Do you read?

Read a lot of fiction myself - have about 500 books at last count - really need to do a carboot sale. Mostly action thrillers, crime mysteries and westerns Have a few non-fiction books about history, probably about 30

I seem to go through genre phases. For the most part, I'm either reading self help (psychology and sociology type books) or fiction. After being introduced to the fantasy science fiction genre about a year ago, I have stayed on that course. I'm currently on a Douglas Adams kick, and found that "The Time Traveler's Wife" has become one of my all time favourite books. Of course, I was already in the fantasy genre with the Harry Potter series, and read through the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and enjoyed comparing the two to each other. I was in a smut phase years ago, and read a lot of Jackie Collins' books, and the phase that immediately followed that was my horror phase, where I mostly read Stephen King, and anything that was comparable to him. I don't read much in current affairs. That is a personal choice because there tends to be so much negativity involved, and I want to keep only positive in my life. And yes, I do want to read more. I have this "thing" of wanting to read through a number of the "classics". You know, the books that everyone has heard of. A few examples that I've read are The Diary of Anne Franke, Les Miserables, Roots, The Thorn Birds, LOTR, the Hobbit, HP series, etc. I tried reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, and just couldn't do it. I also struggled through Anna Karenina... but hey! I can honestly tell people I've read Tolstoy! :) (war and peace is another I'd like to read, but after AK, I don't know about that.. I think it might kill me).

I love to read due to my Mom instilling in us the love of books. I always make time in each day to read. I set this time especially for reading. I don't have books in the house because of our house being small. But that is no problem because I can walk out off the front door and look to the left and see the library which I use a lot. So I have easy access to the library and use it on a continual basis. It keeps me in books and I love going over there because not only is it a place where I get my reading material but the librarian and I have become good friends. So a lot of times when I go there and find the books I want to check out than I stand there and talk with the librarian.

I love to read, and constantly cart home more and more books. Way too many to fit on the shelves, so they're scattered about the living room, bedroom and my dressing room, and that's just the way it is. I'm sure you haven't read her, as you're not big on american authors, but my favorite is Louise Erdrich. She's half native-american, Ojibwe, to be precise, and her books center around the people in and among that tribe in the northwest and their day to day lives and histories. She weaves the most lyrical, intricate stories, and the same characters show up in several of her books, and you get to really know them, and love them. I don't know how she does it, but I LOVE her books and look forward to each new one. Buying the new Louise Erdrich, bringing it home, looking at the jacket, smelling the book, giving it a bit of a hug, then opening that first page. Oh, my. What a gift. I read tons of other things too, way too many to name here, else I'd go on forever, and I mean forever. I just love to read and get swept up in the motion of the story. I want to be carried away, and into the book. The places I go............ No surprise that you're a reader, really. You're so well spoken and you write beautifully, and I'm loving reading your stuff, darlin. Keep it up. Um, I mean the reading. Oh, and the writing. Yup.

Oh I love to read, I got bought a few new books at Christmas and spent my time off work over the holiday period reading them all. One was a really interesting one on 1001 Ways to Save the Planet which I actually started a discussion about yesterday. I don't have a favourite type of book, I have a pretty mixed cupboard full really, from crime thrillers, to autobigraphies, to self help, romance, The Bible and theological books, supernatural mysteries and upstairs a room full of childrens books too because of my little one. I have always encouraged my children to read and two of my 3 loves books also, the eldest not too keen only reads on holiday flights really unless studying and then its study books. I think I spend as much time reading as I do on the computer so I have still got the balance right. Always good to lose oneself inside a book eh! Ellie :D

When I decided to sell my apartment and move, I realised I could not take all my books with me, and I had over 300 books. The only ones I had not read were a few of those given to me as presents. I read all the books I buy myself. I donated my entire library to a charity which has a chain of bookstores, all except for 5 books I had to keep. I have lived in my new home for less than a year and already it is filling up with books.

I always had my head in a book, it was my escape, and I read tonnes of books, I love detective novels, horror stories and autobiographies, I would borrow a handful at a time from the library or support my local charity shops by buying them. Then the internet took over and book reading took a backside seat and I started to read less and less. This year I have made a resolution to start reading again, and I set aside quality time each day to read. I am reading a book by Ian Rankin Hanging Garden about Inspector Rebus it's excellent and I am really glad I've got back into reading again, I didn't realize how much I missed it, it's relaxing too.

