Books and reading habits
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
January 28, 2019 11:25pm CST
Some days ago my husband and I talked about reading habits. He told me that he didn't read books in his free time when he was a student. He read the books he had to read and that was it. He didn't get interested in books till his early 20s.
I am very different. My obsession with books started really early. My mother started taking me to the library when I was 3 or 4 years old. I couldn't read, but my mother asked me to pick the books I wanted my parents to read aloud. I picked the books based on the pictures on the covers.
When I was in elementary school I visited the library once a week. I went there after school and my mother picked me up a couple of hours later. I borrowed lots of books. I had so many books that I couldn't carry them and I left them in a corner of the library 
When my mother came she helped me carry the books.
Do you like to read? When did you become interested in books?
When my mother came she helped me carry the books.
Do you like to read? When did you become interested in books?17 people like this
21 responses
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I have only read one graphic novel, and that was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. How about you?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Feb 19
@leaealea I am interested in Maus. I read about it the other day. I know that there is movie called V for Vendetta, but I haven't read the book.
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@leaealea (32)
• Portugal
30 Jan 19
@Porcospino so many. Watchmen, Maus, V for Vendetta, Akira...
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
That sounds like me. I read a lot and I always find new books I want to read.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
My library has a section with books for young girls. I think that some types of books attract girls more than boys like you said. Maybe the boys prefer a different type of books. I loved to read books for young girls when I was a child. Some of them were about relationships or people who experience problems, and I think that many of those books don't appeal much to boys.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
@wanghui When I was a child I didn't see many boys in the libraries. There was a book section for young people, but I think it was most popular among the girls.
@wanghui (894)
• China
30 Jan 19
@Porcospino yes,there are actrualy a lot of distinction between male and female,not only the physical body but also the way of thinking or sense,it is a really objective exist.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
29 Jan 19
i've always liked reading, not just fiction, but also newspapers and magazines. not so much now.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I read a lot of magazines when I was younger. I liked the music magazines for young people, but I also borrowed my mother's magazines sometimes. Like you I have always liked to read. I don't read as much as I did when I was younger, but I still read quite a lot.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Jan 19
I average reading a book a week.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I borrow a lot of books at the library, and I don't always manage to read them all. In the past I read several books a week, but I am not able to do that today.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
Me too. I don't have time to read as much as I did in the past, but I still try to read whenever I can.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
@Nevena83 I have that problem when I have depressions. I can't focus on reading. I try, but I don't manage to read much. Do you find it hard to read because you have too many worries or feel sad?
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
29 Jan 19
@Porcospino I have time, but my mind can not focus on reading.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
In the past I also read books in my native language. Now I read books in English as well. Sometimes I am able to choose between a translated version or the original version and I choose the original version if I can.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
30 Jan 19
I was so fond of books while I was growing up until I worked and the internet hasn't come yet.
But when it came and I have known of myLot, my extra time was devoted already to myLot, games on my phone and watching the local soaps in a local app where I can watch it anytime on my phone.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
I have experienced the same thing. In my childhood there was no internet or cell phones, and I read a lot of books. Today I use the internet a lot. I still read, but not as much as I did in the past when there was no internet.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
31 Jan 19
@SIMPLYD In many ways things are easier now. In the past I had to visit the library if I needed information for a school assignment, now we can find that information from our own home.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
29 Jan 19
I was more like your husband than I was like you. I did read when I was little, but when school began, I wasn't as big of a fan of reading. It was when I was in my 20's that I really began to love to read.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum When I lived alone I didn't have a tv either. I spent my time on reading and art. The place where we live now is also a small town, but we have a car so we are able to visit other places.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
Yes, it sounds similar to my husband's experience. Today he loves to read, but he didn't start as early as I did. When he was in his early 20s he had a job in a very small town. There wasn't much to do after work, but there was a library. He started to visit the library and he read some great books. That experience made him interested in reading.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
29 Jan 19
@Porcospino When I first moved out on my own, we did not have a tv. Reading was my escape, and it remains my favorite today. I do love the appeal fo a small town, but yes, most do no thave a lot of entertainment to provide.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
@LadyDuck I have received many of the books that used to belong to my father. There were several boxes. I didn't go through all of them yet. Some of them are in very bad condition (old paperbacks) but I am definitely going to keep some of them.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
31 Jan 19
@LadyDuck That is sad. When the books are gone it is not possible to get them back. My mother isn't interested in most of my father's books, but I am glad that she gave them to me instead of throwing them.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 19
@Porcospino My brother never dared to ask me before throwing things.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
1 Feb 19
@responsiveme I like the picture 
I am glad that I am not the only bookworm on myLot.
I am glad that I am not the only bookworm on myLot.2 people like this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
Me too. I have loved books since I was a child. I couldn't read when my mother started taking me to the library, but I loved to visit the place where they kept the picture books.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
31 Jan 19
@Porcospino from one bookworm to another...Happy reading
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I have always read in my free time, but in some periods of my life I didn't have much time for reading because I was busy with other activities. For a while I didn't read fiction, but I have started again.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
@fluffy69 I read both fiction and non-fiction. At the moment I read more fiction than non-fiction, but I like non-fiction about psychology, other countries/cultures, history etc. What about you?
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@fluffy69 (4956)
•
29 Jan 19
@Porcospino do you prefer fiction more than you prefer non-fiction?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I also read every day. I buy second hand books and I also use the library a lot.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I loved fairy tales when I was a child. I read the ones by the Brothers Grimm and the ones by Hans Christian Andersen. First my parents read them aloud and when I learned to read I read them myself. You said that you like to write now. What do you write? Do you write stories or other things?
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
29 Jan 19
I love to read and learned how enjoyable reading was at a young age. My three daughters are also avid readers but my son never found reading enjoyable. Do you think girls like to read more than boys?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I usually saw more girls than boys in the library. In my family I was an avid reader, but my brother didn't enjoy reading at all. He only read the books he had to read for school.
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
29 Jan 19
My grandmother loved to read and she got me interested in reading books. I used to have little books that I would learn how to read from them. I don't know how old I was though.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
I experienced the same thing with my grandmother. I remember looking at her book shelves when I was a little girl. I wasn't able to read the books at that time, but I flipped through them and looked at the ones with pictures.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
I also started to read very early. I used the library a lot when I was a child. I still borrow many books, but sometimes I don't have time to read them all.
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
30 Jan 19
@Porcospino yes, sometimes we just don't have the time. the reason why i don't read that much as i want to :(
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Feb 19
@Lucky15 I would love to read much as I did in the past, but most of the time I am not able to do that.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Feb 19
I am like you, I also love books. I have loved them since my childhood. I started visiting the library when I was a small child. Now I am an adult and I still love to borrow lots of books.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Jan 19
Me too. I started reading when I was a child, and I read a lot of stories for children. I still remember some of my favorite stories from that time. Today I read other kinds of books, but I still love to read.
@BridgetThompson (252)
•
20 Feb 19
I like thriller books but do not have a lot of time to do much reading.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Feb 19
Thrillers are my favorite type of book. I read a lot of them especially psychological thrillers.
