Reading.

red_devil

yes you certainly have to use your imagination more when reading.

MadDogWoman_2

I drive my DH round the twist when I'm reading as I completely tune out, he has to poke me to get my attention!

It's handy if I've decided to stay downstairs when football's on TV as he can do his running commentary thing under the impression when I'm not.

Oh film versions I spend the entire time thinking they've missed that bit, that scenes changes from the book, especially if it's a book I've read several times and have virtually memorised.

I often get stop reading that book if it's upsetting you so much, not a good book if it doesn't involve tears though.

deedeeliz

red_devil wrote: »

i saw someone walking down the road reading once. How can you see when your going? Must have been a good book.

If you were in London or Swindon that may have been me! I have pretty good peripheral vision so manage to avoid dog mess on the pavements, and i've only walked into a lamppost once while reading and that was on my way home from the pub.

This_Year

I read all the time, including as some people have said, while cooking, waiting for a bus, in the loo, in the bath. If I could prop a book out of the way of the shower, I would read in there too.

I've taken 14 books away for a 7 night holiday. And read them all.
And then borrowed books from the hotel's shelves to read.

I then got a kindle and bliss! I can pack clothes for my holiday, too!

When I was away once, a woman by the pool asked if I wanted to read the books she had finished. I said yes, and she then gave me copies of OK and Hello magazines. No, a magazine is not a book.

OH says that when I read, my eyes move so fast that he disbelieved that I was actually reading, so he tested me with a new book in a shop once. I read a page, he then read the same page, I went away while he finished it and about a year later he came to find me to ask me questions about that page. I was by then nearly halfway through another book I had picked up.

I started with Enid Blyton, then moved to Arthur Ransome (still have, re-read and love those stories!) and the entire Chalet School series (Elinor M Brent-Dyer) I read Pride and Prejudice when I was 9 and then went onto Thomas Hardy. When I was 12 one of my friends recommended Judy Blume but it bored me senseless.

My ex hated me reading, and usually set out to distract me but I can watch tv, knit and read at the same time so it takes a lot of distraction! My OH doesn't read much at all apart from gardening books and these forums. My DD is forever reading while playing a game on her phone and she too prefers to stay in and read than go out.

I adore reading, prowling round book shops and love to find a well-read book in a second hand shop. Bliss!

Faith177

This_Year wrote: »

I read all the time, including as some people have said, while cooking, waiting for a bus, in the loo, in the bath. If I could prop a book out of the way of the shower, I would read in there too.

Know where you are coming from on this cause I would too :rotfl:

Faith177

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

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

I'll have a look I have an IPad and a Sony Reader so might have a play about with the settings.

To be honest though he works so much I don't know when he would find the time I couldn't bare that I'd be climbing the walls lol

Faith177

This_Year wrote: »

I read all the time, including as some people have said, while cooking, waiting for a bus, in the loo, in the bath. If I could prop a book out of the way of the shower, I would read in there too.

I've taken 14 books away for a 7 night holiday. And read them all.
And then borrowed books from the hotel's shelves to read.

I then got a kindle and bliss! I can pack clothes for my holiday, too!

When I was away once, a woman by the pool asked if I wanted to read the books she had finished. I said yes, and she then gave me copies of OK and Hello magazines. No, a magazine is not a book.

OH says that when I read, my eyes move so fast that he disbelieved that I was actually reading, so he tested me with a new book in a shop once. I read a page, he then read the same page, I went away while he finished it and about a year later he came to find me to ask me questions about that page. I was by then nearly halfway through another book I had picked up.

I started with Enid Blyton, then moved to Arthur Ransome (still have, re-read and love those stories!) and the entire Chalet School series (Elinor M Brent-Dyer) I read Pride and Prejudice when I was 9 and then went onto Thomas Hardy. When I was 12 one of my friends recommended Judy Blume but it bored me senseless.

My ex hated me reading, and usually set out to distract me but I can watch tv, knit and read at the same time so it takes a lot of distraction! My OH doesn't read much at all apart from gardening books and these forums. My DD is forever reading while playing a game on her phone and she too prefers to stay in and read than go out.

I adore reading, prowling round book shops and love to find a well-read book in a second hand shop. Bliss!

Sorry should have just done a multi quote but I had to click of page halfway through reading doh!

My teacher reckoned I wasn't "reading properly" and was only skim reading. He tried to catch me out so many times. He also reckoned that if I read as much as I claimed too my spelling would be a thousand times better??? Never did wrap my head around that one.

I remember when I went up to secondary school being really frustrated because certain books could only be read by yr9's and above Only thing was I had read most of them already and just wanted to re-read them. It was only things like Emma Blair (my guilty pleasure) and a few other authors they considered "Too adult". My mum even wrote a note to the school giving her permission to allow me to read any book I wished but they just said that rules were rules :mad:

lostinrates

Faith177 wrote: »

Know where you are coming from on this cause I would too :rotfl:

There is an answer,

Double shower with a deep window recess, Had one at my parents, and we are putting one in now.

Yes, I have read in the shower, and fully intend to again. You have to wash your one hand separately and the book gets fairly steamed up, so......don't take a valuable first edition in.

angelil

My husband and I are both big readers. Books get shoved into any available nook or cranny here. I also have a Kindle, but only use it for travel and commuting...gone are the days when my mum would have to line my suitcase with books before going on holiday! I still think nothing compares to the weight of a real book and seeing your progress as you read.

I have a few books that I reread...mainly childhood classics. My parents always encouraged me and my sister to read and took us to the library every Saturday. The kids' library cards only allowed 6 books to be taken out, so we'd max out those and then take books out on our parents' library cards as well (adult cards could have 10 books). We'd read them all in a week and then take them back to change them. I also have a bizarre yet happy memory of us waiting in a queue for a Michael Jackson concert when I was 11, and my parents holding a massive umbrella over us in the queue so that we could read while we waited.

My favourite author of all time is probably Roald Dahl. He's probably the only writer to have kept me consistently entertained throughout adulthood as well as childhood. If you haven't read his stories for adults, I thoroughly recommend them.

Like daisiegg, I am also an English teacher (no surprises there!) and equally praise parents for fostering a love of reading in their children. I do agree that the difference between children who read and children who don't is VERY noticeable.

One difficulty with voracious readers, though, is that they can often stray into unsuitable books. I went for a few too many wanders in the adult section of the library as a 13-year-old and came out with a few too many romantic paperbacks written for adults :eek: These had quite innocent-looking covers so my parents never had any cause to check this out and stop me - but it's so important to engage in reading with your child and steer them in appropriate directions.

I'd say this link sums up my life in books:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/signs-youre-addicted-to-books-reading

And I'd recommend The Library Hotel to any MSE-ers visiting New York Heaven for readers!!

kelfen

OH doesn't read, but it doesn't bother me, as we both like music and gaming, so we have a lot on common anyway. If I ever lost the ability to read I think I'd be VERY bored.

My mum likes to tell people I taught my self to read, and she's right. I've been reading for as long as I can remember, even at nursery. I've pillaged library shelves, my dad's shelves (fostering in me a love of sci fi and fantasy) and now I pillage across Kindle, finding what i do and don't like, hunting the freebies and whinging when i cant afford a new book yet