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How do you prefer to read?

LeicsDom said:
I remember it was parked on a hill so you sort of ran down to the front of the bus LOL
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:lol:

I can remember in 5th-6th grade.A huge moble home type trailer was brought to the schoolyard by tractor trailer truck and left there for a week.Books..and of course pencils pen,notebooks...all that good stuff. :)
 
It's gotta be a book unless it is only a page or two...then I can do the internet..
 
That is one big-ass wall of text...

I read on books and devices. My favorite sites are FanFiction and Fictionpress, there are some hidden gems in there.
 
If I'm sitting up I prefer a real book.

If I'm laying down I'd rather read on a device. That way I can lay on my right side, hold tablet on my right hand and just turn the pages by tapping my thumb on the screen.
 
MakeDigitalLove said:
I could never do audio-books.
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I prefer old, real books. But I listen to audio-books all the time. I love them because I'm able to listen while I walk the dog, chop veggies, clean, paint, whatever. The more mindless the activity, the more absorbed I become in the book. (And it's a bonus that wearing giant headphones tends to fend off unwelcome public.)

The artistry of the performance absolutely varies with the performer. I've stopped listening to at least two novels because the reading is terrible. But many times, I've been just as wowed by the skill of the performer. In some cases, the reading actually adds to the experience. Jeremy Irons reading of Lolita comes to mind. Nabakov's prose is fantastic, and Irons evokes it. He beckons us completely into Humbert's fucked up world and makes us inhabit it with him. Here's a bit:

 
Audio books are great for when I'm driving or if I'm tired and just want to close my eyes and listen. I've been listening to The Sun Also Rises on the way to and from work lately. It's certainly nothing like the Irons reading above, but worlds better than some of the others I've listened to where the reader would over-enunciate at a snail's pace or half commit to character voices. Insufferable.

I have no significant attachment to holding a physical book in my hands. I'm more interested in the content of what it is I'm reading. No strong preference either way.
 
Usually paperback when in bed, hardcover if sitting up.
 
I usually prefer to read with my eyes, but I have been known to read with my fingers on occasion.
 
I prefer print books, but use my e-reader quite a lot for convenience, and some books I want are only available in digital form. I have some neck/shoulder problems that make it difficult to hold books in the position I need. I also like audio books so I'm free to do other things. My fantasy is to have a print and digital copy of everything I want to save (some e-books aren't worth keeping). In reality, I have fewer than a dozen like that.
 
Left to right, then up and down.

I prefer books. I like the tablet for modest-length articles.

Lex
 
belamo said:
^ That's new to me: I knew of kids who loved glue, paint, nail polish... never fresh ink on new printworks.
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You haven't lived; obviously a sheltered life. Some new books have a great fresh-printed smell.
 
Eagle653 said:
You haven't lived; obviously a sheltered life. Some new books have a great fresh-printed smell.
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Right, like I have never smelt the stench of ink and paper of a freshly backed book: but I have never HOT HIGH with it, which was the subject of my previous comment. Now what in hell has that got to do with my "sheltered" life... you mean I "haven't lived" only because I never got high with dirt? Well, if you take that silly trite common place about reading and having many lives, I should be able to prove I have more life than all those pompous people who boast their "life" sneaking in the streets. Besides, I don't think anybody is totally free of ending up their days under a bridge until they are dead for good: look at Lady Diana Spencer in Paris under the Alma bridge.
 
For the record:

I love the smell of a new book for the smell.I don't get high off of the smell.I don't even try to get high off the smell.I just like the smell.

Thank you all very much for your time and patience in this very impotant matter.


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Me too.

I love the smell of new books; the aroma of new paper and fresh ink is lovely. :D

But, much as a I love old book shops, I'm not a fan of old book smell; that usually seems to be mixture of damp, decay, dust, and mildew.
 
Vannie said:
For the record:

I love the smell of a new book for the smell.I don't get high off of the smell.I don't even try to get high off the smell.I just like the smell.

Thank you all very much for your time and patience in this very impotant matter.


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I know what you meant and enjoy it too personally. Also completing a book is such a good feeling too!
 
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