The lost art of reading  

Being a book lover myself, reading books never cease to amaze me. It's like transporting oneself to another world and having a chance to interact with different people represented by the author. There are days that I feel I am not in the mood to read for various reasons but I don't exactly lose my interest in reading. I may put it off for a while but get back to it in no time. I understand your point though, and it does happen to some people.

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lichee china I love to read, and have loved books all my long life. I just do not think books are going anyway. but if you can tune out the noisy clatter of life in the 21st century then settle down and just ear plugs if necessary but do enjoy that book. I am retired so am not a fair example. but I have done less reading since I got on the internet, I blame some of it
on my love affair with mylot.But I have been making a concentrated effort to settle down for an hour each night after'
mylotting of course with a good book. such lovely company and it can take me anywhere. like a magic carpet.

what troubles you,i like the feeling of reading books in the library,it really makes me enjoy,i'll feel good the moment i enter the Yuelanshi,that's also one of the reason i want to be a teacher.

you r correct, i think this is era of ebooks. even i had a habit of reading books.

Hi Lichee. Thankfully, I still always have a novel I'm reading close at hand. I've loved reading since I was a kid, and love it still. Most of my friends and family do, too. We trade and exchange books with one another all the time. It's a wonderful escape, a beautiful way to get lost in a great story when life becomes hectic.

Like you, I need relative quiet to focus on what I'm reading...soft music doesn't bother it, but TV?? Off it goes.

Karen

Hi lichee,

I actually use my books to "tune out" the hustle and bustle of my everyday life. There is something about settling in with a good book that relaxes and refreshes me. I could not go one single day without reading, even if the reading time has to be late at night.

I loved to read always but the pace of life and the changes in how we spend our free time is a reall factor on how much we really read.. especially BOOKS.

I will sit and watch sports and films and series on TV with my wife so we also have time together when we don't see each other the whole day.. and reading is left to the late evenings before I fall asleep. Even time on the computer is spent in contact with friends of searching for information on the Internet.

It is a long time now since I actually went to a library and sat there relaxing and reading a book.. Now it is more shorter books at home or waiting in the dentist office or on the public transit. Even reading magazines, which I am not so fond of, is something I am doing now when I have to wait somewhere.. times really have changed, haven't they?