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TuscaroraBorealis
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05/03/2012 09:12AM  
So which do you prefer?

Personally, I lean decidedly towards the true stories. I'm something of a history buff and love to read about the way things were in "the good days."
 
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05/03/2012 09:32AM  
I love both. Though I guess I lean towards fiction.
 
05/03/2012 10:18AM  
I used to read a lot of fiction. Mainly in my mid 20's to mid 30's and while I was out to sea while in the navy. These days (mid-40's) I prefer non-fiction. Bio's and auto-bios, history, reference type books that I can learn something from. Always have enjoyed reading these types but used to throw in the fiction, not so much anymore. Since I returned to Minnesota after retiring from the navy I have read a lot of different books about Minnesota and the surrounding region.

My lady has tried to get me to read the Hunger Games trilogy books. Haven't yet. I might. She said they are great.

Currently reading a book that came out this year titled "For Love of Lakes" by Darby Nelson and will be ordering a history book next called Old Rail Fence Corners - Frontier Tales told by Minnesota Pioneers. Just finished Gunflint by Justine Kerfoot (of Gunflint Lodge). Old Rail Fence Corners is an old book first published in, I believe, 1916. Here's a link to the Amazon copy.

Old rail fence corners#_
 
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05/03/2012 10:43AM  
quote fitgers1: "Currently reading a book that came out about a year ago titled "Lakes" and will be ordering a history book next called Old Rail Fence Corners - Frontier Tales told by Minnesota Pioneers. Just finished Gunflint by Justine Kerfoot (of Gunflint Lodge). Old Rail Fence Corners is an old book first published in, I believe, 1916. Here's a link to the Amazon copy.


Old rail fence corners#_ "


If your up for it? Please give a review when you're finished. That sounds very interesting.
 
05/03/2012 03:15PM  
Like nojobro, I read both, but lean toward fiction. Non-fiction tends more toward nature/adventure/philosophy/science rather than the purely historical, although I do read some of that, too.
 
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