do u read or glance?????/

United States
October 9, 2010 10:30am CST
i dont read honestly i glance. what about you?
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10 responses
@bardgirl (362)
• United States
9 Oct 10
I read daily. When I'm online I might do some skimming but when it comes to books I read them all the way through unless the book just can't capture my interest.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
If I have to choose between my computer and a book, the computer always wins. Hence I don't read much offline, if anything, these days.
• Malaysia
9 Oct 10
I read. However, sometimes I do glance. It depends on the topic itself. If I am interested, I will read. Otherwise, I will slip through the article.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
4 Mar 12
Sometimes I go to the end of the book to know if it is a suspense, thriller, or a mystery book.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
Going directly to the end upsets the whole story though
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
9 Oct 10
I never glances at book. I love reading and I used to spend lots of time reading in the past. I used to read more than sleep when I was younger. Now a days I read very little.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
It is sad that many of us over time give up reading. I only read when I am travelling as I never feel in the mood to sit down witha book when I am at home
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
9 Oct 10
it depends on how interested i am with the topic.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
12 Feb 12
I also think that good topics helps to make us more interested.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
My thoughts too. If the first chapetr is really interesting and it grabs me then I will not put the book down until I reach the end. Of course I have to have the willpower to even pick it up and start reading the first chapter
• Singapore
9 Oct 10
For me, it depends on how much time I have and how interested I am in the book / article. Most of the time I read, but when I'm in a hurry, I just skim through the pages and get the jeez of the idea. But I do prefer to read. I find it hard to remember anything that I glanced at. Good day to you =D
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
I can't find the concentration to read these days. I used to read a lot of books when I was younger though.
@mikeley (318)
4 Mar 12
I read books alot and with that you cant glance or you will miss vital parts of the story/picture. As someone else mentioned it does depend on the topic... If someone gave me a book about football then yeah i would be glancing all the way! :) lol
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
18 Mar 12
It is always great to read the whole topics rather glance because I also think that we might miss the good things that are discussed in the books.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
When I used to read books I would be absorbed from the first to the last page, especially if they were thrillers. Now I don't read books at all
@fineartist (1217)
• United States
11 Oct 10
When I read books, I read very carefully for meaning and appreciation of the author's use of words. Sometimes when I read newspapers, I only read a couple of paragraphs of an article. When I read on the internet, and a subject doesn't interest me a lot, I skim through the article...... Have a good day.
• United States
18 Mar 12
I skim through newspapers too! :)
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
I skim through newspapers too, unless it is an extremely interesting article and then I will read it thoroughly from start to finish.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
If it is a book then I would read it thoroughly if it caught my interest at the beginning. If it is a newspaper or a magazie then I would skim through it, just absorbibg the vital information. Online I read articles (and discussions here) thoroughly if the topic is interesting. I also read the responses and comments on here too. It's a great way to get to know people as their character comes across through their writing
• United States
9 Oct 10
How would you possibly absorb a whole book at a glance? No, I read. I read every word... out loud in my head. Though I do read fast. I typically finish 2-3 books a week and I've read 103 books so far this year. I couldn't actually get anything from the books if I just glanced at every page or every word. It just doesn't work that way.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Mar 12
Gosh! I envy you the time to get through that many books. I don't have the time or the inspiration these days to read one let alone that many!
@Leeper (79)
• South Africa
19 Mar 12
Well, I tend to scan the pages...and if the topic grabs me, I actually invest the time in order to read it. Especially so online. Because of the abundance of information, I use scanning in order to ascertain the quality of the information. Once I am happy with the quality and I feel that there is something for me to learn, then I re-visit it, and actually read it. Even though there is an abundance of information, what I do find is that there is only a very small quantity of QUALITY information, so I reserve my attention and time for then. The rest just gets scanned and then quickly dismissed!