I don't know that it's a peculiarity, but I'm one of those who has books in every room of the house, plus the car. And when I was working, in the office. And they are all in various stages of completion. I might have thirteen or so books going at once.
I'm not the most focused individual, obviously.
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Originally posted by EricTheRed View PostSame here, real paper books only! I work in IT so I spend all my time in front of a computer screen, don't need another electronic device to spend my precious reading time with.
I seem to have developed the bad habit of starting a new book, reading the first 100 or so pages and then grabbing the next new book that catches my interest. I'll eventually get around to finishing some of them off, but now I've got a shelf full of books that I've started and then got sidetracked from. Appears my reading habits have developed ADD!
As for novels, I quit them all the time even when I read a couple hundred pages. I can't explain it, but I will always finish the non-fiction but rarely the novels, except for The Stand and perhaps a couple others.
Still trying to get through Triage as well, so I actually I'm reading 4 books at the same time
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Same here, real paper books only! I work in IT so I spend all my time in front of a computer screen, don't need another electronic device to spend my precious reading time with.
I seem to have developed the bad habit of starting a new book, reading the first 100 or so pages and then grabbing the next new book that catches my interest. I'll eventually get around to finishing some of them off, but now I've got a shelf full of books that I've started and then got sidetracked from. Appears my reading habits have developed ADD!
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Originally posted by Randy D. Rubin View PostI wholeheartedly concur, Divemaster. Give me a real book with a hardcover, no paperbacks for me. Pages, pages, its all about the turning of the pages.
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Originally posted by divemaster View PostMy main quirk I guess is that I only like to read a book. Not off a computer screen; not an audiotape; not a "device." But a real honest-to-goodness turn the paper page BOOK.
I'll still get all my specialty press limited editions in dead tree format, but ebooks definitely work for me too.
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I wholeheartedly concur, Divemaster. Give me a real book with a hardcover, no paperbacks for me. Pages, pages, its all about the turning of the pages.
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My main quirk I guess is that I only like to read a book. Not off a computer screen; not an audiotape; not a "device." But a real honest-to-goodness turn the paper page BOOK.
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I forgot to mention...does anyone "dogear" the pages of a book they're reading? That should be a crime!! I always use a bookmark, even on an old looking book with yellow pages.
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I forgot to mention...does anyone "dogear" the pages of a book they're reading? That should be a crime!! I always use a bookmark, even on an old looking book with yellow pages.
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Originally posted by C.W. LaSart View PostReading in the tub is the best! Just one of the ways that e-readers are inferior! If I drop a hardcover in the tub, I am out 30 bucks-my nook? I would be out 300!
One more thing...I have a Nook too but never even messed with it. For 2 years it's been in its box; there's something about holding a REAL book that I love. I'm not sure what that "something" is, but it's there lol.
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Originally posted by peteOcha View PostSame here!
I also always take the dust jacket off of a hardcover while reading. And I love to read outside, especially on a nice sunny day and in the tub as well.
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Originally posted by frik51 View PostNo music, no television, no talking - nothing.
Just the book.
Heaven!
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I also always take the dust jacket off of a hardcover while reading. And I love to read outside, especially on a nice sunny day and in the tub as well.
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Originally posted by Nik Houser View PostI'm a really slow reader. People typically speak at 150 words per minute, and read at 250 words per minute. I'm the reverse. I intentionally read at the speed of speech so as to better absorb every nuance of language. As a writer, reading is a constant learning experience for me. Even when I'm reading something I don't like (or especially then). It teaches you what NOT to do.
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Oh, and I read while anything is going on sometimes, whether it's tv, music, or conversation. Sometimes I will even talk while reading, though I usually find a short stopping place and then talk
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I sometimes try to slow down with some of my reading as well, I try to really feel what I am reading, and when I actually do read slowly that seems to work quite a bit. I often do not succeed at reading that way though.
I have done the reading multiple books thing at times, though lately have been reading just one book at a time (along with reading school books and such) and will soon be to 40 books read since December of '10, though many have been shorter books.
I guess technically I am reading 3 books at a time lately since I have my entertainment reading, my one school book for college summer course (I get paid to go to school right now, so not going to take summer off from school), and another book for my pre-marriage classes.
I also will likely start reading 2 books at a time while the weather is nice and can justify going outside and relaxing while reading. That would likely have to be a PB book though as I don't want to take the chance of it raining on my nice hardcover books (especially the collectible ones) while I'm outside
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