DedBanzay Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hello, everyone! So what do you think about reading books? How often do you read books? What kindof books do you read? or u just watch movies and that's enough for u =). P.S.: Its just so strange for me that lots of people dont read at all. They look down at you when see you reading. P.S.: Sorry again for my english :whistling: im trying to get better so I'd really appreciate if you point at my mistakes... :thanks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphinus Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I discovered the pleasure of reading when i finished school. In some way, the teachers weren't able to boost my curiosity towards books, they assigned some readings, and i rarely read them. I don't know why, maybe it's just because at that time i wasn't interested. Now i read quite often. I started with some fantasy stuff, (that i hated immediately due to the ignorance and incompetence of the writters) then i started with more serious things, and i don't have a specific genre of book that i like. I discovered a very deep interest towards american literature, from '800 to contemporary. My favorites? many. some titles: Memories of Adriano by Marguerite Yourcenar, Moby %&$! by Melville, Heart of darkness by Conrad, Manhattan transfer by Dos Passos and American psycho by Brett Easton Elis. Now i'm reading Gomorra, by Roberto Saviano. you must read this one: i saw many times that outside italy there's a very distorted knowledge about criminal organization like mafia and camorra. This guy has described exactly what these organizations are, and now he lives under permanent escort because the camorra system has sworn to eliminate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalheira Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Well... I love reading since I was a little girl. With three years old my mother teached me how to read and I loved it till today. I read everyday before going to bed, but every little moment of my free time is good for reading (while I'm on the bus, for example...) I love reading historical books but my favourite genres are science-fiction and fantastic literature (in the line of The Lord of the Rings). Since I'm student I must read books about some subjects: some of them are boring, but really, I've read interesting books at high school. It's a pity that these books aren't of universal literature, they're only from spanish or catalan writers (the only universal book that I've read in my spanish literature classes is Don Quixote). Usually I noticed while I'm reading in a public place (a bank in the park, the bus, doctor's waiting room...) the "adults" are watching me and sometimes, a curious one asks me what I'm reading at the moment and he/she says to me that I am a strange girl because for them the youth of today are always in front of our pc's or writing sms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddycashmercury Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Books rock. They are superior to movies or television, in my opinion. I read anything and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I read anything and everything.Even Terry Brooks? :P Books are great, not as good as video games, but much better than movies and much, much better than tv. I read mostly high fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewtC Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thou Shalt Not Not Read Books.Bob's first commandmant. And therefore mine. I like any book that has anything to do with fantasy.Yay!((Yay!))What the?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thou Shalt Not Not Read Books.Bob's first commandmant.No, no, no, no. The first commandment is "Thou Shalt not Divide by Zero." Books don't fit in there anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddycashmercury Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Terry Brooks? I have it on good authority those books are bad for your health. :biggrin: And yeah, Newt, Ninja is right. Dividing by zero is verrrrrrrry bad. Your commandment is a close second, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Terry Brooks? I have it on good authority those books are bad for your health. :biggrin:The parts dealing with the shapeshifting gargoyles are especially bad. :P And yeah, Newt, Ninja is right. Dividing by zero is verrrrrrrry bad. Your commandment is a close second, though.My friend and I once had a debate about dividing by zero. We surmised that successfully dividing by zero produces another universe...Don't even ask how we reached that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddycashmercury Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 And yeah, Newt, Ninja is right. Dividing by zero is verrrrrrrry bad. Your commandment is a close second, though.My friend and I once had a debate about dividing by zero. We surmised that successfully dividing by zero produces another universe...Don't even ask how we reached that...Ninja... I thought you knew me better than that. I MUST know! :P And I am also unsure of what we are actually supposed to debate here. Is it whether books are better than other forms of communication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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