Maybe you should read a book sometime.

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Magenta

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My favorite King book was "The Stand".... epic story about the battle between good and evil..
That was the first Stephen King book I read :) It was riveting :D

read... nearly all of Ken Follett...
Ken Follett is an amazing author!

I am listening to Thus Spake Zarathustra right now
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posthuman

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I hate to read books. I read a lot of articles and reference books but the only book I ever read in its entirety is Rumble Fish, in the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] grade. That is probably why I read the Bible a lot it’s 66 short Books. But I love to be read to. I am blessed my best friend loves to read so I have had just about all C.S. Lewis books read to me. Screwtape Letters by far my favorite. And I listened to a really great book, Hinds Feet on High Places. And my son's father read to me, when were dating, the Seventh Son (not a Christian book) that his how he won my heart...lol
goodness! i can't 'like' your post for the sake of you hating to read books!

((i love reading))

but i enjoy listening to books as well :)
i '
liked' it for that

over my life i have quite often had long commutes, even regularly over an hour each way, and found that an audiobook is a great way to spend this time. i heard all of the Harry Potter series this way. these days i fill up that time with something like a 1,000 long series of sermons on Romans ((seriously - about 200 on Romans 5:14 so far, and the guy shows no sign of exhausting the topic!))
 

mcubed

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goodness! i can't 'like' your post for the sake of you hating to read books!

((i love reading))

but i enjoy listening to books as well :)
i '
liked' it for that

over my life i have quite often had long commutes, even regularly over an hour each way, and found that an audiobook is a great way to spend this time. i heard all of the Harry Potter series this way. these days i fill up that time with something like a 1,000 long series of sermons on Romans ((seriously - about 200 on Romans 5:14 so far, and the guy shows no sign of exhausting the topic!))

Really smart people love to read. I have two sisters that are doctors and on that writes textbooks for universities and all three of them read (like a lot, books that is...) I say you are up there with the smarts.... I am the black sheep of my family.... in every way...
 

mcubed

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**one** I meant to type one instead of on but the 5 min was up... I bet people that read books proofread before 5 min. ...lol
 
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Galatea

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Darwin's Origin of Species is a classic for sci-fi fans, it would probably make a cool movie too with all the insects evolving into birds and what not. Lol.
Here you go [video=youtube;A-tBd-Xp5tA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-tBd-Xp5tA[/video]
 
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Galatea

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He was one of the episodes on a time traveling show last year. (I think the show is Time After Time, but I'm horrible remembering names of anything.) And then shortly after that, Grimm had an off-take for Wesen moving through walls to kill people staying in that motel. Must be a good book, since Larson has manage to recapture a story that went into oblivion, and now people know it again.
A friend of mine liked that show. He was into science fiction, a big Dr. Who fan. I only saw an episode of the show, and it was the HH Holmes episode. It was a good book, and I thought it would be all about Holmes, but it was also about the Fair, so I learned a lot.
 
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Really smart people love to read. I have two sisters that are doctors and on that writes textbooks for universities and all three of them read (like a lot, books that is...) I say you are up there with the smarts.... I am the black sheep of my family.... in every way...
Is this you? :D

 

SparkleEyes

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Outside of the Bible, I read Christian non fiction (Christian Living, commentaries, other Christian genres), biographies, fiction and non-fiction. I usually have 4-5 books going at one time. Reading is a life saver.

Plus, I have a Little Free Library outside my home!! :) Come get a book and leave a book!
 

mar09

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I hate to read books. I read a lot of articles and reference books but the only book I ever read in its entirety is Rumble Fish, in the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] grade. That is probably why I read the Bible a lot it’s 66 short Books. But I love to be read to. I am blessed my best friend loves to read so I have had just about all C.S. Lewis books read to me. Screwtape Letters by far my favorite. And I listened to a really great book, Hinds Feet on High Places. And my son's father read to me, when were dating, the Seventh Son (not a Christian book) that his how he won my heart...lol
I would like to be able to read that... right now i am into a new one, If, by Carmichael, but not yet done with two others=).

If – Part 1 by Amy Carmichael |
 
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I could afford it, but I am so cheap I would never buy all the books I have on my computer. I have downloaded dozens of books for free off the net. Am I the only one who does this on a consistent basis?

I can find almost any title I want by simply searching for ["the book title"/pdf]. You don't have to do this, but I have a small "converter" program that turns them into WORD format for easier reading.... and even printing them out.
 
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Am currently reading "Ekklesia Rising: Visitations From Jesus Revealing the Truth and Power of Who and What we really Are." Written by Liz Wright, purchased from Amazon.

For those who want to know about the Bride of Christ.
Was that put out by Red Flag Publishers? :D
 
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The unabridged editions do away with the old English.
Not that it matters, but the unabridged versions are the original, full length, unedited versions. (Might save you getting one you don't want.)