Books

Absolutely adore reading... I remember finishing the LC and thinking I'd have loads of time to read and discover new books in college. HA. I barely do the required reading nevermind any reading for fun!

I still love books though and I've three lined up for when I finish exams in May. I recently did my 10th reread of the whole HP series and it's reignited my love of books. I'm so excited!

One thing college did do was turn me into a telly addict, I used to just watch films but now I've got loads of series' on the go I can hardly keep up! That being said the passive action of enjoying tv is monumentally different from the active excitement that reading gives. It's truly a unique experience and one I'm truly grateful to find enjoyable.

I used to read quite a lot before I became a bit of an info/internet junkie. Now when I read a book I find it hard to keep my mind on the subject because I want to 'click' on certain terms, dates, locations etc and explore them further like you can on the web which is very distracting.

I watch and listen to documentaries and lectures on the web now and have largely abandoned reading books. I'm glad I grew up before the advent of the internet when a book was really the only form of media you had access to as a child after bedtime. I loved Roald Dahl novels when I was a kid - it felt like you were actually there in their comfy little wooden caravan with Danny (the champion of the world) and his Father.

I'll read anything once it's half decent but my favourite genres are fantasy, sci-fi and crime fiction. I have a kindle and honestly ereaders are some of the best inventions ever, since I have a load of books to read when I travel. Doesn't beat a good old fashioned book though(that old book smell is great!).

Junkyard Cat wrote: »

There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

Like a list of everyone's phone number.

I'm obsessed with reading and my book collection is a bit out of control. I re-read and don't like libraries so I cant bear to give them away.

Most of my books are easy-reading fiction. Some chick lit, most just good stories. I don't like anything too deep, obscure or philosophical and avoid those books like the plague. I don't like crime either unless it's historical like the brilliant CJ Sansom Tudor crime series. I love historical fiction, some history and some fantasy. I'm about to start the Wheel of Time series.

i love to read also, its my fav thing to do! such a nerd hehe

at the moment im reading Harm's Reach by Alex Barclay, very good books

I use www. goodreads.com to keep track of my books and www. bookmooch.com to swap paperbacks

thinking of getting a book tattoo soon too

Collie D wrote: »

I don't get this. Why?

Friend is moving house sometime in the next few months. She has tons of books which are a real pain to move and she had nowhere to store them so I volunteered.

It's like putting a loaded pipe in front of a crack addict......I just want to dive into them but promised I wouldn't (they are all in bookshop condition so want them to stay that way).

book addiction seems to be widely tolerated

Nada. Only time I read is when I'm on a flight. Which might be 5 or 6 times a year.

Last book I got through was Flyboys. I have another book call Human Smoke on my Kindle, all ready to go for the next flight

I'd read around 1 or 2 books a week, these days. Used to be a lot more, but I just don't find the time for it any more.

I'd read both fiction and non-fiction. On the non-fiction side, it would be mostly books on physics (quantum physics in particular), biology, anthropology, history and any other quirky kind of science book that catches my attention. I've recently read a rather fascinating book on the history of the periodic table.

For fiction, I'm not particularly fond of any one genre, but I dislike romantic novels and chicklit. Just absolutely not my cup of tea.
Other than that, as long as it's a good story, I'd read just about anything. Right now, I'm reading "Raising Steam", Terry Pratchett's last novel, and "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann.

osarusan wrote: »

No, you have passed them on and somebody else will get to read and experience what you did. There's no pain when you look at it like that.

Never keep a book on a shelf for years without looking at it.

Pass it on to somebody else.

I can't agree, I'm afraid. I have a real problem with the concept of books being in someone else's possession.

I have books that I read as a child and it brings me great pleasure to still have them on my shelves; so many good memories. Every so often I'll get the urge to reread something and there's nothing like the pain of going to the shelf and realising it's not there.