Poll: Books. Who else reads them?

[WestMountain]

I read this book a couple of months ago on a flight to Thailand :]

Its pretty awesome

Omg I just found out that it have a TV-Show. FRICKIN AWESOME

 

[Alphavillain]

I don't respect literate adults that don't read books (he said using a not very literate double negative). (I say "literate" because some people have dyslexia, which of course must be a huge, perhaps insummountable, barrier to being able to read.) Some people say "I don't read books!" with a sneer and I think "idiot".

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

I just finished Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut and are half way through the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

I plan to re-read The Time Machine soon

 

[GeekFury]

I read alot, mainly sci-fi and fantasy but I also read whatever takes my intrest as well. Reading through Children of Dune at the moment.

 

[mrF00bar]

I'm reading The Fifth Elephant by Terry Prattchett at the moment.

 

[jultub]

I became a gamer when I ran out of books to read

 

[Hithlain]

I live in a town that has a really small library which is so disappointing since where I live about 1/3rd of the time has a library system that was named best in the US multiple times. I just can't bring myself to buy something until I read it first

But anyone who reads regularly and wants to keep a list of books that they've read should check out Shelfari:

http://www.shelfari.com/

I've gotten a lot of really good recommendations from them so it's definitely worth it.

 

[CincoDeMayo]

I just picked up reading again last fall, I've read through 2 books since then and I'm currently reading Jon Krakauer's Under The Banner Of Heaven. When that one's read through, I might pick up his latest book Where Men Win Glory or start reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

So yeah, I read.

 

[Bagmanith]

I read most days. Due to the fact I don't have internet at work. Favorite book is Magician by Raymond E. Feist

 

[Dok Zombie]

Being an English Literature student means a fuckload of books, but it also means I don't get a lot of time to read books of my own choosing at the minute, so I decided to do my dissertation on Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, Glue, Filth etc...) and now he's my favourite author.

 

[Nemu]

I read a lot of non-fiction.

I'm quite the history nerd and a fan of biographies, so my interests lean toward those genres. Especially books based on ancient societies, religion (been a long-time Templars nerd), Asian and Mediterranean studies. For a time I wanted to go to Uni to study religion, languages and religious archaeology.


And no, I'm not even remotely a religious person, I'm more fascinated by how religion over the (thousands of) years has driven people/countries to both wonderful and horrible acts.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Normally only Fiction or Science Fiction, or non fiction. But mostly Science/Fiction.

 

[Acromatopsy]

Since I learned how to read I can't remember but a few separate days when I haven't read at least a page or two from a book (I believe this thread is about reading books, not f.e. magazines and newspapers).
Right now I'm wading through G.R.R.Martin's A Feast for Crows with as an optional read Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
For the past three-or-four years I've been trying to read Joyce's Ulysses but after a while it always kind of pushes me away. I'm determined though, I will finish it some day and I will finish it with at least a faint conception of what the hell it really was meant to be about.

 

[lwm3398]

reading is like breathing - it's a requirement for life

Are you a philosopher?

I love to read, mostly fantasy, adventure, science fiction, genres that everyone likes. Never got into mystery books, though, because all children mystery books are rubbish.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I've just finished A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby, and it's superb, I really like his books.

I tend to read lots of stuff, a bit of a mix of everything.

 

[siffty]

yea i read books but it depends on what it is or what the story is so ill read almost anything really

 

[Robert632]

If i'm not eating, shitting, or being on the escapist, then I read, And most of the time I read and do one of the others at the same time.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

right now i'm on The Silmarillion...

a damn fine read. But if you've got time (and money) and if you havent read those parts already, and if you don't mind waiting, read The Children of Hurin and Gondolin lays before you read their respective chapters in The Silmarillion. They aren't perfect but by golly they're captivating and, dare I say, dandy.

all right then, if i find it near where i'm located...

 

[Galletea]

At the moment I'm reading Arthur Conan Doyle: A life in letters. It's really interesting. He was even more interesting than the detective he created, he wrote so many letters and the missing bits are fleshed out with what we already know from other biographies and records. Really interesting guy, if you like Sherlock Holmes or biographies in general then it's really really good.