When i was in highschool or college and we had to read fiction, i couldn't retain anything after reading it. non-fiction books is much better for me because it's interesting and something that i can relate to. Is thre some reason why i can't understand or retain what i get out of fiction books. Maybe it's the vocab or what?? i'm confused. For the most part i read nonfiction books about health, or how to do something in the computer, or history, or how to draw, history of music.. you know things like this. But i wonder if i can ever become good at reading fiction?
2006-06-21 04:58:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
It may just be your true preference. It's like watching movies. People have a preference on what they'll sit through - action, sci fi, romance, thriller.
2006-06-21 05:03:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may never be good with fiction. I know I read fiction for enjoyment. Frankly I don't really care if I retain it. Just having a general idea of the storyline is all I really care about.
On the other hand I find technical literature very dry, almost to the point of being boring. And I worked in high tech most of my adult life.
2006-06-21 05:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are hundreds of great books! Visit your local library... they usually have summer reading suggestions and great selections of books: here are a few that I thought of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Zel by Donna Jo Napoli Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Hoop Dreams by Ben Joravsky Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
2016-05-20 08:52:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe this goes to your personal lifestyles. If you are a person who believes and facts and that you are personally a social person, you will most likely to like non fiction books because the stories or the issues presented are of factual case. If you are a person who likes fantasy or more so that you are a believer of something unatural or out of the body experience, most likely you will like to read fiction books, because you have a higher imagination.
It's not to say that you don't have any imagination at all, but those who likes to read fiction books tends to be those who are highly imaginative than other. You yourself is a person of social being, meaning that you like to get involved in a situation that is not imaginative and it is factual.
Look around you how many friends do you have? That should tell you whether you are a social being or you tend to keep it to yourself.
2006-06-21 05:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. I read books, but I just hate fiction. People ask me if I've read this and that book, but I have to answer NO all the time. I love to read books about Chinese, Greek, Japanese, and Mexican history. I love to read books about "How to do stuff". I read biographies from time to time. I'm just not interested in fiction. Some people have even told me I don't really read, just becaus eI don't read "the classics". You should read whatever you enjoy.
2006-06-21 05:05:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your interest in the subject matter will influece your ability to read the text. Don't worry about it too much. Enjoy your non-fiction!
Check out the young adult book section (near the Harry Potter books).
2006-06-21 05:02:36 · answer #6 · answered by carobygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people just don't like to read certain kinds of books. I know a lot of people who hate reading non-fiction but love fiction. you just happen to be the kind of person who does not like reading about things that did not happen.
2006-06-21 05:05:25 · answer #7 · answered by Jo Jo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go through phases like this...usually when I'm tense and anxious, or when I'm fed up with the way women/people like me are portrayed in popular books...don't worry about it. As long as you are reading something, you are improving your mind.
However, if you are determined to try fiction, consider trying a new genre. When I can't concentrate, I find that fantasy or horror books often capture my attention...my brother feels the same way about futuristic sci-fi novels, and my mother the same way about mysteries.
2006-06-21 05:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by Elspeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fiction books make you use your imagination, and you have to guess what the author is thinking, Non-fiction are real story that you can relate better to.
2006-06-21 05:04:00 · answer #9 · answered by Mojo Jojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could just be that when you pic up a fiction you can not image yourself in the same position what you are reading there are no characters no nothing. As oppose to non fiction you can see your self in every secne
2006-06-21 05:03:32 · answer #10 · answered by msmoca22 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a hard time reading fiction because you do not like reading 'lies' or 'untruths'. Not all Non-fiction is truth, but all Fiction is certainly untrue. In your brain, you do not like that, which is a good character trait.
2006-06-21 05:12:03 · answer #11 · answered by NC_Pianist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