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Steph01924		#21	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2648 07/02/2012 9:49 AM	Yeah, you can NEVER read too much. When people say that to me, I usually pity them a little. That may seem snobbish, lol, but seriously...how can you say that? There is such a diverse amount of material that something has to capture your interest. (There are exceptions for people who have legit learning disabilities who can't 'read' well...but then there's always audiobooks :P) My uncle still likes to bring up the time he offered to take me to the library when I was like 7-8 and I wanted to bring home 40 books. I always knew exactly what the library's loan limits, and I told him that wasn't even the first time I'd taken out that many. Of course those were all Sweet Valley, Baby Sitter's, Goosebumps, and the multitude of 'hobby' series, like the gymnasts, horse-riders, sleepover friends, school newspaper writers, etc.. Nowadays I still read a lot, but I'm also just a fast reader and if I'm really into a ~300 page book I can finish in a few hours. When the last HP book came out, I bought it at like 10am, locked myself in my room, and finished at like 4 in the morning. Has anyone ever tried the Goodreads Reading Challenge? You make a goal of how many books you want to read in the year, and you can see your friends' goals and also how many books total everyone from the site has pledged to read. Last year I made it over my goal of 100, but there were times when I was like, I NEED to read to make it (not that it was a hardship, lol). This year I'm going for 70, but it's been a busy one so I'm only at 25 currently.
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beklah324		#22	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31262 07/02/2012 11:37 AM i am the lizard queen	I used to be like that and wish I still was I've been sick these last couple of years and my attention span and thinking ability have really dropped so I don't read as often as I'd like (books, magazines, articles, blogs, whatever). I'm honestly jealous of you. Don't ever think you read too much. Think how many books are out there and how many you've read or read on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. You can never read too much in my opinion.
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Posts: 54758 07/02/2012 11:57 AM Best Fan Fic Writer '08 Mostly British '12 Not a Dumbfuck '12	You can never read too much, it improves your vocabulary! (That was always my excuse )
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CrysLovesCouture		#24	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6970 07/02/2012 1:20 PM	Maybe your brother should read more!
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grassyass5		#25	[url]	[-]
Posts: 706 07/02/2012 2:17 PM	yea i dont really tell people i read, i go through an average of four books a week. My mother blames my insomnia on reading too which often gets on my nerves.
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himazima		#26	[url]	[-]
Posts: 585 07/02/2012 2:26 PM	I love to read, but with the Olympics coming up, and Trials on right now, it's going to drop fast.
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FinalHeartbreak		#27	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13002 07/02/2012 2:38 PM	I used to be able to go through 4-6 books a week when I was a kid/teenager, and that was on top of a gazillion other activites. Now I'm much slower since I just can't consentrate that well anymore. I keep getting distracted. On the flipside I have no problem reading a lot of fanfiction.
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GettinHotWithJC		#28	[url]	[-]
Posts: 52993 07/02/2012 4:20 PM Anime/Manga Fan Batman Nerd	FinalHeartbreak wrote: I used to be able to go through 4-6 books a week when I was a kid/teenager, and that was on top of a gazillion other activites. Now I'm much slower since I just can't consentrate that well anymore. I keep getting distracted. On the flipside I have no problem reading a lot of fanfiction. I still read A LOT of fanfiction too. But it's gotten to the point where I feel that I've read all of the good fan fictions.
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JCfanaddict		#29	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6712 07/02/2012 7:59 PM	I've always been an avid reader. When I was younger, my mom used to get so angry - she'd find me buried in a book when she'd asked me to do something and yell, "The goddamn house could burn down and you wouldn't even notice!" Now she wishes she could get my younger siblings to read for pleasure. Last week I was on a roll - I read 3 books in 3 days, but they were ones I was so into I couldn't put them down. Especially this one called, "Still Missing" by Chevy Stevens - it was horrifying, but it'd make a great Lifetime movie!
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LilZacBop		#30	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9399 07/02/2012 8:09 PM mmmbop	I read 4 books today at work lol
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iheartjustinjc		#31	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7931 07/02/2012 8:13 PM	Read too much? Poppycock! The limit does not exist.
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himazima		#32	[url]	[-]
Posts: 585 07/02/2012 9:54 PM	http://www.listology.com/...ks-you-must-read-you-die 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List. Is anyone else attempting this? This one is from 2006, and it has been updated twice since then, with another update coming in October of this year. A lot of classics, but also a lot of contemporary books, and some you might not even think about. There is also a group on Goodreads.
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Steph01924		#33	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2648 07/02/2012 11:52 PM	himazima wrote: http://www.listology.com/...ks-you-must-read-you-die 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List. Is anyone else attempting this? This one is from 2006, and it has been updated twice since then, with another update coming in October of this year. A lot of classics, but also a lot of contemporary books, and some you might not even think about. There is also a group on Goodreads. I always have such a problem with those kinds of lists, especially ones with that many books on it. When I was younger, I would try to read certain classics because I felt I 'should' do it in order to be more well-rounded as a reader (I'm not really talking about when a school English class forces you to read a classic. I just thought as a 'good' reader, I should read certain things). As I get older, I realize there are SO many different kinds of books and all sorts of subject matters and it's all just too subjective. Who's to say a book is good and a 'must read before I die'? If I had to be forced to get through all of "The Catcher in the Rye" I MAY die while reading it because it makes me want to shoot myself, yet it's always on everyone's 'must' lists. If it sounds interesting, classic or not, I'll take a gander. If it doesn't, I'm leaving it on the shelf, because my time is too valuable to waste on shit I know I won't enjoy (like "The Great Gatsby" -- always a 'must' but I've read the synopsis and it sounds dreadfully self-indulgent and the characters all sound like assholes. No thanks.). /rant. Nothing on you, himazima! I just have a bug up my butt because of a recent conversation about this.
