Book Reading habits
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
At most one at a time.
And at least?
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
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Not only do I only read one book at a time, I only play one video game at a time as well.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Currently reading a trilogy from Robin Hobb; borrowed the books from a friend, and so far there's two of each book. "Royal assasin" twice, both English paperbacks. Had one upstairs to read in bed, one downstairs next to the rocking-chair. "Assasins quest" now, as a Dutch hardcover. It's annoying that they translate names of people and places into Dutch. Can't read anything else between the stories, as I'd confuse stuff from one book with the other. No idiot box; the biggest advantage of reading is that I don't have to wait for the next episode, and can take a break when I want to. And no commercials in a paperback :)
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Most of my reading sends me down another hole … so, yes, hard to "finish" even though I'm always reading. Herman Hess and the Glass Bead Game made me think about building one.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books. That said, personally I get a lot more out of a (TV) series by binging (that's "binge", not Bing...unlike Google, Bing hasn't yet earned the right to be used as a verb). [Edit] It's been a long time I've been able to read anything (in book format) at all. As I'm getting older, as soon as I'm horizontal I tend to fall asleep. And if I'm sitting in chair that's comfortable enough to want to sit in to read for a while, the same invariably happens.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I am currently reading three books at once, one is Hut Six by Gordon Welchman - this is in the bathroom and requires a lot of patience and concentration - only available in the bathroom, normally. I then have two phones with an eReader on each, one private, one for work, with different books open on each - all taken from my private library filled from Amazon et al - some technical (on the work phone), usually in PDF format, the rest in ePub or Mobi format.
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People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books. That said, personally I get a lot more out of a (TV) series by binging (that's "binge", not Bing...unlike Google, Bing hasn't yet earned the right to be used as a verb). [Edit] It's been a long time I've been able to read anything (in book format) at all. As I'm getting older, as soon as I'm horizontal I tend to fall asleep. And if I'm sitting in chair that's comfortable enough to want to sit in to read for a while, the same invariably happens.
dandy72 wrote:
People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books.
TV gives you visual anchors that don't exist in books.
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I keep my books in the same place. On a shelf, in the library, situated in the west wing of my house. Oh... do I read books... I thought you was asking me to pretend I was in one, my bad :^) On a serious note, it depends what you mean by "reading". There are books I started reading years ago, and have since read a book since. So I guess technically I do read multiple books at a time. I have no intention of finishing them though. I rarely read books at all. I find the time they take isn't worth the satisfaction they deliver. It's inefficient. A film is a much better use of my time, and pretty much does the same job.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I usually stick to one book. Exception: toilet/bathroom reading. There I read something snack-esque, something informational yet light or something containing a factoid per small chapter while everywhere else, I read tends to be a novel or otherwise integrated, requiring continuous attention and that book I stick to until I'm through with it.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Technical - multiple, in electronic format. Technical books are just tools of the trade so not bothered about the e-format Non-technical - one at a time and ALWAYS in paper form - there's just something so tactile about paper print that adds to the enjoyment of the read, so wouldn't dream of reading for enjoyment from an e-reader...
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"I find the time they take isn't worth the satisfaction they deliver" Perhaps you're reading the wrong books or is it just down to lack of imagination? ;P
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Nah they are real books, I don't need to imagine them :rolleyes: I am not saying I don't enjoy books, I just find they generally take a long time that I would prefer to spend on other things.
"..they are real books.." - Nice one! :) But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them? And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune? Although, I'll grant, the Lord of the Rings was pretty darn good. So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
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"..they are real books.." - Nice one! :) But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them? And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune? Although, I'll grant, the Lord of the Rings was pretty darn good. So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
Leo56 wrote:
But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them?
Yeah they are definitely different because we are seeing another person's imagination on film. And I don't disagree with most people when they say they cut so much out. But that doesn't mean the film is automatically bad, and if you never read the book then you don't know what (if anything) you are missing - ignorance is bliss and all that.
Leo56 wrote:
So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
As I said, I don't read many at all, so couldn't say. The last book I read was Ready Player One. Then the film came out, and although it was quite different I think they did an amazing job with it. Also, pretty much all films these days are based on books, so would be a challenge to find one that isn't already on it's way to hollywood :laugh:
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
While reading non-technical, I usually end up in some odd position I would other wise not sit/lay/stand in.
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Some of my favorite books that has been in my bookshelf for twenty, thirty or fourty years, I can pull from the shelf to look up a single chapter or passage for rereading by itself. I know the book so well that I've got the context perfectly clear. In no way will this disturb my end-to-end reading of a another novel. I've got somewhere around 15-20 books that know that well and love that much; I certainly don't handle all books that way.
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dandy72 wrote:
People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books.
TV gives you visual anchors that don't exist in books.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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"..they are real books.." - Nice one! :) But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them? And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune? Although, I'll grant, the Lord of the Rings was pretty darn good. So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
Leo56 wrote:
And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune?
Hey, don't knock it! The 1984 version had Picard, agent Dale Cooper, Admiral Al Calavicci, and Chucky all in the same film. :-D (And Sting, but we'll try to forget that.) Still looking forward to seeing how this year's version fares. :) Dune (2020 film) - Wikipedia[^]
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Leo56 wrote:
And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune?
Hey, don't knock it! The 1984 version had Picard, agent Dale Cooper, Admiral Al Calavicci, and Chucky all in the same film. :-D (And Sting, but we'll try to forget that.) Still looking forward to seeing how this year's version fares. :) Dune (2020 film) - Wikipedia[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Talking mainly about non technical books, Do you read one book at a time , read it, finish it and move to next one or you read multiple books at various stages of completion. I just realized that I am "trying" to read 5 books and already started fishing for the 6th book to start!! The problem is not the lack of books but the location. 1. In Bathroom ( No need for explanation) 2. Near the bed night stand (Before heading to sleep couple of pages or chapters) 3. In the car (While I chaperone Mrs to various shopping and boring errands) 4. In the Living room (when Idiot box really becomes stupid) 5. In the kitchen ( On weekends when I take over the kitchen responsibility)
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Fiction I read one at a time, mostly at night before I go to bed. If I read again during the day, it's that same book. I had to read multiple works of fiction at the same time in college and I hated it. It's difficult for me to keep story and characters straight, especially if the author like using multiple plot lines and points of view.
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Some of my favorite books that has been in my bookshelf for twenty, thirty or fourty years, I can pull from the shelf to look up a single chapter or passage for rereading by itself. I know the book so well that I've got the context perfectly clear. In no way will this disturb my end-to-end reading of a another novel. I've got somewhere around 15-20 books that know that well and love that much; I certainly don't handle all books that way.
Same here. There are some of my books I like so much that I have to ration how often I read them. Heinlein's The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Niven and Pournelle's Oath of Fealty and Footfall, and C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun and Chanur series. I just finished reading Chanur for probably the dozen-th time. It will probably be three or four years before I read it again. I just bought latest volume in Cherryh's Foreigner series. I'm trying to decide if I want to go back and reread the earlier 20 books in the sequence before I read the new one.
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