Poll: BOOKS!!!

[Ham_authority95]

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain was an amazingly entertaining read. Even if you aren't into food or cook or restaurants(I know I'm not), this book is fucking great.

I may just be biased because Anthony Bourdain is my philosophical idol, but I highly recommend it.

 

[GameOverGoblin]

I love books. Some of my favorites include:

- The Divine Comedy
- The Iliad
- Pillars of the Earth
- Paradise Lost
- World Without End

 

[Gahars]

I love books, and read whenever I'm not studying/watching movies/playing games/etc.

 

[Wintermoot]

I only read a few harry potter books not that much books of right now although I read the Retromancer (wich only contains around 10 illustration) I,m planning to read more (mostly for school)I still have to read around 6 dutch literature books and two English books (wich are gonna be The Catcher in the Rye and Mogworld by Yahtzee) I REALY recommend The Retromancer

 

[Agayek]

I read fanatically. At the moment, my favorite series are the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and the Night Angel books.

 

[Gnarynhar]

I used to be quite a voracious reader. I'd get into trouble in grade four for trying to read during class, and for grades 5 and 6, I'd spend my time sitting near the library reading (sometimes with the cat who lived at the school on my lap). At home, I'd often be in the process of reading about 3 different novels at once, yet everytime the MS Readathon came along, I seemed to get tired of books for a bit. Never quite made sense to me, but then I guess I'm just contrary like that.

High school saw me spending most of my time in the library, mainly to get away from the extensive bullying and escape into reading (not that it always worked).

I started off with Anne McCaffrey although, unusally, her Dragonrider books were ones I avoided reading for years. I remember re-reading Voyage of The Dawn Treader on winter afternoons with a mug of tea. Plus a lot of Asimov, some Harry Harrison, Ursula K LeGuinn and Terry Pratchett, and those are just the authors I remember. Oooh, Diane Duane's So You Want To Be A Wizard? was a good book, but mainly I read sci-fi.
later on I read most everything by David Eddings, and any bits and pieces that looked interesting on the shelves.

I have read all of Harry Potter, but I didn't really like the way the series got progressively darker.

These days I tend to read fanfiction more than actual books, but I am hoping to build up my collection once more. (I just got 10 books for Christmas, off my amazon.co.uk wishlist, yay).
One day I'd like to own all the Terry Pratchett novels, I just don't know where I'll find space for all of them though. (I used to fantasize about having a large house with a library room.)

Before I moved out of the house, the last books I read were the X-Wing Rouge Squadron books, especially the ones by Aaron Allston. Luckily my parents and I have always had a pretty good overlap in reading intrests, and as a family we built up quite a collection. I still remember on our big US holiday, going into a second-hand bookstore in Nevada and buying up a large stack of books (lots of the Issac Asimov's Robot City novels)and us all being happy at how cheap the pile came out as.

Books have been a great part of my life for so long. Mainly because like dogs and cats, they're better company than most humans. (And growing up, I went from not really getting kids my age to being a teenager that actively despised anyone else my own age).

So yeah, books = good, even if my current mistress tends to be the wide electronic world of fanfiction.

 

[RufusMcLaser]

I frequently carried a paperback every time I left my dwelling, until I got my first PDA. From then on I've never left the house without a half-dozen e-books. Being able to read whenever I have a few minutes to spare is fantastic.

 

[WolfThomas]

I used to read a lot of books, like at the bare minimum one a week. But now I don't read so many, I do still voraciously devour any book I'm given or borrow, but I don't buy books as often or borrow them from libraries anymore.

What I do read a phenomenal amount now is comics, mainly colleced editions. But I do like to keep up with some current events.

Actually though what I am reading at the moment is a collection of short stories called "Zombies Versus Unicorns" which is surprising good, I got it for christmas.

What I did enjoy was a dorm neighbour had a lot of the thin James Bond paperbacks they were small enough to carry in a back pocket everywhere. Waiting for Nandos = ten minute read.

 

[Terror_666]

I like books and reading the only problem is that I am dyslexic so reading is slightly more difficult than for everyone else so it is not relaxing and requires some effort.

I'm very sorry to hear that. Do you ever use audiobooks?

No I get bored and start doing something else and miss half the book or fall asleep.

 

[Engarde]

Oh, I love reading. What was that most excellent once I read recently...

Aha! It was called, 'Shades of Grey.' That was excellent.

But yes, I started when I was quite young and still find it excellent. My mother and father and older brother are all into reading too, so we all share books and it works well.

 

[baddude1337]

I quite like Simon Scarrow books, remind me of Sharpe but for Rome.

Black Library books are also good.

 

[Something Amyss]

By "books," I mean a Kindle, but I carry one with me almost everywhere.

I love to read. I've got like 6 million books on my Kindle now. Rereading the Hitchhiker's Guide series right now.

 

[AvsJoe]

I usually read between 6 and 10 books a year. Not much, I know, but more than anyone else I know in my demographic. Of the 6 to 10, 4 to 6 will be non-fiction if it helps.

 

[Chaos Bringer]

I read alot. But I read all manner of books.