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iheartjustinjc		#34	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7931 07/03/2012 12:03 AM	I'd like to get down the basics like, "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Catch-22" because I've never had to read them before. And I should be getting to them soon. I don't know why it's so hard for me to read nowadays. When I was younger, I used to get free books from companies because I read so much.
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himazima		#35	[url]	[-]
Posts: 585 07/03/2012 12:14 AM	Oh, no problem Steph! There are a lot of the classics on this list, and lots of other (different) books as well. It's just kind of fun to tackle, and see what you end up liking and what you don't. And you're right, just because a group of people with obscure titles say something is worth your time, doesn't necessarily mean that's true. I just found that most of the books that I had read in recent years were all in the "chick-lit" category, and wanted to broaden my scope. (Nothing against chick-lit, I love the genre.) I have actually re-read some books that I had been assigned in high school, and discovered that while I may have liked/enjoyed them when I was 16, doesn't mean that's true now. And some books, I ended up liking even more.
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FinalHeartbreak		#36	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13002 07/03/2012 5:46 AM	GettinHotWithJC wrote: FinalHeartbreak wrote: I used to be able to go through 4-6 books a week when I was a kid/teenager, and that was on top of a gazillion other activites. Now I'm much slower since I just can't consentrate that well anymore. I keep getting distracted. On the flipside I have no problem reading a lot of fanfiction. I still read A LOT of fanfiction too. But it's gotten to the point where I feel that I've read all of the good fan fictions. Yes, that is a problem. Maybe we need to find new fandoms... I've been following various Big Bangs in the hopes there will be something interesting, but it keeps being in fandoms I have no interest in or pairings I don't want to read.
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Steph01924		#37	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2648 07/03/2012 9:12 AM	himazima wrote: I have actually re-read some books that I had been assigned in high school, and discovered that while I may have liked/enjoyed them when I was 16, doesn't mean that's true now. And some books, I ended up liking even more. Very true! I love re-reading a book and seeing things differently because my worldview has changed and/or expanded. I also firmly believe that certain books come to you when you need them (kind of like when you're thinking about your favorite song and then it comes on the radio). Sometimes I'll have a book on my to-read list forever and keep holding off, but then one day feel like reading it and realize it's exactly what I need -- a good laugh, a good cry, a shift in viewpoint. Other times it's sillier things -- for example, lol, yesterday I read this awful YA book called "In Honor" and the male character was a rip-off replica of the character Tim Riggins from the TV show "Friday Night Lights". I only started watching FNL about a month ago and fell in love, but before that I had no idea who Tim Riggins was, but I'd wanted to read this book for awhile and just never felt up to it until yesterday. That comparison was the only thing getting me through the book (and everyone on Goodreads had the same notion, so it wasn't just me projecting, lol). I find that happens a lot, that something I've just learned about / found out about ends up in a book I'm reading (and not because I'm trying either) and furthers my enjoyment/knowledge from the book. A fun universe quirk.
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Semirhage626		#38	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13942 07/03/2012 9:22 AM	himazima wrote: http://www.listology.com/...ks-you-must-read-you-die 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List. Is anyone else attempting this? This one is from 2006, and it has been updated twice since then, with another update coming in October of this year. A lot of classics, but also a lot of contemporary books, and some you might not even think about. There is also a group on Goodreads. I haven't done that one, but I'm working my way through the Radcliffe List of 100 Best Novels http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/radcliffes-rival-100-best-novels-list/ I don't agree with all of their selections -- and a few I've decided I don't care to finish -- but it's been a nice reference list. It also triggered me to re-read some things I hadn't read since middle/high school, like To Kill a Mockingbird -- I enjoyed that read through so much now that I have an adult's perspective on the book.
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rose 4ev		#39	[url]	[-]
Posts: 690 07/03/2012 6:53 PM	Theres no such thing as reading too much, at least not in my opinion. I used to get in trouble for reading in class from elementary school up into high school...I still read a few books a week on average or more...
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TreeHillRavens3		#40	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2669 07/03/2012 7:12 PM	Rosie Rathbone wrote: Has anyone ever tried the Goodreads Reading Challenge? You make a goal of how many books you want to read in the year, and you can see your friends' goals and also how many books total everyone from the site has pledged to read. Last year I made it over my goal of 100, but there were times when I was like, I NEED to read to make it (not that it was a hardship, lol). This year I'm going for 70, but it's been a busy one so I'm only at 25 currently. I'm doing their official one this year, but I've done personal ones since 2009. Anyone can answer but what's the difference between the official and personal challenge? I assume I'm doing the personal right now.
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