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Title: Do you read?
Post by: Jari on 2007-01-01 09:11:45

Books, I mean. And to be specific; out of your free will and books other than textbooks for education.

If so, what do you read, and do you have any favorites?

While it seems that kids these days read less and less, I'm pretty sure that there are people here who either consider reading as a hobby of theirs, or at least read occasionally. Harry Potter, if nothing else (and this is not to diss Potters in any way, I enjoy them greatly). :)

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: ChaosControl on 2007-01-01 11:26:36

I don't read often nowadays but I used to read quite a few Stephen King books.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Alhexx on 2007-01-02 09:41:31

I do not read much - well, and it's a long time ago since I read a book.
I really enjoyed Ken Follet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett)'s books - although I just read Eye Of The Needle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Needle) and Jackdaws (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackdaws). I also have The Third Twin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Twin) lying around on my book shelf, but I never managed to start reading it.

I think my favorite book is George Orwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell)'s Nineteen Eighty-Four (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four).

As for my time when I was in school: Bernhard Schlink (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Schlink)'s The Reader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reader) was a quite interesting book, too.

 - Alhexx

 - Edit -
Maybe I should also mention the most boring book I have ever read (in school, of course):
Bertolt Brecht (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht)'s Mother Courage and Her Children (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Courage_and_Her_Children)...

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: mirex on 2007-01-02 13:16:19

I was reading when I was teenager, now, when I'm older I read only from time to time.
I'm fan of Sci-Fi & Fantasy & Adventures. I am recently reading few of books from Terry Prachett about Discworld. Its a fantasy with strange sense for humour. 3 quotes:

"You're dead," he said. Keli waited. She couldn't think of any suitable reply. "I'm not" lacked a certain style, while "Is it serious?" seemed somehow too frivolous.
    -- Princess Keli in trouble (Terry Pratchett, Mort)

"It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse."
    --Sourcery

    Rincewind: I'm not going to ride on a magic carpet! I'm afraid of grounds.
    Conina: You mean heights. And stop being silly.
    Rincewind: I know what I mean! It's the grounds that kill you!
    --Sourcery

I really liked a book from David Brinn - Practice effect (http://www.davidbrin.com/practiceeffectsample1.html (http://link)).

I also liked adventurous books about Mrs. Tragacik ( Samochodzkin ) by polish writer called Zbigniew Nienacki.

Quote from: Alhexx

I think my favorite book is George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

I'm planning to read that one.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Relf on 2007-01-02 13:30:27

Quote from: mirex on 2007-01-02 13:16:19

Quote from: Alhexx

I think my favorite book is George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

I'm planning to read that one.

I hate that book with a passion.  :-)

I used to read a great deal, less so now. Typically I liked to read sci-fi/fantasy, history and the occassional "classic".

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Fergus McMillan on 2007-01-02 19:47:19

I've started re-reading The Hobbit (by Tolkien, obviously). I own the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as all 7 Dark Tower books and all of the Potter books that have been released so far.

I was given the two Eragon books for Christmas. I've been ripping on that series mercilessly as being just a giant copy of LotR and Star Wars, but... well, since it was a gift now I feel kind of obligated to read them.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: oglsmm on 2007-01-08 02:06:19

Hey,

I doubt any of you remember me however I've been away for quite a long time now... anyhow to the subject at hand:

I have recently read:

Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion

It's an interesting read, however I found it quite dry, and that given the subject it could have been a bit more engaging to the reader.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Covarr on 2007-01-08 05:38:22

I used to read back in middle school, and for my high school English classes (had silent reading of whatever we wanted for the first half of the period), but then I ran out of good books so I haven't read much since. I may start reading again once I get my own apartment and don't have to limit myself to what my parents will allow in the house, or once I find another Donald E. Westlake book I haven't read yet, or once I get around to going to the library, which has inconvenient hours that are specifically designed to be closed whenever I actually feel like going.

Basically, I don't read anymore, but I wish I did.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Relf on 2007-01-11 20:12:31

Quote from: oglsmm on 2007-01-08 02:06:19

Hey,

I doubt any of you remember me however I've been away for quite a long time now...

Hasn't been that long...

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Midgar on 2007-01-13 02:01:38

I read self improvement books and then end up  doing little or none of the work I am supposed to. They are fun because they sound like some 'new age bullshit' but some of it actually works! Some of them have very misleading titles, and on the slow internet I have, its the best value.

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Sukaeto on 2007-01-15 00:18:51

Heh.  How fitting this topic should show up at a time I actually AM reading something that's not a text book or journal article.

Right now I'm reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms.  (I'm hoping that no one here needs an explaination into what that is.)

Title: Re: Do you read?
Post by: Darkness on 2007-01-15 07:45:19

I'm reading the first chapters of my textbooks :) (I have 9 of them :( )