Books and reading

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy · 10-04-2014 02:05PM #1

I sometimes buy books with great intentions of reading them but I end up never actually reading them and they end up decorating my bedside. I go to bed often thinking 'I must get around to reading that book' but I never do.

I suppose a reason for this would be life getting in the way and getting tired easily and also having other hobbies. Like I have some creative hobbies that I adore.

Also back in school, I wasn't really one for books like novels for english. I'd be at the end of a paragraph or page and I would have forgotten easily what happened and occurred in lines and sentences above.

Recently I watched the movie Philomena Lee and the movie almost had me in tears. I know it's based on a true story and a book - The Lost Child Of Philomena Lee.

I get the impression from the special features on the dvd that the book is more representative of what occurred. I'm tempted into buying this book.

AHs, do you read books and do you like reading? Has anybody ever been like me in relation to reading and books and did you ever change and get into reading.

Jonny Blaze · 10-04-2014 02:06PM

Books are great..

They're sort of like the internet but made out of paper!

FatherLen · 10-04-2014 02:09PM

Jonny Blaze wrote: »

Books are great..

nerd

10-04-2014 02:10PM

Adore reading, always have

cletus van damme · 10-04-2014 02:11PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Adore reading, always have

me too.
I read everything i can.

although I bought Glamorama by brett easton ellis about 10years ago.
It still mocks me from my book shelves.

eviltwin · 10-04-2014 02:13PM

I read about a book a week, can never resist buying books and have lots on the kindle, recently worked out that if I continue reading at the rate I currently do it will take me ten years to get through all I have.

yeppydeppy · 10-04-2014 02:15PM

I usually have 3 books on the go at any one time - I listen to them on CD in the car (free from Library) I listen to them on my phone out running (free from library on internet) and I have one beside the bed, I rarely go to sleep without reading a few pages. Sometimes I'll have a fourth by the jacks but usually I pick up the bedside one on the way there.
I like reading it stops my brain from thinking about stuff I don't want to think about.

jimgoose · 10-04-2014 02:19PM

Yup, try to read as much as I can, occasionally making time for it. I like the old Jurassic-era paper, but my brother gave me an Amazon Kindle for Christmas back in 2009, and it is a wonderful yoke too! :cool:

AnonoBoy · 10-04-2014 02:19PM

"If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't **** 'em!" - John Waters (the cool John Waters, not the crazy Irish one)

gufnork · 11-04-2014 09:24AM

I love reading. It's one of the things that makes life worth living. Takes you right out of this world and into another, and all for the price of half-nothing. I honestly wouldn't know what I'd do without a good book by my side. I'm a sucker for a bit of pulp too(Here's a great site for that sort of guff!)

I've not read many novelisations, but am planning on making it my mission to read a good deal more of them over the coming years(and here's the only place you'll ever need for that sort of guff!). I'm on a horror kick at the moment after I spent most of last year(or was it the year before that?) reading fantasy. I definitely got the whole fantasy thing out of my system that year.

Anyway, I'm reading Skeleton Crew - Stephen King, and The Fog - James Herbert at the moment. They're both very good.

11-04-2014 09:37AM

Love reading. I have two Kindles, one by the bed and one in the bag so that the nightmare scenario of me having a few free minutes with nothing to read never arises. Also have the Kindle app on my tablet just in case. I go through phases of subjects or authors that interest me.

I'm currently reading "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition and Other Confusions Of Our Time" by Michael Shermer.

Anyone who reads horoscopes, visits psychics, thinks the Holocaust didn't happen, or that big doses of vitamins changed their life should read it.

11-04-2014 09:40AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

"If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't **** 'em!" - John Waters (the cool John Waters, not the crazy Irish one)

If I brought you home to fcuk you and caught you snooping in the room where all my books are, I'd be calling the police :P

*remembers to leave kindle beside bed*

Corkfeen · 11-04-2014 09:46AM

I went through some occasional periods in my teens where I didn't read. But these days I'm going through a book a week. I love books,stories and expanding my overall knowledge.

tigger123 · 11-04-2014 09:47AM

Candie wrote: »

Love reading. I have two Kindles, one by the bed and one in the bag so that the nightmare scenario of me having a few free minutes with nothing to read never arises. Also have the Kindle app on my tablet just in case. I go through phases of subjects or authors that interest me.

I'm currently reading "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition and Other Confusions Of Our Time" by Michael Shermer.

Anyone who reads horoscopes, visits psychics, thinks the Holocaust didn't happen, or that big doses of vitamins changed their life should read it.

Cheers for the recommendation. You should try try Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch, reckon you might like it.

11-04-2014 10:49AM

tigger123 wrote: »

Cheers for the recommendation. You should try try Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch, reckon you might like it.

If you like books in that vein, another good one is "Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There" by Richard Wiseman.

Tigerbaby · 11-04-2014 10:54AM

Its a great form of escape. to create a World in your own mind thats uniquely yours.

Reading stretches the imagination, the brain and the soul.

