Do You Like to Read?

[Scribble]

So do you read? What are your reading habits?

 

[Kesh]

Love to read, but I don't get to do it as much as I like. Most of my reading has been reduced to web articles, bulletin boards and RPG suppliments. I'm reading a novel on the bus occasionally, but that's it.

 

[Tetsubo]

Every day. At home I tend to read gaming books. At work on break (or while doing laundry) I read whatever non-fiction I am currently working on. At the moment it is Fast Food Nation. I always carry a spare book on me as well.

 

[Wombat]

I own over 3000 books.

I'm not a reader; I'm a bibliovore

What do I read? Historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, "contemporary" fiction, magical realism, history (primarily medieval), Arthurian legends & derivations, sociology, theology, philosophy, basic life sciences, poetry...

I just plain read a lot, at least a book a week, plus newspapers, short stories, articles, game books, etc.

 

[Namfoddle]

I also read a lot. Even though I'm from Germany, I read most of the books in the original version (e.g. in english). I love to read epic fantasy, but also enjoy other stuff like Tom Clancy, Stephen King, etc.

Currently I'm reading the "Return of the Archwizards"-Series from Troy Denning (WotC).

 

[Evilhalfling]

This year I am trying to read 50 new books. That is a struggle due to my graduate course load, and the fact that re-reading doesn't count, as I normally reread entire fantasy series when bored. The only gaming books on the list were the two magical midevial society products.
I read almost exlusivly fantasy and Sci-Fi, but broaden my scope with books-on-tape as a 45min commute to colleage is common. With Audio books I try for the classics - and the longer the better: Mobey Dick, I Claudius, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Picture of Dorian Grey. I am up to 41 for this year, and in print only 3 were not fantasy, or Sci-Fi. With audio books only 3 of 12 were Fan/Sci Fi.
On my thanksgiving drive Im taking one tape by the author of Joy Luck Club, 2 war histories(one is All Quiet on the Western Front) and 2 fantasy books.

 

[Patman21967]

I love to read, but am really starting to hate reading series'. Waiting for Jordan, Cooper, Martin, whoever, to come out with the next book a year or more later drives me crazy. I read pretty much anything I get my grubby paws on, except porn, I look at that...haahhaha...

 

[the Jester]

I read constantly when I'm not working, gaming or online. And online is... well, you know, I don't consider it exactly reading, but it's close.

I read everything- I prefer fantasy and sci-fi for my fiction, and various nonfiction... currently I'm readying two non-gaming books, one of which- some fantasy book or other, blah- I'm prolly not gonna finish (it's hardly gripping) and the other of which (Louis XIV by Prince Michael of Greece) I find pretty darn good. Lots of history and the like... I also really enjoy books on physics that are challenging but not over my head (basically think of me as an advanced layman- don't give me too much of the math, but good explanations).

I love to read, but am really starting to hate reading series'. Waiting for Jordan, Cooper, Martin, whoever, to come out with the next book a year or more later drives me crazy.

I feel you there. If you think Jordan and Martin are bad, try David Gerrold's War Against the Chtorr series- the most recent one came out about a decade ago and the bastard still doesn't know when the next one's coming! (Best sci-fi ever... if only he'd finish it.)

 

[Berandor]

I always have at least one book that I'm reading. It's just so much better than 99% of what's on TV

ETA: I don't read that much fantasy or sci-fi. I prefer crime stories, or just plain "novels" without a specific genre I could name, mostly because I've been burned by bad fantasy very often. I also prefer books where the author has something to say as opposed to "pure entertainment".

 

[James Heard]

I read a lot. I've read three gaming books (Complete Arcane, Sharn:City of Towers, Blackmoor) and two fiction books (Igniting the Reaches by David Drake and a collection of short stories by Gabriel Marquez) in the past five days. I've still got a couple of Drake books left for the rest of the week and In The Time of the Butterflies by Alvarez to read sometime between now and next Wednesday. Oh, and somewhere in there I've got Life In Ancient Rome by Cowell that I've got to read if only to pull some usable quotations from.