Reading a book is an encounter. Think of it like meeting a new person. It helps if you have something in common. A boring book slows down your reading productivity so that you end up reading far less.
I think if you're not a regular book reader, you might need to push yourself through a few books to get started. Reading is a habit, and it can take some time to find the rhythm and book style that holds your interest. If you're fifty years of age or younger, give a book fifty pages before you decide to commit to reading it or give it up.
Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading — that is a good life. I begin my day by reading as I am brushing my teeth. And yes, My Best Beloved finds this hilarious. I always have a book or two in the bathroom, as I suspect many people do. Flossing is an especially good time, as are baths, of course. The kind of books best read in bathrooms, however, differs from the sorts of books one might read elsewhere.
Personal essays are terrific, as are books of letters, literary essays are also good, and short stories. Here, one wants something that can be dipped into, sipped, and nibbled at. Collections of folk and fairy tales can be particularly delightful.
It is best to read books here that are not priceless first editions, for water stains and toothpaste drops are inevitable. I read during solitary meals at home, of which I have quite a few since I work from home and My Best Beloved only does so occasionally.
Breakfasts and lunches, mostly, and I enjoy them mightily. I have another book weight in the kitchen so I can use my hands for knife and fork. My e-reader also comes in handy here. What time is not spent reading is spent writing, with breaks to walk the dog. Such breaks are good. They are mental palate cleansers.
I also spend a few hours a day in more serious reading, of the kind done with pencil in hand, underlining passages and making notes.
I love to see how fine writers craft their work and learn a great deal from them. I also, it must be said, learn from writers who try but fail. I am an eclectic reader, which is possibly the result of being an autodidact. I am a magpie. I let my curiosity lead me — astronomy today, prison reform tomorrow..
The books scattered round my rooms might give the impression of someone with far-reaching interests, or of someone with attention-deficit-disorder. The only constant thread is literary fiction. Bailey The Rescuepoo and me. He also seems to enjoy a good book.
Reading, although a solitary experience, need not be an isolated one. Some of the best hours of my life have been spent curled up at one end of the couch with my nose in a book whilst My Best Beloved sits at the other, his nose in his own book. This may be the doggie version of reading, although I suspect Bailey, The Rescuepoo, is literary, as one can see from the photo.
A love of literature knows no bounds. This is a fabulous essay on the love and joys of reading. Well done!! Many thanks Lauren. Am truly impressed with what i have learnt with the personal life experience shared. Great comments about reading, Lauren. There is quite a history to these annual books that were published for many years in England and were distributed internationally. Tiny little books easy for small hands to hold.
And such great little stories about children with morals to those tales. They gave me my absolute lifetime love of reading. Even as a pre-teen, I would lay the daily newspaper out on the floor to read whatever was interesting to me at varying ages. It was helpful for school essays in different subjects.
These days, my reading is varied and in recent years have explored new authors much to my delight having found many who are able to entertain me for their imaginative plots. A great way to avoid not reading a book years later again! Unless I choose to, of course. Like a movie at the same time the story unfolds.
And there is always another book to read which make me want to live to over , in order to read more books in my lifetime! I guess when I was made they forgot to put the passion seed in my heart or something.
Take care. Goodness, Leandro, that IS sad. It takes them too much effort for anything they get out of it. The sad thing is that adults who find reading boring often have gone through the school system and not found out why reading is so difficult for them.
There are many people who qualify to have a person to read their exam to them at polytech, and this is an indication that they should probably have had the same opportunity at school. If you notice that your child finds reading difficult, you need to take action. This is especially important if your child is quiet and well-behaved in class.
Ignore what your wife is reading. Ask some mates who have similar tastes in films or music what books they have really enjoyed and see if you get on with those instead.
Few people worry about not reading poetry, for example. Books really are ace. I really struggle to understand how anyone can not like reading a novel. I read and write all day at work as an academic.
Ever since i started doing this all day everyday during my PhD I found reading books really difficult. I go through phases of reading stuff but I get half way something through and give up. My smartphone has pretty much guaranteed that books will never get a look-in in the future. Well, a few thousand, probbly. I used to read like crazy as a kid. Had the reading age of an adult by the time I was 8. Got to about my mid-teens, then just went off reading almost altogether.
Got into images instead I spose. Much happier looking at pics than reading text. Some are better suited to written language, others to images. At some point my brain switched from one to the other.
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