Jack Reacher - any good?
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The Tea Boy said:
Welshbeef said:
Get paperback - if you spill a beer/kids splash in the pool you drop it it doesn't matter st all. Kindle/other reading software game over.
Already planned ahead and have a waterproof case for it 
As it turns out my books had 2 / 3 incidents
1. My little girl was playing round the pool and brought back a bucket full of water to our chairs placed it and it toppled over book utterly saturated ditto towels. I've never seen a book like a drowned cat before! I left it out in the sun for hours on end and finally it dried out. Now all curled up and the cover has peaked away from the firmer cardboard.
Result - I've nearly finished it and it works perfectly. We're talking 2-3 ltrs of water directly onto it and as it was on a towel say in it for a bit.
2. My fault this time over another book--- 5-6 plastic mugs of sangria and Black Russian kicked over book was under the chair. Nowhere near as bad but it's pages are an interesting colour.
3. A very wet swimming costume left on top of the same book covered with Sangria and Black Russian.
All still perfectly readable books, without question any kindle or such thing would be ruined
Veeayt said:
Just finished the first book of the series, and wasn't really impressed. Though easy reading and has suspence, the detective part was dragged in, not realistic at all. Do the following books get any better?
They are very similar IMHO. Sometimes the book idea is better but that aside its the exact same formulae each book
Mr2Mike said:
Welshbeef said:
All still perfectly readable books, without question any kindle or such thing would be ruined
As The Tea Boys said, you can get a waterproof covers for them, so it wouldn't have been ruined. Far less damage than a paper book would suffer in fact.I'm never going to convert I love having an actual book case in my house real books which I can share with others or when I've finished with them give them to charity. They look good and it's always interesting to see someone's collection.
£2 for a basic waterproof soft cover, up to £20 or so for a waterproof hard cover.
I still like paper books, but the ability to carry as many books as I want in a form factor that's smaller than a single book, the ability to read at night without having a light on, and the ability to buy a new book and have it delivered in a few seconds without having to leave my bed/chair etc. make it my favourite and most useful bit of modern technology.
I still like paper books, but the ability to carry as many books as I want in a form factor that's smaller than a single book, the ability to read at night without having a light on, and the ability to buy a new book and have it delivered in a few seconds without having to leave my bed/chair etc. make it my favourite and most useful bit of modern technology.
Mr2Mike said:
£2 for a basic waterproof soft cover, up to £20 or so for a waterproof hard cover.
I still like paper books, but the ability to carry as many books as I want in a form factor that's smaller than a single book, the ability to read at night without having a light on, and the ability to buy a new book and have it delivered in a few seconds without having to leave my bed/chair etc. make it my favourite and most useful bit of modern technology.
How many books do you read on a family holiday in a week? Let's say a beach med holiday?I still like paper books, but the ability to carry as many books as I want in a form factor that's smaller than a single book, the ability to read at night without having a light on, and the ability to buy a new book and have it delivered in a few seconds without having to leave my bed/chair etc. make it my favourite and most useful bit of modern technology.
My wife reads about the same. My daughter more than that.
We swim, snorkel, water-ski every day too. No books / phones / ipads over meals either. We aren't big on sight-seeing if we are on Caribbean island - there isn't much to see. We read less if we are someone historic as we like a bit of culture. We don't go clubbing in the evening - more a couple of glasses of wine and a good book.
We swim, snorkel, water-ski every day too. No books / phones / ipads over meals either. We aren't big on sight-seeing if we are on Caribbean island - there isn't much to see. We read less if we are someone historic as we like a bit of culture. We don't go clubbing in the evening - more a couple of glasses of wine and a good book.
BigBen said:
AstonZagato said:
I read about one a day. Get through 10-12 in a two week holiday. Kindle saves taking a suitcase of books.
That is my main argument in favour of Kindle, even in a working week I can fit in at least one book so storage space becomes a problem.Let's say an average of 500pages per book and assume 12 books that is reading 429 pages every single day.
I'd guess what 8 hours of reading a day any more it's a reading holiday with the odd food break. As such on the above assumptions that means reading 66 pages every single hour of those 8 hours a day for the entire 14 days. 66 pages an hour. thats some going
Welshbeef said:
BigBen said:
AstonZagato said:
I read about one a day. Get through 10-12 in a two week holiday. Kindle saves taking a suitcase of books.
