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snugglekitty) wrote2008-03-16 08:10 am
snugglekitty) wrote2008-03-16 08:10 am
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reading question from tootlelulu
Are books a passion of yours or are they part of your professional life as well? How much do you read a day?
The answer to your first question is "yes." Books are a passion of mine, and they have been since a very early age. Most of the books you see me posting about here are books I read for pleasure and personal enlightenment. They are also a part of my professional life - I read books about birth, for my primary job, and I also do some freelance editing. I read specific things for that, of course, and also reading many different works in general makes me a better editor and proofreader.
I read for several hours almost every day. I read at home in my favorite reading chair in the dining room, I read on the couch, I read on the bus, train, and plane, I read while I'm walking, I read while I'm waiting for my dinner and my dinner partner is in the bathroom. About the only places I don't read are in the car (makes my sick, although I do rent audiobooks for long trips) and in bed (makes it hard to sleep).
I've seen a statistic that the average American watches FOUR HOURS of television every day. I definitely don't watch television that much - if I watch three episodes of something, fast-forwarding through the commercials, it's a big TV day for me. More normal for me is to watch nothing, or one episode of something. But I'm pretty sure I read four hours a day, an hour or two in the morning, an hour or two at night, and a lot of short intervals in between. Whenever someone tells me they don't have time to read, I wonder how much television they watch. I'm not against television but I like books much better. They engage my mind more, and you can take them anywhere easily, and they don't need a power source.
I don't discriminate in my reading material. I read fantasy, science fiction, memoirs, modern and Victorian literature, mysteries, nonfiction on lots of topics, and even some romance. My all-time favorite authors are Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, authors of the cult favorite Liaden series. Some other favorites are Lawrence Block, Charles de Lint, Sharon Shinn, and Mercedes Lackey. I get ideas of what to read from friends, from websites like booksense.com and paperbackswap, from the book review communities![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
bookshare and bookish, and from browsing at libraries and used book stores. I can give just about anybody a book recommendation that they'll enjoy, it's one of my secret superpowers.
Do you like to read,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tootlelulu? What sort of books do you enjoy?
The answer to your first question is "yes." Books are a passion of mine, and they have been since a very early age. Most of the books you see me posting about here are books I read for pleasure and personal enlightenment. They are also a part of my professional life - I read books about birth, for my primary job, and I also do some freelance editing. I read specific things for that, of course, and also reading many different works in general makes me a better editor and proofreader.
I read for several hours almost every day. I read at home in my favorite reading chair in the dining room, I read on the couch, I read on the bus, train, and plane, I read while I'm walking, I read while I'm waiting for my dinner and my dinner partner is in the bathroom. About the only places I don't read are in the car (makes my sick, although I do rent audiobooks for long trips) and in bed (makes it hard to sleep).
I've seen a statistic that the average American watches FOUR HOURS of television every day. I definitely don't watch television that much - if I watch three episodes of something, fast-forwarding through the commercials, it's a big TV day for me. More normal for me is to watch nothing, or one episode of something. But I'm pretty sure I read four hours a day, an hour or two in the morning, an hour or two at night, and a lot of short intervals in between. Whenever someone tells me they don't have time to read, I wonder how much television they watch. I'm not against television but I like books much better. They engage my mind more, and you can take them anywhere easily, and they don't need a power source.
I don't discriminate in my reading material. I read fantasy, science fiction, memoirs, modern and Victorian literature, mysteries, nonfiction on lots of topics, and even some romance. My all-time favorite authors are Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, authors of the cult favorite Liaden series. Some other favorites are Lawrence Block, Charles de Lint, Sharon Shinn, and Mercedes Lackey. I get ideas of what to read from friends, from websites like booksense.com and paperbackswap, from the book review communities
bookshare and bookish, and from browsing at libraries and used book stores. I can give just about anybody a book recommendation that they'll enjoy, it's one of my secret superpowers.Do you like to read,
tootlelulu? What sort of books do you enjoy?
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Currently I am reading 'Interred with their Bones" It's a 'da Vinci Code' for Shakespeare. The Elizabethan facts are fun, but there are too many in a short period of time to comfortably keep them straight. It's a page turner though. I like YA books, some best sellers and whatever strikes my fancy: 'I Capture the Castle' and 'Cold Comfort Farm" are among my favorites. I've added a few you've written about on my 'must read list'. I don't read too much non-fiction. I do for work, but I've started two books dealing loosely with our 'life style' and even though I am very interested in the subject matter, I never seem to finish the books.