Reading.

tea_lover

I did have a TV in my room at uni (as it was more of a bedsit than a bedroom) but other than that I didn't have one until I was 32 and moved in with my OH. I'd much prefer we didn't have one now but you have to choose your battles!

I've never really understood people that don't read... what do they do with their minds/hands??

red_devil

Pixiechic wrote: »

Yes, so funny, I liked that one too!

I was fascinated by little mrs pepper pot, I wished that I could shrink like she could

dont think i know those. I bought the enid blyton book on ebay?

lostinrates

Dunroamin wrote: »

We both read an enormous amount and get through 3 to 4 books each a week. I read in bed and in the bath, my husband (who's disabled) reads mainly during the day. We have many thousands of books and a Kindle Fire.

I read Enormous amounts too. I am a crazily fast reader but sadly retain very little of the book. Dh is a very slow reader, but retains great passages of them forever with him.

We both read. He reads several at a time because he digests them so slowly and they might take months and months, even a year, for one to read start to finish, interspersed with others. I read....um, several a week. I have a hospital appt this evening and have two downloaded just in case, though I don't expect to need two. Goodness, I hope not anyway....it would mean I'm very late home!:rotfl:

the things that change outpr reading patterns is when I add a book to his 'short list that I particularly want to read 'with him' then we read it together at his pace at weekends. Curled up together. It's lovely and I love re reading a book with him.

fashionlover10

Estateprincess wrote: »

I agree with the above - I wasn't allowed a TV in my room when I was younger (in fact I was 22 before I had one!) and my parents always encouraged me to pick books from the library to read - 10 was the max per week and I would often book that amount out and read them all!

When I have children I will encourage them to read as much as I can.

I didn't have a tv in my room until I was 14 but even then I wasn't that interested in it and would rather read a book. We recently gave away the tv we had in our bedroom as we just didn't use it. I'd rather read in bed than watch tv and OH is asleep by the time he's put his head on the pillow.

pukkamum

lostinrates wrote: »

I read Enormous amounts too. I am a crazily fast reader but sadly retain very little of the book. Dh is a very slow reader, but retains great passages of them forever with him.

We both read. He reads several at a time because he digests them so slowly and they might take months and months, even a year, for one to read start to finish, interspersed with others. I read....um, several a week. I have a hospital appt this evening and have two downloaded just in case, though I don't expect to need two. Goodness, I hope not anyway....it would mean I'm very late home!:rotfl:

the things that change outpr reading patterns is when I add a book to his 'short list that I particularly want to read 'with him' then we read it together at his pace at weekends. Curled up together. It's lovely and I love re reading a book with him.

I look forward to appointments just so I can read in peace whilst waiting, I'm often disappointed when they call me on time!

tayforth

What a lovely thread!

I agree that the gift of reading is the greatest thing a parent can give to their child.

Like most of you, I come from a family of avid readers. I was never allowed a TV in my room; instead, I had a bookcase loaded with fairy stories, then Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew, Lewis Carroll and numerous others.

My parents read to me all the time, and brought me to the library from a very young age. How I loved going each week and choosing new books to borrow. I can still remember the thrill of going into that lovely old building - the smell of books, the sound of footsteps across the tiled floor, the odd "shhh" from my mother when I forgot to whisper, sitting down at the small table in the children's section to read while she browsed, the click of the librarian's stamp on my chosen books. Ahhh, heaven.

Reading is my favourite pastime. I do it in the bath, on trains, planes and buses, in waiting rooms, on the beach, in the garden, on the sofa, but most of all in bed. When I moved in with my ex, he insisted on having a TV in the bedroom and it was on pretty much constantly. I hated it, but he got his own way. Of course, he didn't like me reading, and moaned that I wouldn't watch TV or DVDs with him in bed. Sometimes, I gave in just for a quiet life.

One of the final straws in our relationship came 3 months ago - I was reading in bed on a Friday night and he fell asleep, then woke up and started screaming blue murder at me, calling me a selfish b**** and all sorts.

Happily, I dumped him - and got rid of the TV in the bedroom - and now I can read whenever I like!

The End.

Estateprincess wrote: »

I love to read books and have one on the go most of the time (although I haven't read much lately as I've been busy), OH reads car/boat magazines but not often.

I like to read in bed so usually OH is asleep when I'm reading! Other than that I'll read with my feet on his lap when he's watching something on TV I'm not that interested in. Luckily he never moans about my reading.

That reminds me I need to sort my books out - I have two bookshelves full of books I've read and won't read again that are taking up room (I hate giving them away!)

tea_lover wrote: »

Me too! It really pains me to part with a book... even one I thought was rubbish and that I know I'll never read again

I hate giving away books too! I buy a lot from charity shops, and donate most of them again afterwards, which makes me feel a bit better about it

I have never EVER thrown out or destroyed a book.

fashionlover10 wrote: »

I read quite a lot of books on the tablet OH g
ave me for Christmas. I usually read in bed so OH doesn't care because he's too busy snoring. Sometimes I'll read while he watches something I'm not interested in or while he's researching stuff for work.

I do have a 'proper' book that he got for me which I haven't started yet. I feel guilty that I've yet to pick it up but I had loads already lined up on my Kindle app, although I don't even think he's noticed I haven't touched that book yet!

Edited to add that my OH doesn't read very much. He will occasionally but it's not his first choice of activity.

I was read to a lot as a child, taken to the library at least once a week and had a floor to ceiling bookcase absolutely packed with books whilst growing up. A bookcase was actually my first 'must buy' when OH and I moved in to our first home.

I think a child's upbringing in regards to reading has an impact on whether or not they read as an adult.

Yes! A bookcase is an essential piece of furniture

I agree with the rest of your post too xx

pulliptears

I've always got my Nook within arms reach, its next to me now as I type. I read everywhere. When I collect DD at night I get there half an hour early and read. I read in bed at night while DH has his shower and shave, I read in the day if I get chance.

My DD is the same, she's 15 and always has her Kindle in her hands. A few weeks ago DH and I went to see a band in a local club, we got ready and DD was on the sofa with her book. I asked if she was coming to which she replied "No thanks, I'd rather stay here and read". I did comment to DH later that a child who'd rather stay in on a Saturday night with a book was perhaps a bit of a rarity

DH does not read however, try as I might I just can't get him to. I've bought him books over the years, even offered him my old Kindle but he just isn't interested.

I was a huge reader as a child though with a reading age way above my peers in Primary. I'd exhausted all of the school reading books by aged 7 so in exasperation they started to give me Jayne Eyre and Treasure Island etc which I loved. I was an only child so spent most of my time curled up with a book.

tea_lover

Reading's very MSE too :money:.

I buy 99% of my books from charity shops, usually the local hospice one. They tend to be 20p or 50p. Where else can you get entertainment for that sort of price, and help charity at the same time?

heartbreak_star

Awesome site for book lovers...

http://www.bookcrossing.com

HBS x

Dunroamin

pukkamum wrote: »

I look forward to appointments just so I can read in peace whilst waiting, I'm often disappointed when they call me on time!

I was quite sorry when I passed my driving test at 50 as I missed the half hour read each way on the way to work.