What are you reading?

Life is too short for books that don't hook! I'm okay with not finishing a book I didn't like, but I do want to have a strategy so that I don't start a dozen books and have them all on the go!

The youngest wasn't thrilled with any of the kids' books I took off my shelf to try with him, but we started one with bats. Takes place in Alberta, east of us. (Maybe less than 8 hours' drive that direction? I'm sure we would have passed the town mentioned on the first day of our summer road trips when I was a kid...)

I also started the first Melvin Beederman book, so he'd have part of a book he liked. The series is a funny one about a kid superhero, so we've been through it before - still good multiple times! I think all adults should read the series, too.

A question for the Christians among us.
Have any of you heard of or read the books of Frank E Peretti?
I picked up two of them at a junk store recently. Mr Peretti describes himself as a Christian who writes books that carry a Christian message.

I can't comment on the man himself he comes across as a bit of an extremist.

But the books were not bad, basically the story of a small town being overtaken by corrupt officialdom.
But in the background there are non-Christian interventions trying to pervert the way of life.
In the second and more spiritual layer of the book there are actual heavenly fights between Angels and Demons.

I quite enjoyed reading them, they were in any case something different than the usual murder guns blowing things up kind of books.

I just pick up random novels from the library: I do tend to prefer large print books, though.

 In many cases it even works out cheaper than a library membership (here) and then there are the little mini librarys outside peoples houses there you can swap for free.. even cheaper!

I like ours too although I haven't been for some time. I don't find it as useful nowadays though as their stock of reference books is much reduced. The digital revolution has it's faults

We don't have a town library here. What we have are county ones so we can go anywhere in our county to take books out.

I like all sorts as I also look around for (particularly) art books. One I got from the book exchange yesterday is titled "Antique Oriental Rugs and Carpets". This is typical of the oddities that turn up from time to time. The lovely patterns in the book have given me ideas for a different approach with my painting.

As great as Kindles are, they're not for me.

You have to be "kidding"...   lol...

Still like to read books. Don't read enough though nowadays!

 My SO does her phone, plays games, uses her laptop, anything while watching tv. Yet often gets the play much better than I do.

My problem is that I drift off lol

I usually read upstairs when the TV is on as I find it difficult to concentrate on either.