To book or not to book...

[Larry Gude]

...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?

 

[RoseRed]

I would like to find the time to actually read a book.

 

[bresamil]

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.

 

[kwillia]

"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.

 

[virgovictoria]

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 :shrug:

 

[AC/DC]

I currently have 3 books I'm mostly through....

 

[kwillia]

I currently have 3 books I'm mostly through....

Good thing the May issues of each should be arriving in the mail soon, huh...

 

[RoseRed]

"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.

 

[Vince]

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.

 

[virgovictoria]

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?

 

[vraiblonde]

I will not hesitate to put a book down and grab a cereal box should the book be that bad.

I only read one book at a time so I can give it my full attention. Therefore I won't hesitate to throw away a book that isn't going anywhere after the first few chapter. Life's too short.

 

[AC/DC]

I couldn't finish that one.

I read IT when I was about 18, great book.

 

[Pete]

I think I will write a book. Would anyone read it?

 

[kwillia]

I think I will write a book. Would anyone read it?

That you, Sleuth...

 

[RoseRed]

I think I will write a book. Would anyone read it?

Will the Taser chapter be included?

 

[Pete]

That you, Sleuth...

I said "book" not "autobiography" but you are right, his life is much more interesting than mine.

 

[Llwynog]

...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?

I hope this anxiety and apprehension isn't a frequent thing. I read to quell bordom.

 

[Larry Gude]

Nah...

I hope this anxiety and apprehension isn't a frequent thing. I read to quell bordom.

...I just always find comfort in knowing that I've got a reasonably interesting book going. Even a mediocre one.

When there's no book going it gives me pause, a momentary '####! What will I read when I get a few minutes?".

 

[mAlice]

I'd rather have quality, not quantity.

I have a rather large quantity of quality books that I just can't seem to get around to reading, but when I can, they'll be there.

 

[jazz lady]

...I just always find comfort in knowing that I've got a reasonably interesting book going. Even a mediocre one.

I panic if I don't have anything to read. I'd rather have SOMETHING than nothing at all.

When there's no book going it gives me pause, a momentary '####! What will I read when I get a few minutes?".

I find that unless I read before going to bed, my mind continues on in its normal hyperdrive fashion. Reading seems to satisfy some craving in my brain, relaxes my mind and body, and allows me to sleep.

Right now, I'm reading two books. If I don't have a lot of time to read, I've got quite a few magazines to go through on a wide range of topics: computers, gardening, cooking, National Geographic, games, etc. I skim the magazines and bookmark or tear out the articles of interest for later in-depth reading if I can't read it right then.

I could easily do without television but I would go insane if I couldn't read.