How often do you read a book outside your comfort zone?

Question

I guess we all have a certain type of book we go for all the time but how often and what makes you go for something outside that?

Answer 1

I dont often read outside my comfort zone as I read to escape and relax. If the book is too hard then Im not enjoying myself so dont think there is much point.
That said over the 6 months or so I am trying to broaden my choices and have read several books recommended by friends and have really enjoyed them! The book Im reading now is a good example of this...I am thoroughly enjoying The Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, but would never have picked it up in the bookshop.

Answer 2

I'm lucky enough that I work in a bookshop so we get sent loads of proofs and things. I'm always trying new things and I always read them to the end even if I don't like them at the start. Also, I recently took over the science fiction/fantasy section which I had no interest in at all... however I have read some of it including manga etc which I'd never given a second thought to. It's worth a go! Try swapping books with people you work with/at college/ housemates etc if you're a student/ parents at school, you'd be surprised what people read, and surprised at how many surprises there are in books you never thought you'd read!

Answer 3

I typically reach outside of my comfort zone for a book that is particularly well recommended. every once in a while I will pick up a book that just looks interesting, you never know what your comfort zone is until you have explored different types of books, and who knows, your taste in books can change over the years.

Answer 4

I rarely read out of my comfort zone which is why this christmas i have decided to read 10 classics that have always intrested me but i have never tried to read.
This is the question i answered
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvHDCs0bcFoiDQ6sMfRcZ.ggBgx.?qid=20061110093622AAPYGby

these are the books I've choosen to read.


1) Pride and Prejudice. -Jane Austen.
2) Great Expectations.-Charles Dickens
3) Gone with the Wind.- Margaret Mitchell
4) Jane Eyre.-Charlotte Bronte.
5) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
6) Little Women .- Louisa May Alcott
7) Utopia.-Thomas Moore.
8) Wuthering Heights.- Emily Bronte.
9) The Hunchback of Notre Dame.-Victor Hugo
10) Tess of the d'Urbervilles.- Thomas Hardy

For me reading is like breathing, i couldn't live without either of them.

Answer 5

Not very often. I must admit, I've only read a handful of books outside of my comfort zone. But then I'm not very good with change!

Answer 6

Normally only if I am desperate for a book to read whilst I am away and I haven't had time to shop for one that I would normally read. I will sometimes just grab a book from the airport and my choice might be nothing other than I liked the look of the cover.

Answer 7

most books are outside my comfort zone. it is usually a chore but i have forced myself to read very long classics like little dorrit by charles dickens and vanity fair by william thackeray makepeace and they were both well worth the effort. at the other end of the spectrum i read catcher in the rye by j.d.salinger in a single sitting. i would not ever read something like harry potter as i think it would be very disappointing and reading is such an effort that i would be gutted if i stuck through something and found it poor.

Answer 8

except your a clone there are different those which have similar complications. What sorts of checks have you ever taken? What neurologists have you ever considered? have you ever taken the Hooper seen employer try, Facial popularity try, Boston Naming try, short try of interest, Mazes, Multilingual Aphasia exam, Stroop Neuropsychological Screening try, California Verbal studying try, Rey complicated make sure try, Shipley Institute of residing Scale, Raven time-honored modern, Bender Gestalt try, and they'll really provide those checks in 2 2 hour classes. So do not imagine your the purely human being accessible that has a issue like yours. there'll be people when you with similar complications. Did you ever have an EEG done?

Answer 9

I did recently, and was surprised as I enjoyed the book, I'll go for something different if it is recommended by an author of the books I usually read...

Answer 10

probably every other book with a return to genre now and again.
I know people who would read three or four books at once, I suppose so they never got bored of one. But If I dont finish the book becuase its dull, I doubt I would return to it outside of being on an assessment or for my job.