I am curious about if people still read books.
The other day i was listening a local radio station and the presenter was discussing a book. When he had finished his last line was "off course i don't read books". That got me thinking i would say the presenter was in his 30s and seemed reasonably intelligent but he did not read books and thought that was nothing unusual.
I have always been an avid book reader and if i get a good book i will read it in 2 or 3 days. Maybe that's due to the fact that when i grew up there was only 4 TV channels and the TV was not on 24/7. And the personal computer did not exist so no internet or games.
I know that these days there are many distractions TV 24/7, Computers, internet, mobile phones. So books come well down the list. But not reading any books seems terrible to me think of all the great stories that you would miss.
So do you read books?
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Do you read books
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I grew up probably around the time you did and reading was an every day part of life. With such limited entertainment, one had to do something to pass the time.
I still read today as much as I can although it's harder with work and kids. I go to the library once a week and get books for myself, wife and kids and enjoy this ritual. I get my 3 year-old about 15-20 books a week and she loves them. I just started my 1 year-old on books and he seems to enjoy them very much.
It's good to see that people still appreciate reading books, and +rep for this thread.
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I tend to read books, but then sometimes I have gone a year without them.
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I read a few hours every day. I grew up with a family of readers and between me and my parents, we have enough books lying around the house to start our own library.
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There are some months when I don't read books due to a lack of time, but on average, I read about half an hour a day.
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I shouldnt but I tend to buy hardcover books off of Amazon for discounted prices when its far cheaper to just rent them at a library. I just finished the Ides of March by Manfredi last night... it was pretty good but I was hoping for some twist to the end of it like he throws in his books. There was no twist to the end in this one.
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Generally, yes, I read books, excluding school work one, about average two hours per day. Although I don't sometimes when there is no spare time.
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Only the ones with pretty pictures.
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On topic though, I seem to be the only one of my school who likes to read, all the rest think's it boring because they have to use their non-existing brains to imagine what's happening. -
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I bet there are plenty of others you don't know about who read. Originally Posted by cupoftea
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On topic though, I seem to be the only one of my school who likes to read, all the rest think's it boring because they have to use their non-existing brains to imagine what's happening.
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There are far more people who read books today than there were a century, or indeed even just fifty years ago. It mightn't be a huge number, but it's not like book readers are a dying breed, if anything it's increasing because of better literacy rates over time.
As to your question, yes, I do read books. I go through spurts of reading a lot of books in a short period, and a long period where I won't read any at all. I try to read as much as I can even when I'm busy with classes, but sometimes I simply can't.Last edited by Niles Crane; June 16, 2010 at 07:10 AM.
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reading books is a passion of mine and I'm even happy reading school books (probably because I'm lucky enough to do decent texts at school). What's better is I've found myself into a circle of friends who also enjoy reading and it really does help conversation at school.
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Usually school books or historical books.
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I read a lot of historical fiction and I have a few well written books on history. Like one about the entire history of the Eastern Roman Empire: Byzantium; but also have some older works like Gibbons, Xenophon, Plutarch, etc. As well as Julius Caesar. I like the classics published by the Loeb Classical Library. Its has its original text in Greek or Roman next to an English Translation.
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No. Not because I din't have the time, but because they're fairly
compared to TV/movies.
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wut are books i dont even
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I love to read.
But lately I just don't have the money to spend on a new book every month.
So I just re read my old books.
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I get just about all my books from the library...free! Originally Posted by Scipio Afracanis
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