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Anyone else do this while reading?

Posted on 12/10/21 at 1:14 pm
Posted by DomesticatedBoar
Pensacola, FL
Member since Jul 2019
607 posts
Posted on 12/10/21 at 1:14 pm
If an author mentions a specific location (street, business, restaurant, etc.), I sometimes go to Google Maps and place myself there. I know part of reading is using your mind and imagination, but I find it interesting to actually see where the characters are in the book. Granted, I read on an iPad (Roast me, don’t care. I love it.), so Google Maps is easy to get to.

Examples: In his recent book, The Dark Hours, Michael Connelly mentions one of the busiest intersections in L.A.. I don’t remember the streets, but it was cool to ‘visit’ there. And I just finished a book on drug cartels that referred to some of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world (Mexico, Columbia). You can actually ‘walk around’ in those places. It adds a new dimension to the book.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 12/10/21 at 1:28 pm to
Yep. I wear out Google Maps in general. News stories, books, movies, etc. - any mention of streets or sites I'm not familiar with already, I'll go look it up on Google Maps.
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
6126 posts
Posted on 12/10/21 at 4:45 pm to
Yeah, especially historical fiction. I'll Google photos of castles, towers, buildings in general, maps of battlefields, bios on historical figures.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35543 posts
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:30 pm to
I’ve been doing this with War & Peace
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29206 posts
Posted on 12/12/21 at 3:37 pm to
Yep. Always.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32551 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:29 am to
It really depends on the author's ability to transport me there. If the author goes into a lot of setting detail, I like to go for the ride. If it's a character running around NYC without much detail, I like to look it up.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155684 posts
Posted on 12/17/21 at 9:37 am to
I write some short stories when i have time. I like using google earth to see precise locations.
Posted by Dave Worth
Metairie
Member since Dec 2003
1810 posts
Posted on 12/22/21 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

I sometimes go to Google Maps and place myself there.


Absolutely.

quote:

I read on an iPad


Me, too. I often go back and forth between the book and google to look up things I want to either know more about or just get a visual of an area. That's probably my favorite thing about reading on the ipad along with the ability to store hundreds/thousands of books.
Posted by Kay
Member since Mar 2011
1944 posts
Posted on 12/26/21 at 3:01 pm to
Just did it today.
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
6736 posts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:49 pm to
Another thing I’ll do is like in the Bosch novels, where he’ll mention all those jazz guys like Frank Morgan, I’ll immediately get on YouTube and give it a listen
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