Why do people ridicule those who are slow readers? My missus is on her eighth erotic book this year already whilst I am on my second. Enjoying Midnight Cowboy this very second it's brilliantly written and the film is beautifully directed.

Anyone read Wilt, I dare anyone to read it on a train and laugh loudly whilst reading it.

my ex-partner reads one book a day and as she is currently incapacitated it's me that fetches them.

I've now exhausted 3 inner city libraries.

andrew wrote:
Why do people ridicule those who are slow readers? My missus is on her eighth erotic book this year already whilst I am on my second.

Is this intended to be satirical??

I think it is cruel to torment someone for being slow at anything. We cant all be equally brilliant.

I cant bear to be interrupted while I am reading. I just want to be locked away for the day until I have finished the book in peace.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I think it is cruel to torment someone for being slow at anything. We cant all be equally brilliant.

I cant bear to be interrupted while I am reading. I just want to be locked away for the day until I have finished the book in peace.

What you been reading so far Honey, why do people intend talking to people who are reading?

This thread makes me want to forget how to read.

andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I think it is cruel to torment someone for being slow at anything. We cant all be equally brilliant.

I cant bear to be interrupted while I am reading. I just want to be locked away for the day until I have finished the book in peace.

What you been reading so far Honey, why do people intend talking to people who are reading?


I havent read a "proper" book for absolutely ages now because I have been ploughing through all the books on the reading list for the college course. At the moment I am reading "chavs. Demonization of the working class". I am surprised that it is good because Owen Jones is a bit of a wally on Question time etc.

Kenneth Mintcake wrote:
This thread makes me want to forget how to read.

Did you mistake it for a discussion about Berkshire?

I do wonder how many visitors to this site read books. I read dozens each year but even on E Books I suspect only a tiny percentage of the public reads. They listen to music, watch films and TV but how many read?

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www.goodreads.com/

I have started recording an outline of the books I have read so I can remember the story—probably an age thing! But if I am reading a series or want to remind myself them I do not unnecessarily reread the same book. They have a spoilers option on the reviews section plus private notes section among other things.

JK2006 wrote:
I do wonder how many visitors to this site read books. I read dozens each year but even on E Books I suspect only a tiny percentage of the public reads. They listen to music, watch films and TV but how many read?

with my disjointed (but brilliant) mind I read about 4 books at once but can only manage 2/3 chapters a time.

I am a slow reader...very slow. I'm still on Five Go to Billycock Hill. I started it in 1923

But I do like reading e-books and find them very convenient.Now have about a dozen to catch up on.

JK2006 wrote:
I do wonder how many visitors to this site read books. I read dozens each year but even on E Books I suspect only a tiny percentage of the public reads. They listen to music, watch films and TV but how many read?

I have considered getting a kindle, I don't like the concept of holding of device in front of me, plus with a book it's easier to put down.

Shame that Jk first autobiography is only available as a e book.

Sorry about that Andrew but 70 fffy is still available as a (very cheap) paperback!

As for Five Go Up Billycock Hill, when they reach the summit they will find JK's already got there, several times!

The only drawback of a Kindle or iPad for authors is that scholarship is mistaken for padding. Readers go nuts when the 'percentage' of the book says something like 85 or 90% and they reach the notes section. You've spent ages researching your book and making sure every quote is properly sourced etc, and then you read angry ebook readers claiming you've 'tricked' or 'cheated' them by including the notes! A notes section doesn't add any money to the price of the book, it is only there for people who want or need it, but my god it gets some readers tetchy. It makes one want to give up and write a picture book.

Devices are great for storing a number of books when traveling or on holidays - and you can read the sames books on, say, your smartphone and tablet.

With a choice of colours, print (including sizes) and page types. And you can borrow eBooks free from your local library - by downloading.

My preferences - home/paperback; away/eBook.

Stephen Fry converted me to E Books for that very reason; with all my traveling, books were a real pain to carry. I still prefer books though, and hardbacks at that (as you'll see on the Tipsheet board, I just got Clive Davis' latest from America, and Kazuo's Buried Giant arrived today too).

The way many people read has also changed. Many - when reading, say, technical/historical/facts based books - will have a tablet or smartphone to hand.

Using the device to expand/elaborate on data and individuals via the internet. Instead of referring to brief and indifferent appendices.

Some - particularly when reading through a device - will often have it play suitable music. And the £35 Chromecast will allow you to read your book on your TV screen.

What ever next?

read your eBook*

Reading is a joy but it seems to be a novelty these days.

andrew wrote:
Reading is a joy but it seems to be a novelty these days.


Not really Andrew. What has changed is how and what we read.

Most still read books and the news - but, less and less, via paperbacks and newspapers. Ebooks are taking over and news is viewed on tablets and smartphones - more and more.

Sport is going down the same road. About 60 thousand will watch Arsenal at the Emirates; but over a billion will watch the game worldwide, on live TV.