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I am hard on paperbacks. I fold the pages and I ain't ashamed to admit it :) I also bend the crap out of the spines while I fold the book over in two so it is easier for me to hold with one hand. I don't, however, do it with borrowed books or paperbacks. In those cases I just use a scrap of...

Any one of the two or three books that I am reading at the time. There is a special case with horror books though. I never read those during the day time. There is just something almost sacrilegious about reading a book like The Shining at noon during my lunch break. So if I happen to be...

I can't remember if it was the same company but I also have fond memories of taking those forms home and checking off the books I wanted. I loved the day that our orders were delivered. I always ordered Encyclopedia Brown and I think that played a big part in my love for reading. But I have a...

Convenience and a greatly enhanced reading experience. Those are the benefits that make the cost worth it to me.

I think the only reason it hasn't gone overseas yet is they are still working out all the copyright stuff with the publishers.

Excellent synopsis. I really don't think the changes were significant enough to merit a version 2 just yet.

I don't care what it looks like, it is designed so the device "disappears" once you begin reading, and it does a great job at that. As for having the same problems as the old one, I didn't have any problems with the old one (except the MP3 player which I don't use). And that is what...

I tried to go back and edit post #148 because I felt it might be a bit too inflammatory for this particular board. Deconversion, regardless of the religion, is one of the most painful experiences one can undergo and can engender some powerful emotions when recalling it. Re-reading Chris's post...

Well, Dawkins doesn't hold a candle to Sagan. Few do.

You cannot possibly be telling me that someone who has gone through the pains of giving up smoking doesn't know what it is to be a smoker. Is that what you are saying? I grew up Christian but more importantly when I was 21 I became a born-again Christian. I believed in the inerrancy of the...

Are you applying that analogy to Dawkins or non-believers in general. If you are talking about the latter remember, it is just as wrong to generalize non-believers as it is believers. Many of us non-believers, particularly in the US, were once believers. So we do have some insight into at...

mac, this is a forum for people who love books and your first post here is asking us to help you cheat on your book report. It isn't going to happen. I'm not being mean, I'm just letting you know that waiting around here for that kind of help is going to be wasting your time. You could be...

As much as I love my Kindle I would never use cost as a justification for someone to buy one. Yes, Kindle books are cheaper than hardback and the classics are also very cheap. I bought the entire works of Mark Twain for somewhere around $3. And usually with regards to current paperbacks the...

I purchased my Kindle this past summer when the price was $400. Having had it now for around 8 months I would have paid three times that price if necessary. It is seriously my most prized possession. At least 90% of my reading is done on my Kindle and the reading experience in general is just...

I usually have more than one book going at a time and it is rare I finish them both at the same time. I can't remember the last time I had a gap in my reading in recent history.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out.

Sparkchaser already explained that. The theory proposes that humans and apes share a common ancestor. Although I don't think there is anything wrong with saying we evolved from apes. Taxonomically we are apes. So it makes sense that our common ancestors were apes as well. And to stay on...

I love reading. I enjoy non-fiction and just about every genre of fiction. Over a decade ago I dropped out of college after 60 hours because I was disillusioned with the path I had undertaken. I was a biomedical science major. I am 33 now and a warrant officer in the US Army and plan to...

It doesn't matter which side. Either side will do. But I don't think it is going to happen. Both sides are too committed to their position to budge and in the meantime innocent people on both sides will continue to die. It has been going on for years and will continue for years to come...

Give the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher a go.