Books - The Reading Of

[Bazile]

I have never been an avid reader of books .
Actually more accurately , the number of books I have read can be counted on one hand .

I remember the teacher at junior school reading a chapter from ‘Stig Of The Dump’ , to the class , each week , I think it was.
He never did finish said book , which was a disappointment, at least to me

The two books I do remember reading was from CS Lewis – The Chronicles Of Narnia – namely ‘The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe’ and ‘ The Last Battle’
I remember being scared to look at the ‘ beasty / creature ‘ illustration in the last battle book
1. Does anyone remember said illustration of creature ?

I love the portrayal of P G Wodehouse , Jeeves & Wooster , by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
I was told that the books are even funnier - I might have a read to see if I agree

2. What’s been your reading history ?

[woofgang]

I read therefore I am....I can’t imagine a day going by without reading and I have usually got 4 or 5 books on the go at once.

[Cloverjo]

I've always read books. Always had my nose stuck in a book when I was a child. I still read but, not so much fiction nowadays, as I just can't concentrate long enough to keep track of the plot.

[Bazile]

What type of books are you reading woofgang ?

[-SharonA-]

Hi Baz, I am like woofie, you rarely see me without a book in hand or much recently, my Kindle. I love reading thrillers and buy several books a month.

My OH gets fed up and moans, so I put my book down.

Once, years ago when I dated this lad, he took me to the pictures and I brought along a book to read in the intermission!!

[pastafreak]

I struggled with learning to read as a child...but the guidance of a good teacher helped and then I could not get enough of books. I have almost always read,though there have been periods when I just could not finish anything I started. Kindles have made reading so much easier...can carry all my reading anywhere. Until a few years ago,I read mostly non-fiction-history. Now I read 75% fiction/25% non fiction.

[chrissa1]

I couldn't imagine my life without, books.

[Khandro]

For someone who is a self-confessed illiterate, having read less than 5 books! it seems amazing you want to know what others have read.
Put another way; are you asking for recommendations, and where would one begin?

[shaneystar2]

I've been an avid reader from an early age when I got my first library ticket and haunted the local library for the latest Just William.I couldn't be without books.I'd have a nervous breakdown :)

[woofgang]

At the moment I have got on the go.... a Georgette Heyer, a Terry Pratchett, A Dorothy Sayers, a book of Dorothy Sayers radio plays, A couple of books about Italian cooking (Gino a’Campo and Antonio Carluccio) On the pile are an autobiography by Agatha Christie, a book on dressage, one about food science and a gardening hints book by Fred Loads.

[1rovert]

My wife got me ''Eagle of the ninth'' by Sutcliffe. ii got me so interested, I now have read over 50 books on Roman and ancient Britain.

[Bazile]

crikey - some seems to have dipped their pen in vitriol

let me check...
No i haven't posted in news by mistake - i am in Arts & Literature

Khandro
Being literature depends on the number of books you have read, does it ?
Right ho
If i wanted recomendations - i would have asked for recomendations - i am literate enough to so convey

[AliFlump]

Didn't read so much when I was younger but really love reading now. Pick something you're interested in and read a non fiction book about it. I've got really into making cocktails lately and read about 10 books about spirits and how they are made and tips and stuff.

For fiction, look at the best seller sections in WH Smiths etc. I read a lot of thrillers, James Patterson and Jo Nesbo. Can't go wrong with Harry Potter to be honest if you want to get into enjoying stories again. Also Love John Grisham. Have a look around charity shops too. Bargain books in there

[Khandro]

Bazile; OK, I withdraw that with apologies, no vitriol intended. I meant by 'illiterate' you were unfamiliar with literature, not that you couldn't read.

[Bazile]

Apologies accepted

What i actually meant was, i have not read a lot of novels , as opposed to other forms of literature

[jourdain2]

Do have a go at PG Wodehouse - the language used is brilliant and I laugh out loud at some of his metaphors and similes. If I can remember rightly one goes 'aunt calling to aunt like mastodons across a primeval swamp'.

I've just bought and read Sebastian Faulks 'homage to PGW', called Jeeves and the Wedding Bells' and it was so good (and lovely to find a new J & W story) that I read it incredibly slowly because I didn't want it to finish. Don't read that until you've read the others though.

Yes, I remember that illustration and it was scary.

In answer to your OP - I read as I breathe! I always have a book on the go (at least one) and a Kindle in my handbag for bus journey or a wait for an appointment. Immediately after giving birth for the first time I was so desperate for the written word that I grabbed the medical notes on me and read them! I could read fluently when I started school and scythed through all the class libraries so that in the end they just used to turn me loose in the library on my own.

It runs in the family - eldest sprog had a reading age of 9+ when she started school and her sproglet (aged 10) came off the scale years ago and has also been given the freedom of the library.

You find different worlds in fiction, I do hope you have a go and add extra pleasure to your life. :)

[Jackdaw33]

Although I don't read much these days, in my youth I was an avid reader. However I could never have more than one book on the go at a time. I would have to finish book 1 before I began book 2.

[agchristie]

Me too Jackdaw.I have never had more than one book on the go at the same time.

On the subject of what constitutes a good book I have frequently been amazed at the Booker winning novel.

The recent and somewhat controversial longlist of 13 for 2016 even includes a title that was only longlisted for this years Bailey's Prize!

Work that one out...