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Best thing Today...I finally converted him!
Actually a fellow came into our office the other day and he was toting a Julie Garwood novel (I think it was Saving Grace, not sure though). Shocked me! Not many men would be confident reading Historical Romance in public. I was too shy to ask him how he liked it, what I really wanted to do is recommend to him a better novel by her.
Only the pure of heart can make good soup. - Beethoven
[quote=""nona""]we we blend really well to begin with. He's into hot rods and motorcycles and I take part in that with him, because of him I fell in love with older muscle cars and bought my camaro[/quote]
He sounds just like my fiance! He's into all that stuff too and he can rebuild a 69 camero from scratch. To say that I have zero interest in cars would be an understatement! But we have lots of other interests in common like the outdoors and camping, hiking, etc. Personally, I like my reading time at night where I can be by myself, or at least it seems like that when I'm absorbed in a good book. We should get our men together and they can go talk cars so we can read in peace!!
He sounds just like my fiance! He's into all that stuff too and he can rebuild a 69 camero from scratch. To say that I have zero interest in cars would be an understatement! But we have lots of other interests in common like the outdoors and camping, hiking, etc. Personally, I like my reading time at night where I can be by myself, or at least it seems like that when I'm absorbed in a good book. We should get our men together and they can go talk cars so we can read in peace!!

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
lol, we should,Ronnie loves to talk cars and bikes. We went to a car show on July 4th when I was eight and half months pregnant which I was the one who wanted to go, granted, course after an hour and half I was just as ready to go but Ronnie was still talking cars with some guys and I had to smile cause I loved him but wanted to strangle him at the same time.
- Carine
- Compulsive Reader
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- Currently reading: Jonkvrouw - Jean-Claude Van Ryckeghem
- Interest in HF: I love history
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- Preferred HF: Medieval, Tudor and Ancient Egyptian
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That's great news for you Nona !!
My partner is an even bigger reader than me actually, so no complaints there and he likes HF aswell. Although he'll read more the male writers like Bernard Cornwell, Alexander Kent, Allan Mallinson, Simon Scarrow, Dudley Pope. He also likes crime like James Patterson and so.
But on the other hand he also read everything by Dorothy Dunnett and loved it.
I've tried to make him read The Greatest Knight, he hasn't yet, but he will one day. He has read Lords of the White Castle by EC though and enjoyed it.
My partner is an even bigger reader than me actually, so no complaints there and he likes HF aswell. Although he'll read more the male writers like Bernard Cornwell, Alexander Kent, Allan Mallinson, Simon Scarrow, Dudley Pope. He also likes crime like James Patterson and so.
But on the other hand he also read everything by Dorothy Dunnett and loved it.
I've tried to make him read The Greatest Knight, he hasn't yet, but he will one day. He has read Lords of the White Castle by EC though and enjoyed it.
- eclecticreader10
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Recently I met a guy online. I asked him if he liked to read and said he loved to read (he knew I did from my profile). As was getting to know him I kept trying to find what kind of books he liked. He finally tells me, 'I don't read, like you read. I mostly read manuals online to learn how to play a computer game.' In other words, he reads directions! Clearly, he was telling me what he thought I wanted to hear. He would have been better off telling me he didn't read for enjoyment. I could handle that; I'm sure we could have found other mutals interest. And, oh by the way, we are both in our 60's