Reading.

red_devil

it must be lovely to be able to write books that people want to read?

does anyone ever have two books on the go at once?

lostinrates

red_devil wrote: »

it must be lovely to be able to write books that people want to read?

does anyone ever have two books on the go at once?

Eh has upwards of half a dozen. I don't because I read them in such a short time frame and hard on the heels of one another. Eg, read one late last night and another this morning. I'd get sidetracked and probably confused if I had two at the same time

anniemf2508

We are a family of readers, my husband reads alot....mainly on the loo or in bed.
I'll read in the afternoon when its quiet.
Daughter has always got her head in a book and my son is just starting to get into reading books too.
We have 3 massive bookcases full plus hubby has a kindle app on his tablet.

Faith177

I love reading I always have a book with me wherever I go.

OH doesn't read as he has a version of dyslexia that makes it difficult to read off of white paper or from computer screens so he gets tired quickly so just doesn't bother.

I read on my journey to work and in the bath. I have been know to be in the bath for hours (just keep topping up the water) reading. I often read before I go to bed

OH just lets me get on with it (think he is glad of the piece and quite).

Like others I cannot bring myself to throw books away or donate them. The only people I am happy lending book to are my mum and sil. Anyone other than that stands no chance lol

I get my love of reading from my mum. She doesn't read as much as I do but she does read a lot.

I can get through 3-4 books a week the last Dan Brown one only took me 2 days to read

pollypenny

I could not live without reading. In fact, I'll read anything from the cereal packet tonThe Canterbury Tales. Hardly surprising that I ended up teaching English.:D

Haven't read all this thread as I was hooked on 'Ratkin' by Michael Dibden. Read in on my kindle while sunning myself at the pool in Princeton, New Jersey.

Thanks to my father for installing love of books. I think he read 'Black Beauty' to me about four times.

mummyroysof3

Faith177 wrote: »

I love reading I always have a book with me wherever I go.

OH doesn't read as he has a version of dyslexia that makes it difficult to read off of white paper or from computer screens so he gets tired quickly so just doesn't bother.

I read on my journey to work and in the bath. I have been know to be in the bath for hours (just keep topping up the water) reading. I often read before I go to bed

OH just lets me get on with it (think he is glad of the piece and quite).

Like others I cannot bring myself to throw books away or donate them. The only people I am happy lending book to are my mum and sil. Anyone other than that stands no chance lol

I get my love of reading from my mum. She doesn't read as much as I do but she does read a lot.

I can get through 3-4 books a week the last Dan Brown one only took me 2 days to read

On my tablet I can change the colour of the background, size of text etc would that help him?

red_devil

if you had to describe why reading was good or why you liked it what you say?

lostinrates

red_devil wrote: »

if you had to describe why reading was good or why you liked it what you say?

For people who don't enjoy actual reading or language or the escapism I'd say never mind the process of reading' there are books about everything, including things you enjoy, so they let you access the things you enjoy and appreciate others experience and interpretation of those things.

MadDogWoman_2

I'm a complete bookworm. If I'm on holiday I can read a book a day as a minimum.

I am a reader that can start and finish a book in one sitting. I read the last Harry Potter in 8 hours.

I have Kindle as I was getting annoyed about not getting any new reading material due to cost and lack of space. It also means my DH doesn't moan when we go on holiday as I don't have to back a mini-library.

My DH doesn't read for pleasure, he does read to our daughter, but I don't expect him to read for himself as he's dyslexic.

My dd on a long train journey commandeered my Kindle so that she could read Thankfully I have the app on my phone too.

I'm a re-reader, drove my mum crazy when I was a teenager as I wouldn't cull my collection, I'm still the same now.

I can have a different books in the bedroom, bathroom, Kindle App and Kindle.

I remember being in Double English in my 3rd year, being given a book to read, approx 200 pages, read it in 90 minutes.

I often stay up to 3/4am reading! When Dh worked shifts I'd often be still downstairs reading when he was getting up for work.

pukkamum

red_devil wrote: »

if you had to describe why reading was good or why you liked it what you say?

For me reading is the only time when I am not thinking about anything other than what I am doing, the saying, lost in a book, descibes it perfectly for me, the world could be falling down around my ears and if reading I wouldn't notice or care.
This is why I daren't pick up a book in the day.
When reading I am in the story, I see it, feel it, smell the smells, know the characters inside out. It becomes a whole different world that I enter and engage with.
I have cried when books ended feeling genuine grief that I won't be part of that world anymore.
I have also felt anger when an ending lets me down , Stephen King, I'm looking at you!
I never ever fail to be disappointed by films of books, my versions are always so much better.
Books define me.
To not be able to read another book would be devastating.