[speaker001:] okay so what kind of books do you like to read
[speaker002:] um I think Sidney Sheldon is probably my favorite author
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I'm a teacher and so when I read for pleasure I read strictly for escape
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so I like you know I like books that are pretty high adventure and just real simple easy reading what about you
[speaker001:] uh-huh um I prefer my favorite types of books are um human interest type books biographies um it can be fiction about people I like books that are about people that have historical you know that tell you something about the history at the same time you know or a certain area so
[speaker002:] oh that's good that's good what book have you read that you really like
[speaker001:] um
[speaker002:] do you like about recent people or people in history
[speaker001:] both either one yeah um I've read lots of books I really like let me think um have you ever heard of a book called The Hiding Place
[speaker002:] both oh yes that's wonderful that's one of my favorite books that's really neat yeah I like books like that too
[speaker001:] by Corrie Ten Boom yeah yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] yeah that's a wonderful book that's funny you should mention that one
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I like um I guess my preference is for Christian biographies but I I'm interested in both you know because I you learn a lot from reading about people's lives and
[speaker002:] oh okay
[speaker001:] um so yeah that's probably one of my all time favorites what what would you say is your favorite book that you've ever read
[speaker002:] oh I don't know with all the hip and hype I still love Gone with the Wind I haven't gotten a copy of Scarlett yet but uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] I'm sure I won't love it as much as Gone with the Wind but that's that's just a real masterpiece um
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I guess that really is my favorite book
[speaker001:] yeah are you uh-huh uh-huh I remember a long time ago I read some books by Glen Bristol you ever read any
[speaker002:] no I never have
[speaker001:] yeah those um I don't know why Gone with the Wind made me think of that but those are books that are um like they some of them took place in well there's one that took place in Georgia and another that took place California yeah they're historically based fiction so they're
[speaker002:] are they historically based uh-huh I like historically based fiction
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] when um oh all those books by John Jakes came out
[speaker001:] uh-huh I I don't think I am I don't think I am but go ahead yeah
[speaker002:] are you familiar with what I'm talking about there were like huh oh it started with The Bastard and then it when it came over to the United States and took us through the Revolutionary War and the Civil War I've forgotten what all of them were
[speaker001:] oh yes uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] they were right around the Centennial year though um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and they were really you know I really I I got into them and read I guess probably four or five of them and then I got burned out and said oh I think I'm tired of this group I like ones that are families
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] like you read one and then you read about the next generation and the following generation
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah I'm
[speaker002:] I think they also asked do you ever read books for self improvement
[speaker001:] yeah that's right I do sometimes but um they have to have illustrations or else I I get bored with them
[speaker002:] what do you mean by illustrations
[speaker001:] for for the most part I mean illustrations real examples you know instead of just giving me a sermon or giving me a you know how to type idea
[speaker002:] right right do you know what I hate I hate to read books by people like How to Raise Children and they're single
[speaker001:] yeah yeah see they have to have some real
[speaker002:] you know dealing with your teenager and they're never around kids you know right
[speaker001:] yeah some real examples from their own life that proves that they know what they're talking about I just read one called uh The Language of Love
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] by Gary Smalley and someone else and that was really good yeah it's full of personal illustrations and illustrations of people they'd work with their um psychologists
[speaker002:] was it good hm
[speaker001:] so what about you what do you like to read for self-improvement
[speaker002:] I don't know I I really I get I I like I would rather read a book that's like for inspiration than a real self help book I mean
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] I don't know I don't get off on them just a whole lot I get bored real fast
[speaker001:] yeah I guess I agree there uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] when I when my kids were younger I used to read books on how to raise kids and had nothing they said worked so I I said enough of that
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh dear yeah uh-huh yeah so uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I do like you know I like various and sundry kinds of books I like to read ones like by Bill Cosby fun Erma Bombeck things of that type too
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh yeah with humor in them those are
[speaker002:] yeah I love humor
[speaker001:] yeah yeah those are good
[speaker002:] yeah well I think that probably covers the topic
[speaker001:] oh yeah I think it probably does well
[speaker002:] okay I've enjoyed talking to you
[speaker001:] yeah I have too though good-bye have a good evening thank you bye-bye
[speaker002:] okay uh you too bye-bye