nonfiction and 1 fiction at a time. Fiction is on Putin. Also rereading some old children's books from my mother. Easy to read, she passed away in Feb. was 96."

Condolences on your mother Sue.

I am sorry to hear of your mothers passing as well, Sue! She lived a long life though. Take comfort in the memories. I hope I get to have my mom that long.

I read one at a time, on my Tablet. I bearly have time to read 1 nevermind 2 or 3 at once. Tried to read 2 at once, once but just couldn't do it.

I'm usually reading one and listening to one on my ipod :)

Not a problem, Eldon. I was trying to make a point to Lauren about why I'm so passionate about TRADITIONAL books vs e readers

Sue: Sorry to hear about your Mum..

I usually read 2-3 books at a time. Right now I'm reading one, listening to one. When my daughter catches up I'll be adding Harry Potter to my books which is far from anything else I'm reading and I'm only reading that a chapter a day.

I don't normally read more than one book at a time, however I'm going to give it a go now as I'm hoping it will reenergise me to read; I'm in a bit of a rut currently.

I personally read one book at a time but I also listen to audiobooks in the car. Does that count as more than one book at a time? I guess it does.

Does to me, Mike.

Mike wrote: "I personally read one book at a time but I also listen to audiobooks in the car. Does that count as more than one book at a time? I guess it does."

Most Definitely I do the same!

One book at a time !!

Finish quicker, then start reading the next book.

Two stories in your head is difficult.

Sometimes I go back to a book, and read the last 1-2 pages of the last chapter before I carry on the book.

A good story can have so many twists/turns and characters.

Unfortunately....

I can read multiple nonfiction books at the same time. I can also read nonfiction while I'm reading fiction.

Yet, I must savor my fiction books - one at a time.

Yes . . . sometimes too many!

Of course...

I find that when I have a book on hold at the library and it's finally available, that is when I'm reading more than one book at a time.