Elk County Forum

We hear all the time about how much money is spent by companies taking polls.
Generally , when the polls are taken.. no once gives a flying hoot what the answers are..
But they are still kinda fun to see the results, even if they are dumb subjects.

So, this one of those polls.  ;D ;D

* You only have 4 days to vote.. and you can only vote once. *

 I like the Tony Hillerman books. They are an easy read, good mysteries and I've learned a good bit about Navajo culture.

If it has words, I read it.

 Al is like that. He reads the phone book!!

My children get upset with me 'cos I never throw a book away keep it and read it again (and again) I too have been known too read the phone book if nothing else is handy :-[

I actually go in and touch and hold my books...even when I don;t have time to read.
I love them and a special treat is when Kjell and I take off and have an hour or 3 to kill ,
so we spend it in a book store ...
We love it!

I knew there was something I liked about these people.  Teresa, that is the way I feel about books.  Next to the Forum, they are the best friends I have.  Right now I am in Ireland trying to find a jewel thief that is taunting me.  I have been everywhere and if I am bored I have a lot of good friends in the not read yet bookcase and old friends in the east bedroom.  I consider myself a happy person.

 I enjoyed the Secret life of Bees and The Lovely Bones too. We have an interesting little shop next door to our butcher. It's called the Bookateria. They have walls and walls of used paperbacks. You can start an account with them, drop off some paperbacks and " buy" a bunch more for a few cents on the dollar. They are kept in wonderful order by author and subject. You can pick a subject, like historical novels, and read everything the author ever wrote and then take them back when you are done. That's how I got to read the Tony Hillerman books for very little money. Mystery and Sci-fi. the same way.  We use the library too, of course. All books will keep you a happy person.

As my diminishing financial stature would dictate, I am buying and keeping fewer books. Ten years ago, I had roughly 5,000 hard-cover books and read 3-5 books a week. All of those books were in bookcases. I now have about 800. The library and friends have gotten a LOT of books.

:)

Mom read a lot and Daddy too, but he was more into nonfiction. He lived with us for 3 yrs. after Mom died, and I was able to find him a lot of large print books, which we donated to the Newark library upon his death. They have a whole room dedicated to large print books.

We have a library system that is trying to get the City of Lawrence to spend millions of dollars on a new building. When you look through it, you discover that they really don't have many books. What they have is computers for the homeless in large quantity. If they would buy some books, I would consider helping them build a new building.

(This is not a knee-jerk conservative stance. Rather, this is an extension of my belief that libraries are about books. They are not about social justice, except in that books will assist in making social justice more widespread, if they are available and they are read.)

What gets me is that librarians, which I remember as kind little old ladies with or without tennis shoes, are up in arms about efforts by the Denver City Council to block porn sites from public library computers even if school children use them.

These librarians apparently think not being able to view porn in a public library is against a person's right to read or look at anything one pleases and to do otherwise is unconstitutional.

I was allowed to go to a small town library alone while still a pre-teen.  My parents never paid attention to what books I might be bringing home and reading.  They knew the librarian and knew she wouldn't let me check out anything that I was too young to be reading.  She did hesitate about Valley of Decision, then decided there was nothing too graphic for my age.  I was reading Zane Grey, too, at that time and was shocked at some of the language he used even though it wasn't spelled out.

I too, am  a book reader. I have to chose each day just how much time I am going to play on the computer and how much book reading I will do.(Course, that is between housework, mail fetching, cafe and gossip time and then back to one or the other)

I open the day with the computer and close the day with a book. The best kinds of books I can find to read are; Fiction/non-fiction, mystery/spy and anything with a case to be solved. At the moment I am into Harry Potter........and yes I am anxious to read the last  book. I am in line at the library.........LOL...my daughter got me addicted to them.
Love the books that I can't figure the plot out till it is just about to the end.

I will read a cereal box if it is on a table and we are through reading the paper..course, that is the way my folks taught me. All of us were readers and the paper was a must.

