Thaiger Talk Quiz #283 - Book shops in Thailand

[BigHewer]

Quiz #283 - Here's a Thailand-themed quiz topic for the more scholarly out there among us. Wandering into an air-conditioned book store on a hot day with free time to browse and a ton of curiosity must be one of life's great pleasures (for some, anyway). If this is the case for you, you'll enjoy this quiz and 5 out of 5 could be heading your way. Good luck, folks and let us know how you get on.

 

And now for the answers...

[NonThaiKiwi]

3/5  pure guess work.  Can't remember last time I read a book! 

Have several back in NZ waiting but never had the time to do so. 

Work 12hr days then sleep, weekends busy with other stuff.. Maybe next visit I'll get a chance! 

Still waiting for the bar hopping quiz! 

[BigHewer]

21 minutes ago, NonThaiKiwi said:

Work 12hr days then sleep, weekends busy with other stuff.. Maybe next visit I'll get a chance! 

I’m pretty much the same. But I always take a book when I fly or have a long bus trip or train ride. Usually get through 1 or 2 books each trip.

When I’m at home though, hardly at all.

[Marc26]

1 hour ago, BigHewer said:

I’m pretty much the same. But I always take a book when I fly or have a long bus trip or train ride. Usually get through 1 or 2 books each trip.

When I’m at home though, hardly at all.

I'm a massive reader

At home and definitely on holiday

 

My whole family has been since I was a kid 

My Mom would take me to water parks, etc

Park herself on a bench and read a book for the whole day and never move...

 

Loved libraries 

Complete book nerd from like 5 years old

 

I will often read 3 or 4 books at the same time unless I get really into it and rip through it in a few days

 

When traveling I like to read some fiction that is based in the country I'm holidaying

 

I don't often not read, but the times that I am not reading regularly, my brain goes to mush

It's like not getting to the gym, but for your brain 

 

 

Got 4 out of on the quiz 

Got the last one wrong 

[BigHewer]

1 hour ago, Marc26 said:

When traveling I like to read some fiction that is based in the country I'm holidaying

I like to do the same. Used to read a different John Burdett book whenever I went to Thailand.

Read “Burmese Days” when I was in Myanmar and “Russka” when I was in Russia. Adds to the experience, for sure.

I used to read a lot when I was younger, but not so much now as far as printed material goes. Too much screen time

[ChicagoExpat]

My usual 3.  I also read Burmese Days though Russka is new to me, wish I'd read it in Russia!

Agree that the screen is the biggest enemy of reading.

[Marc26]

6 hours ago, BigHewer said:

I like to do the same. Used to read a different John Burdett book whenever I went to Thailand.

Read “Burmese Days” when I was in Myanmar and “Russka” when I was in Russia. Adds to the experience, for sure.

I used to read a lot when I was younger, but not so much now as far as printed material goes. Too much screen time

In Thailand I have read most of the Vincent Calvino series

 

And now been read a lot of Jake Needham books that are usually based in Thailand 

[Marc26]

6 hours ago, ChicagoExpat said:

My usual 3.  I also read Burmese Days though Russka is new to me, wish I'd read it in Russia!

Agree that the screen is the biggest enemy of reading.

Yes

 

As @BigHewer and then you both said

 

Sometimes you lay at the pool and the phone takes over

 

But you just don't get the relaxation that comes from reading a book

 

I really do try and limit my screen time when on holiday 

Especially anything political 

 

But doesn't always work 

[rattlesnake]

Only got the 2 first ones, d'oh…

Fairly keen reader here too. Fiction but also political/sociological/economic books. Though as I do intellectual work, I tend to do things which don't involve too much thinking in my spare time!