What are you currently reading?

[Karl Henning]

Well, the value of the book is the oral history. I hadn't worried about infelicities in Wilson's English.

[Karl Henning]

Well, it did, though: you had to mend.

Did you see? I've joined the e-reader madness . . . .

[Ataraxia]

Well, it did, though: you had to mend.

Did you see? I've joined the e-reader madness . . . .

A Nook, eh? How do you like it?

[Karl Henning]

Very well!  Why, I was reading some Shakespeare just this morning on the train.

It was my brother down south who put me onto comparing this with the Kindle.

[Ataraxia]

Very well!  Why, I was reading some Shakespeare just this morning on the train.

It was my brother down south who put me onto comparing this with the Kindle.

Yeah, all the Shakespeare is free.

[Karl Henning]

Well, I sprang $1.99 for it, which I do not begrudge.

[Ataraxia]

Well, I sprang $1.99 for it, which I do not begrudge.

Right after you downloaded all the Robert E. Howard I'm sure. 

[Karl Henning]

Right after you downloaded all the Robert E. Howard I'm sure. 

Knew I was forgetting something! But, bien sûr, mon ami — the Swan of Avon must come first.

[Ataraxia]

The novelty of my reader has worn off. I haven't touched it in a while. Of course I've been immersed in music and haven't been reading as much as I should.

[Karl Henning]

Nothing wrong with immersion in music, certamente!

[Ataraxia]

Nothing wrong with immersion in music, certamente!

Yes, unless you take its consumption to stupid levels...like I have been. 

[Karl Henning]

The novelty of my reader has worn off. I haven't touched it in a while. Of course I've been immersed in music and haven't been reading as much as I should.

I can understand the glow easing; still, I see this as a long-term thungumbob

[Ataraxia]

I can understand the glow easing; still, I see this as a long-term thungumbob

I'm reading about the Caesars on my phone. 

[Karl Henning]

I could download a Nook app on my Droid, only I feel silly, just having typed that ; )

[Bogey]

Right after you downloaded all the Robert E. Howard I'm sure. 

That was my first Kindle downloadmany moons ago....the boxing stories were worth it alone.

[Karl Henning]

That was my first Kindle downloadmany moons ago....the boxing stories were worth it alone.

You know, I had no idea he wrote boxing stories until we watched The Wide World.

(I almost typed bunny stories. I need tea . . . .)

Thread duty: 231.2, steady on.  Warm spell in Boston, so I should go for a good walk to-night.

[Ataraxia]

That was my first Kindle downloadmany moons ago....the boxing stories were worth it alone.

[Ataraxia]

 
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[Bogey]

....and the westerns!  *pounds table...really hard*

[Ataraxia]

I need to read those...