Not a bad addiction? say what? always wanted to use that phrase...."Say What"...

I read everything in sight, too.  And I am good at reading upsidedown.  In fact, I can't help but read it if I can see it.  I will confess now that I used to read the papers on my boss's desk when I was working for the lawyer in Moline.  If he is monitoring this forum, I honestly tried not to read things that I wasn't supposed to, but when you are compelled, you gotta do it.

My oldest daughter got me started reading Tony Hillerman and I think she owns about every one of them.   We are an ecletic family.  First daughter reads historical and ancient history, second daughter reads romance, Janet reads mystery, fourth daughter doesn't have time to read and I read all of them.  The girls bring the books that they have read to me and when I have read them, I decide if they should go to the yard sale or be kept or destroyed.  And I mean that I have thrown books into the fire that I considered unfit to be read by anyone.  And none of them are offered for sale at our yard sales if I can help it.

 As far as I'm concerned, true porn has no place in any public building of any kind. Freedom of speech comes with a whole set of responsibilities too. False calls to the police are not free speech. False fire alarms are not freedom of speech. They better not be around me, and then say, "Waza matter cancha take a joke?" Porn in your own home is your business up to a point. As my civics teacher said long ago, it's rights AND responsibilities, not just rights. What kind of role models are we becoming if librarians are defending porn? Using the word "unconstitutional" to defend every sleazy thing that comes down the pike cheapens the word. You don't have to be a lawyer to know the basic difference between right and wrong.

I just finished "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King. I have been an 'SK' nut ever since I was 11 years old. I think I've read almost all of them. This one was part love story, part fantasy, and of course part horror. A very good read.

Dandymomma...I LOVE your profile picture.  Very Nice !

I love to read mysteries.  But haven't read any for quite some time now, need to change that, I think.

Sk it is! I cannot imagine how he knows so much about women? Dolores Claybourne was a great character study, however my personal favorite is The Stand. I have reread it many times. I finished Liseys Story not too long ago, it was great!

Thank you for the compliment Jo.

My favorite SK novel is Misery, but I'm kind of wierd that way. Yes, Dolores Claiborne was VERY good too. Have you read the Dark Tower series?

Quote from: dandymomma on July 31, 2007, 08:49:41 PM


My favorite SK novel is Misery, .

My favorite SK has to be Thinner.

I am reading Wolves Of The Calla right now, and have Song Of Susannah waiting in the wings. My reading time is cut short these days---I keep falling asleep! LOL! I liked Misery very much also, I particularly thought Kathy Bates did a great job in the movie. Usually books are a disappointment when filmed, but this was an exception to the rule in my opinion. BTW, the hard to find werewolf book that was an early SK title is available through the SE Kansas library system, I think the title is Silver Bullet. Great read, and the T.V. movie was good also. I did not care much for the volumes he wrot when he collaboated with Peter Straub, the cocain showed I think.

Silver Bullet is correct, and yes, it is very hard to find.

Yeah, I had a really hard time getting through The Tailsman, and I have already forgotten most of Black House.

I had a hard time getting into Tommyknockers as well.

Quote from: Ole Granny on July 31, 2007, 09:09:22 PM
My favorite SK has to be Thinner.

mine too

Thinner is a great example of being careful what you wish for, you mightg get it! LOL! It was a great story though. I am currently starting The Colorado Kid, it is a good read so far.

 Ok, I stopped at the Bookateria and picked up Misery and Thinner because you guys recommended them.  Should enjoy them  if you all did.

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Quote from: Diane Amberg on August 03, 2007, 12:56:53 PM
Ok, I stopped at the Bookateria and picked up Misery and Thinner because you guys recommended them.  Should enjoy them  if you all did.

I would also recommend "Skeleton Crew". It's a collection of short stories. My favorites in that collection are The Mist, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, The Raft, and The Word Processor of the Gods.