I don't really like reading but it's not bad. Im currently reading the Bhagivad-Gita. 3 cheers for anybody educated enough to know what that is. (in other words see The Captain or Big D )
I don't really like reading but it's not bad. Im currently reading the Bhagivad-Gita. 3 cheers for anybody educated enough to know what that is. (in other words see The Captain or Big D )
I'm currently reading, all at the same time, Bush's Brain by James Moore and Wayne Slater, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, and Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I'm rereading the latter two; there's a bunch of plot details I'm fuzzy about now that I want to remember, and the Potter movie's coming out sometime next year anyway, so I hear, so I might as well have the story fresh in my mind.
Anyone who doesn't think reading is mind-expanding either isn't reading the right books, or isn't reading them the right way.
reading is good!
I have been reading since I was two years old. When I was younger I would devour any type of reading material..to the point of reading cereal boxes if deprived(yes, obsessed as if you haven't figured that out)! As I've gotten older my tastes mostly run to sci-fi and fantasy, and National Geographics(I have 3 of the holographic covers
). I'm at the moment reading Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey, and I just got done with "To Light a Candle; book 2 of the Obsidian trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. A few of my favorite authors are Mercedes Lackey, Anne Mccaffrey, Andre Norton(She's a scifi goddess!), Robert Jordan, Larry Niven, David Brin, Piers Anthony(insert pun here), Holly Lisle..I could go on but this post will eat the world if I list them all...and yes, if you sit still to read or watch Tv it is bad for you. If you just do some isometrics and stretches, its a lot less unhealthy.
Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias, Gloriosa, Generosa (Come come oh, come, Don't let me die, Glorious, Noble).
I read them just for the articles.
yesOriginally Posted by nik0tine
What you say quite literally scares me. Reading is one of the most constructive things you can do. It helps develop you intellectually and verbally. All of the people I've ever known who are good thinkers are also very avid readers. The vast majority of the more intelligent people that I know are also readers. Connection?No, doing something constructive is the best thing to do with your free time. Reading just takes atleast a tad of insight/imagination and thought, and literacy, unlike television.
I love to read. and I mean LOVE!
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Books are wonderful. I love reading, and I always have. Right now I'm starting Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind. Good stuff, the Sword of Truth series. I also adore Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, especially the Death Gate Cycle.
I remember reading a book called Tathea once, that was insanely compelling, but I can't remember who the author was. Does anyone else know of this book? .-.
Edit:Completely true.What you say quite literally scares me. Reading is one of the most constructive things you can do. It helps develop you intellectually and verbally. All of the people I've ever known who are good thinkers are also very avid readers. The vast majority of the more intelligent people that I know are also readers. Connection?
I generally just read fantasy books.
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
I enjoy reading a great deal, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find much time recently. The last book I read was Brave New World, and that was a few week ago. Maybe I'll get a chance to pick something up over the Christmas break.
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Absolutely. Without books, important information would have been lost over time. Where would we be without our dictionaries? What would we do if we had no user-manuals for our computers, cars and electrical appliances? How could we have taken in so much knowledge at school without the aid of textbooks? How could we have improved our verbal skills without help from the books at our libraries?
If nobody read books, we'd all be about as intelligent as dogs.
"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless,
uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"
I only read books that really catch my interest... And magazines are good... and Manga... Reading the subtitles on my anime is really good enough foe me... and RPGs require reading so i dont need books... unless its a must read book...
Oh and books i have to read for Lit classes... and other books from school... =P
I love reading! I've read since an early age, and I haven't stopped since. I have a few friends who enjoy reading, but most don't even think about it. I especially love Fantasy books (LOTR, Wheel of Time, Song of Ice and Fire, etc.).
I like reading. I'm fairly picky about what I read though. It has to really stir my interests.
They say that while you do nothing you burn about 60 calories an hour, but while reading you burn 150, so its decent exercise. ^_^
Wow! Reading is exercise too? I was happy to read just for the entertainment and extended vocabulary, but now I find out it's good for you as well? Even better...
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