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Books and Literature Review Books, magazines, newspapers or other literature.

View Poll Results: Book or no?
Rather have a bad one than none 5 31.25%
Rather have none than be stuck with litterary saw dust 3 18.75%
Tough choice 8 50.00%
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Old 04-08-2005, 12:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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To book or not to book...
...that is the question I lay before you today.

What is worse, to NOT have a book or two going and feel that anxiety and apprehension that having a good one going normally quells?

Or

To have a book or two you're trying to enjoy but they simply sux more azz than a bicycle seat and you find yourself reading cereal boxes to avoid picking them up?
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Old 04-08-2005, 12:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I would like to find the time to actually read a book.
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Old 04-08-2005, 12:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm a compulsive reader. Have read some great great books and also useless fluff. I read what my children read. I read magazines and newpapers.
But still I must force myself to read hideously dry technical documents.
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Old 04-08-2005, 12:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
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"The Catcher in the Rye".... Jazz, Airgasm... that's it! That's the hideous book I couldn't get through...


I'd rather have quality, not quantity. I will not hesitate to put a book down and grab a cereal box should the book be that bad.
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Old 04-08-2005, 12:52 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I have different endeavors running simultaneously...

Some for personal growth
Some for professional "musts"
Some for spiritual reasons
Some for guidance (lacking a more fitting term)
Usually one at a time (maybe two) for leisure

With that said, I haven't finished a single one in some time... but have taken a lot from most
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I currently have 3 books I'm mostly through....
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I currently have 3 books I'm mostly through....
Good thing the May issues of each should be arriving in the mail soon, huh...
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"It" by Stephen King.... Jazz, Airgasm... that's it! That's the hideous book I couldn't get through...


I'd rather have quality, not quantity. I will not hesitate to put a book down and grab a cereal box should the book be that bad.
I couldn't finish that one.
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Love to read. Reading Clive Cussler right now. Want to re-read The Count of Monte Cristo. I like some of the classics. Mostly read motorcyle and woodworking magazines.
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Good thing the May issues of each should be arriving in the mail soon, huh...
Do you think he's ambidextrous? Or does the lag in issues give just enough healing time?

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