2006-10-24 03:42:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Reading e-mail and Yahoo! Answers doesn't count as reading...sorry
2006-10-24 04:29:02 · update #1
I am retired and I read several hours every day. Yet, in my lifetime I have read well over 565,000 books. Mostly in the sci-fi/fantasy, history, archaeology,mystery,adventure/thriller genres.
2006-10-24 11:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I usually have 2 or 3 books that I'm reading, so if one is not grabbing me, I switch to another. I try to read every day, but sometimes get too caught up with the computer (Yahoo Answers and other sites). Even just a few minutes of reading at bedtime helps me sleep.
2006-10-24 20:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read two-three evenings a week:
I like books with great well developed charecters I can relate to.
1. The Wold According to Garp by John Irving
2. Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
4.The Stand by Stephen King
5. Jurassic Park by Michael Cricton
6. The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
8. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
9. Blue Beard by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Sideways by Rex Pickett
2006-10-24 11:48:02 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually I read pretty often, but recently not so much. I've had a lot of school work and have been kind of feeling burnt out. Almost all of what i read is either philosophy, psychology, or history. Right now I'm reading "the stars down to earth and other essays on the irrational in culture" by theodor adorno.
by the way, i liked your answer on that vegetarian question.
2006-10-24 11:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by student_of_life 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always have a book I'm reading. I read lots of things...mostly fiction, but I also enjoy biographies and autobiographies, poetry, philosophy and many other types of books as well. Right now I'm reading Thomas Merton's, "A Contemplative Life".
Some of my favorite writers are John Irving, John Steinbeck, Sue Monk Hill, Nicholas Sparks, Pablo Neruda, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski..and many others.
2006-10-24 10:49:22 · answer #5 · answered by svmainus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read everyday, even if all I can fit in is a few pages. I will read just about anything, but I usually pick an author and read all their books (that are available at the library), and then move on to a different author.
2006-10-24 15:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read every day, but lately haven't had a lot of free time so I'm only making it through one book a week. Kind of ironic, since I work in a bookstore, but it's not like I have time to read at work!
Literary fiction is my favorite, though I like non-fiction such as social science, earth science, and memoirs. Right now I'm reading Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, his memoir of life after both his parents died.
2006-10-24 11:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every day. Books like King Fortis the Brave, Eragon and Harry Potter are the best!
2006-10-24 11:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read every day, sometimes more than once.
At this stage of life I read mostly for pleasure and seem to read a lot of mysteries, psychological thrillers and historical fiction along with some horror and science fiction.
2006-10-24 10:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by MUD 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All the time..Fiction books,newspaper,recipes whatever I can get my hands on..lol Currently am reading Mary Higgens Clark "We'll Meet Again"..
2006-10-24 11:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by Rain32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