Try it.

Ilyana 2.0 · 11-04-2014 10:54AM

When I was younger, I would fly through books; I'd easily read three books on a two-week holiday and sometimes need to buy a fourth. I learned to read far more quickly than other children, and my parents really encouraged me to read as much as possible.

I still love reading, but I find the internet very distracting (especially blogs), and I'm often wrecked when I go to bed. I got a tablet in the hope that it would get me back into reading, but I've found myself drifting back to paper books because I spend enough time looking at screens all day as it is, without taking one to bed with me.

Currently re-reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Comfort reading

11-04-2014 11:19AM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

I got a tablet in the hope that it would get me back into reading, but I've found myself drifting back to paper books because I spend enough time looking at screens all day as it is, without taking one to bed with me.

Currently re-reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Comfort reading

Get a Kindle paperwhite Ilyana, it's much, much easier on the eyes than reading on the tablet. I use both and there's no comparison, especially if you're going to have a read for more than a few minutes.

Ihatecuddles · 11-04-2014 11:21AM

I read a book most nights, unless I'm pissed.

I pick it up and can't put it down. All of a sudden I'm finished and its 4am

Ilyana 2.0 · 11-04-2014 11:21AM

Candie wrote: »

Get a Kindle paperwhite Ilyana, it's much, much easier on the eyes than reading on the tablet. I use both and there's no comparison, especially if you're going to have a read for more than a few minutes.

I might do that actually, it gets very tiring reading a bright screen all day. Thanks for the suggestion

Until I can afford one, my house is chock-full of books so I don't think I'll run out of things to read

11-04-2014 11:24AM

mauzo! wrote: »

I read a book most nights, unless I'm pissed.

I pick it up and can't put it down. All of a sudden I'm finished and its 4am

I do that

I keep looking at the Time Left In Chapter estimate on the Kindle and convincing myself I can afford that extra 15 minutes or whatever, but I just keep going onto the next chapter anyway regardless!

D1stant · 11-04-2014 11:28AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

"If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't **** 'em!" - John Waters (the cool John Waters, not the crazy Irish one)

All well and good unless the library is a mix of medieval torture, butchery, body decomposition and the like

Legs.Eleven · 11-04-2014 11:29AM

I got a Kindle (the cheapest one) a few weeks ago and I can't believe how much I love it. I'm reading about 5 books at the same time now, which I was always completely against, probably because I couldn't carry all of them around. I mainly read on public transport because I spend a lot of time commuting around the city for work. Great way to block everything out and relax.

Reading is a big part of my life and I've my dad to thank for that: he used to bring me to the library every Saturday to choose some books to read that week and would also read stories to me.

Reading!! Woohoo!!

D1stant · 11-04-2014 11:30AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Reading is a big part of my life and I've my dad to thank for that: he used to bring me to the library every Saturday to choose some books to read that week and would also read stories to me.

Cool Dad!

11-04-2014 11:31AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I got a Kindle (the cheapest one) a few weeks ago and I can't believe how much I love it. I'm reading about 5 books at the same time now, which I was always completely against, probably because I couldn't carry all of them around. I mainly read on public transport because I spend a lot of time commuting around the city for work. Great way to block everything out and relax.

Reading is a big part of my life and I've my dad to thank for that: he used to bring me to the library every Saturday to choose some books to read that week and would also read stories to me.

Reading!! Woohoo!!

I'm evangelical about the Kindle, and I was always saying I wouldn't ever have one because I need the feel and smell of books.:P It's a fantastic yokie.

Have barely bought a conventional book since I got it a few years ago.

ThirdMan · 11-04-2014 11:32AM

I can't imagine how different my life would be if I didn't develop an interest in literature and reading. "It fortifies the inner life", as Seamus Heaney put it.

Legs.Eleven · 11-04-2014 11:32AM

D1stant wrote: »

Cool Dad!

He's that alright.

tigger123 · 11-04-2014 11:40AM

Candie wrote: »

If you like books in that vein, another good one is "Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There" by Richard Wiseman.

Yep, read it and loved it! Got a kindle too, never leave home without it.

Legs.Eleven · 11-04-2014 12:02PM

Candie wrote: »

I'm evangelical about the Kindle, and I was always saying I wouldn't ever have one because I need the feel and smell of books.:P It's a fantastic yokie.

Have barely bought a conventional book since I got it a few years ago.

Yeah, I got over the lack of smell almost immediately. :pac: The fact that I can stick it in my handbag when I head out is brilliant. I used to have to carry my book round in my hand or bring a separate bag for it, which turned me off bringing one out when I was out and about, so I'm reading more often now.

Ah it's just brilliant. Really delighted with it.

Zed Bank · 11-04-2014 12:07PM

I love books but being honest I would actually have to have a book made out of paper. I don't know why really, I suppose its the novelty of it. I can't deal with reading on a tablet, thats just me anyway.

LizzieJones · 11-04-2014 12:08PM

I love reading and have since I could read. Currently I am reading a book called Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution.

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