What are you reading right now (II)?

[B1GTide]

I decided to read another Jack Reacher novel. Very simple minded books, but just the right kind of book for a busy mind.

 

[B1GTide]

I haven't visited this thread in a while.

It's a good time for reading. ..is there a bad time?


"250 WPM (words per minute)" is said to be the average readers speed, "achieved by the 6th grade"

"For success in college you should be able to read 350 to 450 words per minute"

I consider myself to be a slow reader, pausing to think about a passage and sometimes rereading a sentence or paragraph.

I read for two reasons - to absorb content and for recreation. I read much faster when I just need to absorb the content (when reading for work or technical manuals/books). When reading for fun, I want to see the world built around me in my mind's eye, so I read much more slowly.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Journey of the Pharaohs by Clive Cussler

Book 17 of The NUMA Files

 

[Padreruf]

Death at Nuremberg.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Siege of Stone by Terry Goodkind

 

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The Jungle by Clive Cussler

Book 8 of The Oregon Files

 

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Heart of Black Ice by Terry Goodkind

 

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Dead Beat Jim Butcher

Book 7 of The Dresden Files

 

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We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway

 

[Padreruf]

The Match -- story of the greatest golf match you've never heard of...though the participants were the 2 best pros and amateurs at the time.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

Book 8 of The Dresden Files

 

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The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

 

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White Night by Jim Butcher

Book 9 of The Dresden Files

 

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A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson

 

[Padreruf]

The Bastard Brigade -- Sam Kean. Story of the "spies" who worked to destroy/delay the Nazi atomic bomb development.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Small Favor by Jim Butcher

Book 10 of The Dresden Files

 

[Bodhisattva]

Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy by Patrick Pringle

 

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Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

Book 11 of The Dresden Files

 

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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Currently reading the Meg series by Steve Alten. They are stupid fun reads. As ridiculous as the movies, but fun reads. Almost done with the 5th book Meg: Nightstalkers. Up next will be Meg: Generations. Will probably be done next week.

After this I think I will read the Hannibal Lecter book series