What are you reading these days?

[potthole]

So far this is the first one I've had with tiny font-- maybe my local library just does a good job of getting copies of the other books with larger, more normal sized font, though.

The one complaint I've had with Clancy novels is that he tends to go into super amounts of detail, often a tad too much.  For example, in The Sum of All Fears he devotes an entire chapter to describing how a nuclear bomb exploded.  Not talking about the damage and what happened, but to actually describing how it exploded-- circuit A matching up with circuit B, causing a jolt of energy to go to core A, etc.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

So far this is the first one I've had with tiny font-- maybe my local library just does a good job of getting copies of the other books with larger, more normal sized font, though.

The one complaint I've had with Clancy novels is that he tends to go into super amounts of detail, often a tad too much.  For example, in The Sum of All Fears he devotes an entire chapter to describing how a nuclear bomb exploded.  Not talking about the damage and what happened, but to actually describing how it exploded-- circuit A matching up with circuit B, causing a jolt of energy to go to core A, etc.

Could be about the font. I just remember a friend of mine, who loves Tom Clancy novels, showing me one of the books he owned and me going  .

[Deputy Laser Action]

This is the price you pay for reading dad fiction.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

This is the price you pay for reading dad fiction.

And what is dad fiction?

[Deputy Laser Action]

Dad fiction is defined as books that your dad would read AKA Tom Clancy novels and books similar to them.

[potthole]

Dad fiction is defined as books that your dad would read AKA Tom Clancy novels and books similar to them.

HA!  It was my dad who first got me into Clancy, truth be told, back in high school.

[Alexisonfire]

Meh. Potthole's getting to be about that age anyway.



I kid. I kid.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

I kid. I kid.

No you don't.

[potthole]

Meh. Potthole's getting to be about that age anyway.



I kid. I kid.

Hopefully a child is a couple years off still.  I like that I can complain about feeling old to you guys, because to most of my friends (many of whom are in their 30's) I can't.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

Hopefully a child is a couple years off still.  I like that I can complain about feeling old to you guys, because to most of my friends (many of whom are in their 30's) I can't.

Yeah, well, you're only 3 years older than me so don't complain to me.

Although, you are married. That ages you about 2 years or so, because of the theory that girls are 2 years more mature than guys their age.

[Deputy Laser Action]

HA!  It was my dad who first got me into Clancy, truth be told, back in high school.

Interestingly, the dad fiction in my house belongs to my mom.

[tape-leg]

Does your dad read Danielle Steele novels and self-help books?

[Deputy Laser Action]

I honestly have no idea what books my dad reads. Guy keeps them hidden very well.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

My dad doesn't read any fiction. He likes reading the occasional political book, but mainly self-help books and business strategy books and things like that. BORING.

Fiction is the best kind of reading to do. That's all I ever read is fiction, except for the occasional biography of someone, but I have to really want to know more about them. Which pretty much narrows it to WWE people and Sean Astin.

[Alexisonfire]

Hopefully a child is a couple years off still.  I like that I can complain about feeling old to you guys, because to most of my friends (many of whom are in their 30's) I can't.

Yeah, it was totally more of a jab towards your age than your lack of offspring.

Honestly, the only piece of reading material I have seen my stepdad have in his hand is a car magazine of some sorts. Man, that guy knows more about cars than anyone I have seen.

As for my father, I always see him with his reading glasses on, but never catch what he is actually reading. Usually the paper and the odd travel book preparing for his biannual worldly trip.