That is my main argument in favour of Kindle, even in a working week I can fit in at least one book so storage space becomes a problem.Let's say an average of 500pages per book and assume 12 books that is reading 429 pages every single day.
I'd guess what 8 hours of reading a day any more it's a reading holiday with the odd food break. As such on the above assumptions that means reading 66 pages every single hour of those 8 hours a day for the entire 14 days. 66 pages an hour. thats some going
I would estimate more like 6 hours reading for me I guess, 5 hours on the beach, 1 waiting for mrs to get ready for stuff.
Welshbeef said:
10-12 books over 14nights
Let's say an average of 500pages per book and assume 12 books that is reading 429 pages every single day.
I'd guess what 8 hours of reading a day any more it's a reading holiday with the odd food break. As such on the above assumptions that means reading 66 pages every single hour of those 8 hours a day for the entire 14 days. 66 pages an hour. thats some going
Slow reader? Let's say an average of 500pages per book and assume 12 books that is reading 429 pages every single day.
I'd guess what 8 hours of reading a day any more it's a reading holiday with the odd food break. As such on the above assumptions that means reading 66 pages every single hour of those 8 hours a day for the entire 14 days. 66 pages an hour. thats some going
70 pages an hour doesn't seem very demanding. My Kindle generally tells me that a book will take me around 6 hours.
These are Jack Reachers not Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (though I will throw in a Malcolm Gladwell type book in there). Getting through one takes about a day without any conscious effort. Not more. A bit of reading by the pool. My wife like to lie by the pool from breakfast to dinner. A few swims in the pool, a bit of snorkelling. A waterski. 9.30am to 6pm. Easy to find four hours of reading in that time. We don't tend to have lunch - you don't burn many calories lying around. Then a chilled evening with some wine on the veranda, with a bit of reading - easy to finish the book off ready for another the next day.
AstonZagato said:
Slow reader?
70 pages an hour doesn't seem very demanding. My Kindle generally tells me that a book will take me around 6 hours.
These are Jack Reachers not Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (though I will throw in a Malcolm Gladwell type book in there). Getting through one takes about a day without any conscious effort. Not more. A bit of reading by the pool. My wife like to lie by the pool from breakfast to dinner. A few swims in the pool, a bit of snorkelling. A waterski. 9.30am to 6pm. Easy to find four hours of reading in that time. We don't tend to have lunch - you don't burn many calories lying around. Then a chilled evening with some wine on the veranda, with a bit of reading - easy to finish the book off ready for another the next day.
Probably am really - especially on hols. I find the commuter train I read much more than anywhere else. 70 pages an hour doesn't seem very demanding. My Kindle generally tells me that a book will take me around 6 hours.
These are Jack Reachers not Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (though I will throw in a Malcolm Gladwell type book in there). Getting through one takes about a day without any conscious effort. Not more. A bit of reading by the pool. My wife like to lie by the pool from breakfast to dinner. A few swims in the pool, a bit of snorkelling. A waterski. 9.30am to 6pm. Easy to find four hours of reading in that time. We don't tend to have lunch - you don't burn many calories lying around. Then a chilled evening with some wine on the veranda, with a bit of reading - easy to finish the book off ready for another the next day.
On hols I'm popping to the bar fairly often for cocktails or beer so maybe that's the delta.
Or I'm actually slow reading
I often hear people say they get through three, four or more books on a holiday and I often wonder how?
I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
marcosgt said:
I often hear people say they get through three, four or more books on a holiday and I often wonder how?
I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
4 books in a week on a family holiday with the kids surely means you are lounging about reading a book all day while the Mrs is looking after the kids/your clearly not using the few weeks you have off a year to do full on family things. I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
But we all make those choices.
Welshbeef said:
marcosgt said:
I often hear people say they get through three, four or more books on a holiday and I often wonder how?
I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
4 books in a week on a family holiday with the kids surely means you are lounging about reading a book all day while the Mrs is looking after the kids/your clearly not using the few weeks you have off a year to do full on family things. I guess this explains things. I can't lie on a sun lounger for more than about 20 minutes and so never really go on that kind of holiday.
I might get through one book if I don't do much in the evenings, but that's it.
M.
But we all make those choices.
I can do that in bed!
M
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