For many years now, long before the Kindle and other e-readers, I began reading books on mobile devices. My go-to device back them was the venerable Palm Pilot and the books I downloaded were plain text classics from some long-forgotten source.
Since then, I've upgraded my reading devices to Kindles and iPhones and iPad, each one making the reading experience more enjoyable and certainly easier on the eyes than that little gray screen with the dark letter gave me! Along the way, I picked up audiobooks from Audible.com and read those when I would go to the gym or was doing some other mindless task, like doing housework -- in fact, I still do.
When I read (which is often, as you can see), I tend to gravitate toward thrillers, the more complex, the better. I began reading Lee Child's Jack Reacher books, first from Audible, and then (as luck would have it) via an app called Overdrive, which was eventually replaced with its improved app Libby. These two apps allow one to add one or more library cards to gain access to those libraries' digital content, both e-books and audiobooks.
Thankfully, all of the Jack Reacher books save for a couple were accessible to me this way. I listened to his entire series via the Libby app and only shifted to e-book format when I couldn't find them in the former format.
Looking for new authors of a similar caliber, I asked my uncle, another lover of thrillers, for his suggested. One of his top favorites is Michael Connelly, who has written a large number of books featuring (in most cases) the exploits of Harry Bosch, LAPD detective and general badass.
Like the Reacher books, I listened to every audiobook I could get of the Bosch series and only shifted to ebook format when I ran out of options. I'm still reading them as of this writing.
When I found out that Bosch was made into a series on Amazon Prime, I was, well, thrilled. Surprisingly, my wife was into it as much as I was and we binge-watched all five seasons, usually three or four episodes a night.
I'm happy to report that season 6 of Bosch has been released. Last night, we watched the first three of ten episodes, and the acting, directing, writing, and cinematography is as brilliant as the first five seasons were. What a treat!
And the best news of all... Amazon is in development of a Reacher series based on the Lee Child books. The only challenge, unfortunately, is that the COVID-19 outbreak could very well delay any further progress because of filming concerns. We'll see if this is true or not in the coming months.
Until then, I'll continue reading my thrillers and finding new authors. Steve Berry's Cotton Malone character is interesting...
Since then, I've upgraded my reading devices to Kindles and iPhones and iPad, each one making the reading experience more enjoyable and certainly easier on the eyes than that little gray screen with the dark letter gave me! Along the way, I picked up audiobooks from Audible.com and read those when I would go to the gym or was doing some other mindless task, like doing housework -- in fact, I still do.
When I read (which is often, as you can see), I tend to gravitate toward thrillers, the more complex, the better. I began reading Lee Child's Jack Reacher books, first from Audible, and then (as luck would have it) via an app called Overdrive, which was eventually replaced with its improved app Libby. These two apps allow one to add one or more library cards to gain access to those libraries' digital content, both e-books and audiobooks.
Thankfully, all of the Jack Reacher books save for a couple were accessible to me this way. I listened to his entire series via the Libby app and only shifted to e-book format when I couldn't find them in the former format.
Looking for new authors of a similar caliber, I asked my uncle, another lover of thrillers, for his suggested. One of his top favorites is Michael Connelly, who has written a large number of books featuring (in most cases) the exploits of Harry Bosch, LAPD detective and general badass.
Like the Reacher books, I listened to every audiobook I could get of the Bosch series and only shifted to ebook format when I ran out of options. I'm still reading them as of this writing.
When I found out that Bosch was made into a series on Amazon Prime, I was, well, thrilled. Surprisingly, my wife was into it as much as I was and we binge-watched all five seasons, usually three or four episodes a night.
I'm happy to report that season 6 of Bosch has been released. Last night, we watched the first three of ten episodes, and the acting, directing, writing, and cinematography is as brilliant as the first five seasons were. What a treat!
And the best news of all... Amazon is in development of a Reacher series based on the Lee Child books. The only challenge, unfortunately, is that the COVID-19 outbreak could very well delay any further progress because of filming concerns. We'll see if this is true or not in the coming months.
Until then, I'll continue reading my thrillers and finding new authors. Steve Berry's Cotton Malone character is interesting...
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