Kind of an odd posting...

[spikedpunch]

I have a bit of a confession to make: "I may not show it, but I do care about the people who call me a friend

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[sunfire]

I never was a fan of reading books. I used to read some books back in my twenties, but have long since lost any desire to read. I think at least some of that stems back to school years where I was forced to read books and then do a report about them.

[spikedpunch]

I was kind of the same, I hated being in school and made to read books that I didn't enjoy then. Later on I tried to read them again, and found them to be much more enjoyable the second time around.

[kyyanno]

I always found the downside for me to audio books is that they often send me off to sleep, and then I have to spend the first ten minutes of next listening time finding the spot that I last remember hearing. Gimme a paper or kindle book any day.

[spikedpunch]

I can see that. Though about the only time I was finding to read was right before bed, and that was putting me to sleep just as quickly.

[sabotlours]

Good post! A few years ago I started "Sabot's Summer Reading Program" where I would read all of the books I was supposed to read all the way back to high school. I see your next post is about "1984" which was one of those books. I thoroughly enjoyed it especially as an adult. The implications seem much more real than perhaps I would have considered in high school. As the weather warms up I intend to spend many an evening on the patio reading something. I'm currently re-reading Wallace Stegner's essays on the West. I just sorta liked it when I read it the first time many years ago, but now having lived here so many more years, it's a little more relevant. Add in drought and mass migration to the Southwest and it REALLY starts to hit home.

[keross]

I don't own a e-reader (yet) and, like kyyanno, the audio books induce sleep (but then I listen to the tv to go to sleep) but I agree. I use to read voraciously as a child. Adult life robbed me of so much of my free time that I slowly stopped over the years. I have been trying to get back into the reading habit. I asked paternal unit for a subscription to Analog Magazine as a starting point. Even found several new writers just by following some blogs. I have been trying to work up the nerve to suggest to some of my friends that we start doing book/story recommendations.