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Hey people, when i go back to school forr 6th form have to read 15 books for english. So i thoiught i give myself a headstart during the summer, but the thing is when i read books i cant take the story in or my mind wanders somewhere else. Am i doing something wrong?
Naw. Probably the books just don't interests you. I read my own choices of books that I don't get bored off. I usually finish em well fast too. But if like my english teacher set me sumin' to read. I either just do not concentrate on it or I just get a headache from readin' it. I don't know. That's just me really.
I have to agree with Skye. . . when I read something that interests me its like making a new friend - you abosrb all sorts of details. Reading something because you have to is usually a very grueling task.
However, something that is usually helpful is to try to make the required reading a more active thing - - take notes, buy the Cliff Notes to read WITH the book (you don't get the whole picture if you just use the notes!) - - etc.
I dont read period. Books just give me headaches. I find no pleasure what-so-ever from reading a book.
I love readin' my type of books that I choose to read. It's well good once you get into em.
I love to read, and what I read is really diverse.
How about you Skye - what's your "type" when it comes to books?
Uh. I read books by Jane Green. I read every single one of her books and it's good. I love it. I read books like.. Uh.. I don't know how to explain it. It's hard. Partyin'. Love. Life. Death. Marriage. But those modern type of books. Uhhh.. I'm really bad at explainin' or describin'. Sorry. :P
A subject actually worth talking about...I love to read...murder/mystery or horror! WAHOO-no romance shit though...I get so absorbed in some of my books its unreal. I read everynight for years and quit this past year but picked it up again...helps me to rewind, relax, and fall asleep-then again if the book is too good I cant put it down! I stay away from the fantasy stuff too-a friend of mine is into that dragon-unicorn stuff and just cant do it!
I too avoid fantasy but for Christmas three friends of mine each gave me a book from George RR Martin's Fire and Ice theory - there's not ALOT of magic per say but the author did something really interesting . . .he changes the view point - one Chapter may be from the king's view point and the next his wife. Not that every character gets a turn or anything - he picks a few characters and you follow them until they are no more. The result of that is that characters you initially really dislike and find evil you get to see their perspective and maybe they aren't as bad as you thought.
But Squirrely - I too cover a wide variety of topics except for romance and *most * fantasy - can't say all thanks to George and three Marines. LOL
Jules have you read "Purpose Driven Life"?
I don't read fantasy stuff either. It doesn't work for me.
I wonder why I cant get into that...my friend says its like another world or something...but shes older and still watches cartoons...not that theres anything wrong with watching cartoons when youre older but I dont think she wants to face reality-and just wants to stay in HER fantasy world...
Yep I read that - - there was one chapter I really liked ALOT - - trying to remember which one.Quote:
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:lol: I am really embarrassed, not only did I read this book - - I TAUGHT on this book and I can't remember which chapter resonated so strongly with me.
However I do know that my high school boys chuckled everytime we talked about being created "for God's Pleasure" - - I had to admit, it jsut sounds wrong.
I loved that book...a couple if years ago when I was flyn home to MI we were on a layover...and this girl sitting next to me pulled that book out of her backpack and of course we started talking...its just amazing...it gave me so much inspiration.
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I agree - it was the part about restoring relationships that I really liked.
Breezy once mentioned a book called the Celestine Prophacy and I have read that too. I do try to cover different aspects of spirituality - - there's so much to learn!
oh and got to give it up to Thomas Harris( Silence of the Lambs) I wish he would write something else...his writing gives me goosebumps. Ive read everything hes written which hasnt been much-but Hannibal Lector is my all time favorite character...
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We could totally have our own Oprah Book of the Month Club!!! :D
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Whooo hooooo - The Love Forum BOTM? Squirrely's Read List?
I could be up for that. None of my friends here read so it would be nice to have someone to talk to about books!
ME too-I like to find out people read-cause same here Jules...none of my friends read-other than the fantasy friend. SO yea this could be fun..hmmm...Squirrleys Read List? Wahoo-thanks that would be cool-but I think it should be more general...because I may have different tastes than others-maybe we could come up with something though-because it seems to me there are alot of us who do read...so I might go to the administration with this if I could find enough people interested in starting its own Topic Heading...
but I need some ideas and thoughts and inputs from anyone whose into reading-the more the better! Bring it on guys and gals!!! What are your thoughts of adding a new subject to the forum Books or whatever-what are your ideas????
I love to read. I'm not a TV watcher, don't watch any shows regularly, other than news shows, but I can read for hours. Lots of horror/Stephen King/Dean Koontz type stuff. Some thriller Patterson/Cook stuff, though I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on. I have to admit, I wasn't a huge fan of Harris's books. I just found them very long and drawn out, just generally difficult to read. I like a faster pace.
Not to turn this into a 'Sweetie' thread, but I started reading the Left Behind series, about the rapture and tribulation, a few months ago. I'm on book eight, and totally engrossed in the series.
I was totally into that series and then there was a long gap between books and I started reading other stuff. Hmmmm, I think the books I did have moved with my former stripper roommate (as opposed to the public pooping roommate) However I remember hardly being able to put them down.Quote:
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Ive read the first 3...gotta get my hands on the rest of them first!
Maybe a new Book subject like there is a Movie subject . . .I'm always interested to see what other people are reading, I love talking about books, and I like reading things other people recommend as often it's something that might otherwise go unnoticed . . .Quote:
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A couple of them, books 5-6, got a little slow, but 7 and 8 have been page turners.
My mother has them all, so luckily I'm just reading books she's already bought and paid for. And passing them on one by one to a friend of mine, who more often than not, is pressing me to finish the next one!
I agree Jules. Alexi and I were discussing books in another thread and I'm reading a book right now that he recommended. I would have NEVER thought of it otherwise and I'm really enjoying it.Quote:
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I know i love to read Nora Roberts books... Good love story with a good story to go along with it... its not just all sex (but those parts are good).. Now i can get yall to recommend some to me.. i love to be taken to a different place in them..
LOL am im the only one that thinks bout the book they are in when like your on a long ride or really bored??? :)
Oh Ive read her stuff too! A few her of books-ok Ive read everthing by Tony Hillerman-its Native American stuff-heritage and culture mixed in with murder/mystery...easy reading and small books...but its a great expansion in the learning the Native Culture-I love Kachina Dolls-so thats mentioned...just a little of this and that!
When I used to read romance novels, Nora was my favourite author. I used to read them a lot, even wrote one once (that's where my sn came from), but I'm so bored with those now. I like the fantasy stuff. But I try to read the classic novels now as well. There's so many that I've heard of and never read.Quote:
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