Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 02, 2024

It took a long time, but GOAT STRIKES AGAIN!

Goat must be a Librarian! Or my English Teacher…

Did Goat borrow Rat’s baseball bat?

It’s called being a voracious reader. So far this year I’ve read 110 books. Full length novels or nonfiction books. That’s considerably lower than pre-pandemic. In those days I suffered from terrible insomnia and only slept 4-5 hrs a night, max. The pandemic killed my job but I learned to sleep again, so even though I have a lot more free time I sleep more and read less.

I call BS pig.

Meanwhile, Rat is visiting Dark Side of the Horse, sans bat.

Good work, Goat.

Don’t see why it isn’t. It’s the same information and in audio book form it’s delivered in a way that I can retain easier.

Text-based books (paper or digital) are best for using your imagination. The tools (search, dictionary, etc.) that come with e-readers make them a better choice than paper, IMHO. Audiobooks are best for reading in bed — no light to keep you up. Some of the narrators are great — real performers. That makes audiobooks a collaborative art form, like movies.

I had the captioning on on a TV show so I wouldn’t mistake certain words. This toon brings to an audio book with closed captioning, which would basically be…a book

Goat finally channeled Rat! Good show!

Pig gets it right!

Print is dead.

Goat is jealous that there aren’t in Pearls Before Swine audio books.

The satisfaction of being able to read printed copy of a book or magazine is hugely satisfying, in a way that I cannot see how looking at a screen could ever be.How does a person know, or find a book that one once read, a book that was printed long before the ‘electronic version’ was even thought of.The books I read were written and published by authors long dead, or haven’t written in years, OR, like some, John Grisham comes to mind, have found that repetition, with only slight changes in plot, or storyline, will still sell. Tom Clancy was another whose later writings were basically the same, with only the “names changed to protect the innocent”.

Goat is right; definitely does not count.

If my eyes get much worse I’m going to have to go with audio books.

Some people hav no time to read, so audio books in the car on commute is the only way they can get to know about them!

Book him!

I wonder how a scenario like Fahrenheit 451 would play in this with books on tape.

No matter the pastime, someone, somewhere, will be a snob over it.

I love my audible while driving

One advantage of printed books over audiobooks is: when you fall asleep, at least you know where you last part you read is. If you fall asleep while you listen to an audio book, you could be chapters and chapters away from what you last remember.

I can’t believe that Rat donated his bat to Goat?

I’d expect this type of behavior from Rat but not Goat

Wow! Violence from Goat. I always thought he was the calm, rational, pensive type.

This time me is with Goat. Goat is 100% correct about it.

That’s like saying you read a book by watching the movie! No, you did not! You were passive, you did not participate, you made no effort. The only person reading here is the narrator! Listening is NOT reading!

It does count goat. Since my eyesight has deteriorated, I can’t read books like I used too. I listen to audio books on the way to work and on the way home.

Goat chose violence! Goat chose violence! Wow!