I used to think that I could never have too many books but I'm rethinking that one. I recently went to an estate sale with 15,000 books for sale. It was a huge house with a library but there were books everywhere else too with no cataloging. It was overwhelming and it made me take a hard look my own books. I probably have close to a thousand. When I went through what was in the attic, I got rid of about 50 books and I'm going to be thinning the herd a little more. I find I really do outgrow certain books (Not children's books. I'll never outgrow those. You should hang on to the Biggles!)

I read sometimes but the books that intrest me are from a company called Zebra they are historical romances.

I did a heck of a lot of reading between the age of 15 and 30. Most of it was light reading... and a lot of fiction. Until the age of 21... I would buy piles of novels on spy or detective stories. I would read a novel in two evenings. Then came the video recorder... and in the following years I copied a thousand hours of video tapes from the television. That was followed by the computer and the DVD player. There is simply no time to read anymore. I don't even have time to read the newspaper. I was just telling a friend about my collection of DVDs. I am counting 800 of them so far. It is my latest hobby. lol Yes I would like to read more. I would like to re-read many of the books I read over 20 years ago. I even have a dozen that I bought 10 years ago... and never read.

I enjoy reading and read mostly fiction. I joined a bookclub and only buy when the items are on sale or offer specials. Sometimes I buy from thrift stores, library sales or from amazon.com. On occasion I will buy retail if its on sale too LOL My neighbor has tons of books and we swap now and then or borrow from each other. I also belong to a bookmooch club and have received two books from there too. I read when I'm in the bath, when there is nothing to watch on tv or if I can't be bothered going online - which is mostly 3 or 4 times a week. I have on occasion spent a whole day and night reading. My favorite author is Jodi Piccoult.

I own far too many books. I can never ever seem to get rid of them, even if it's highly unlikely that I'll ever read them again. There's just something about owning a lot of books. It feels like a wonderful richness. I suppose I have quite a romanticised view of books. I wish I had my own library room! I really enjoy lending books to people when they're really good and I think they'll enjoy them. That's another reason I hang on to them.

I read both myself. Whatever catches my fancy. Self Help, Inspiration, Auto/Bio, Fiction, some mystery. I have gotten into swaps to get rid of some and that was cool. lately, haven't had time due to my car alternating between working and not working. If I could I would read more if I had time but don't.

I love to read. So many books and I love them All. It all depends on the content of what im reading.

A lot. I love reading and it's more than a hobby. Aside from sitting in front of my computer, my next option of what-to-do is grab a book and lie down on my bed all the time. I wish I could bid something from your books over there. Maybe I like something from your collection. I love reading fiction too. One of my favorite. If I don't have hard-bound book in hand, I'm taking online articles. :)

LOL I can SO relate!! Whenever I rearrange my house I get SO frustrated at the amount of books that have to be moved around but at the same time I'm thrilled by it...And also like you, I never stop adding to the collection..I LOVE to read!! What do I read? Lots of nonfiction/spiritual/self help books but also lots of fiction (horror and the classic gothics are my fav) When do I read? LOL that varies....some weeks I'll read daily if not a few times a day but then there are times that I just dont have the time to read anything more than a magazine ya know.....I'm working on getting back into reading more often though..There was a time when a day wouldnt go buy that I didnt read a for a couple hours...I miss that LOL

I could read almost anything, especially when I find the story interesting. I haven't read any as of late yet, though I still have four novels and a history book that are waiting for me on the shelf. But if time permits and I could buy some extra time, I'd be glad to put my imagination to work again and travel on some parts of the world by simply reading..

i dont buy books for that particualr reason. i (and the rest of the family) visit the library every other week and if it is a book that i absolutely love, i will then buy it, but not before. i too am a non fiction lover (mostly history!) and rarely read fiction...

hi p1kef1sh. I love reading books. I don't have a lot of spare time lately, but still I try to find a moment to read. I like to read before going to bed. Generally I borrow books, sometimes I receive them as gifts. I rent a flat so I don't want to have many books on my own. It would be difficult to move with tons of the books;). I like to read novels. Generally non-fiction, but lately my boyfriend borrowed me fiction book, and I like it very much. I'd liek to read more, of course. I think the only way to do it is to quit my job LOL. have a nice day, jazgottt.

From a very young age I have been an avid reader, I love anything from gangster books, to horror to period fiction. I have read a great many books over the years and everytime I had a spare few minutes I would have my nose in a book. But as my family has grown over the years I have had less and less time to spend on my passion, my youngest is 2 now so eventually I might start getting a bit more time. At the minute what I do is when I put my daughter to bed, I read my books to her as this is the only time I get to indulge. I censor what I read to her and make sure they are nice books, but she absolutely loves it which is great because I can get chance to read. I still read her little girl books too, and its really enjoyable. But I would love to be able to read more to myself.