I'll be boning up on my English. :P
 

 
And destroying my eyesight - 1500 pages in fine print... But that's okay - my wife LOVES when I wear glasses. ;)
 
After finishing the insufferable Dracula by Stoker with its innumerable inconsistencies, this will be a relief, I'm sure.
 
P.S. Barnes & Nobles rules!

 
Coincidentally...
 
I've just finished reading David Copperfield.
 
It's definitely one of Dickens' best works, but I must admit I did find it a little disappointing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
There isn't even one fecking magic trick or illusion in the whole book.

Since he's in Vegas, and working for MGM just like my wife, I was hoping that I'd get to meet him and ask him to sign my copy...
 

Charles Dickens walked into a bar and ordered a Martini.
 
Tha barman said......"Olive or Twist" ?

To bad ol Charles never got in the hard cider business. Dickens Cider has quite a nice ring to it.

I used to go out with an ex-girlfriend of Copperfield's (mid-80's), she said he's very self-conscious about being short (er, meaning he's not that tall) but, other than that, he's completely full of himself.  Heh, sounds about right for someone in his profession!
 
Although I love reading a "real" book, I've found going through it as a .pdf on my computer is much easier on the eyes when I turn my 21.3" monitor into portrait mode.  Then I can even lean back in my chair and all the words are plenty large enough to read. 
 

(This one isn't mine, but I've got two of these Samsung SyncMaster 213T's, and my main one is on an arm so it floats above my PC desk and can be spun 360 degrees - very cool!)

I do have the Kindle app on my laptop and I've used it quite a bit for lighter stuff, like musician biographies and such. And iBooks are also incredibly nice for that stuff - with embedded video and audio, interactive content and all, it makes for a very interesting experience.
 
But what works for a book about a rock band doesn't really work as well for those big books, IMHO.
 
I've read earlier this week that some studies tend to show that our brain reacts differently to paper books - stuff about mental maps (freely translated here, the article was in French) and how other sense were involved.
 
Nothing beats sitting out in the shade for half an hour w/ a cup of tea and a good old fashioned book to start the day, as far as I'm concerned. :)
 

Someday I think I'll have to make the perfect reading tool.  Something that allows me to relax in a chair while IT holds the book and turns the pages for me.  I've hated holding a book up for any length of time forever, so my preferred reading position was always laying on the bed face down.  Unfortunately, now that I'm in shape (round is a shape), it's not a very comfortable way to be for very long! 

SteveStrummerUK
 
Coincidentally...
 
I've just finished reading David Copperfield.
 
It's definitely one of Dickens' best works, but I must admit I did find it a little disappointing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
There isn't even one fecking magic trick or illusion in the whole book.

No gophers either. Won't translate well to a movie unless Jonbouy does the rewrite with the gophers.

craigb
 
 

 

That juan cain't werk It's not even plugged in.