Reading is fun, yes yes?

[Bellvedere]

Well as a kid I loved to read fantasy novels. Then I outgrew this. For a long period of time I didn't read because I wasn't really sure what I liked to read. Walking into a bookshop with no idea what you want to read can be kind of difficult. Sure you can look at the best sellers list but best sellers don't exactly translate into best books. For example Da Vinci Code which is a terribly written book, with a mildly engaging mystry plot.

I went about 5 years between when I like fantasy novels until I got back into reading. So I guess it's possible this has happened to others who've just never re-connect so to speak with books.

 

[Bat Vader]

Tl;dr

I enjoy reading, just can't find time to do it :/

That is my problem as well. I am trying to read Shakespeare but The Escapist is just so much fun.

To be honest don't bother reading Shakespeare, its so much better to watch it performed as originally intended. I remember reading Twelfth Night in English lessons and just found it boring and tedious to read but then we went on a trip to see it performed by a local theatre group and it was 1000x better and since then I've held the belief that reading Shakespeare is doing it wrong.

As for reading myself I've loved it since a young age, though I read a lot more non-fiction than fiction lately.

Also I've made an effort to read older classics first, since it seems most modern literature is inspired by it like Pride & Prejudice and Bridget Jone's diary for example. Just so I can see if the older stuff did it better.

All time favourite author has to be Joseph Conrad for making me cry at the end of Lord Jim.

I understand things better by reading than I do by watching something. That is usually why I enjoy putting subtitles on whenever I what a DVD.

Poe is good as well.

 

[ae86gamer]

I find reading to be boring. I'd rather do something else with my time.

 

[Agent Larkin]

Reading is fun as it allows you to immerse yourself in an imaginary world were you can observe a beutiful story unfolding before you.

 

[neuromasser]

Most literature is beneath me so I prefer to meditate in my spare time.

Care to elaborate?

You wouldn't understand.

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