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Do you read?

JohnMatthewNewman

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I was hugely into non-fiction. I read all of kinds of how-to's, biographies, commentaries - but I'm on the cusp of getting into non-fiction..

I bought C.S. Lewis's 'Out of the Silent Planet' years ago - would read a little bit on vacation..but no more - and it's generally a short book. I started over completely from the beginning a few weeks ago and I'm hooked - can't wait to continue the trilogy and check out other books I've often been curious about.
 
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I used to read a whole lot more back in the high school days now I am somehow using the easy way to entertain myself,the internet.
I prefer non fiction books and psychology,I feel like I need real answers to real life questions.

I feel like everybody should read,should explore with their minds different perspectives,or maybe I am just biased.

P.S.English is not my first language,so yes broken English.
 
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I love reading and always have. I enjoy reading all kind of books, but mainly biographical, although lately I have been trying to catch up on the classics. I also read some Christian fiction, but haven't done so for a while. I mostly read in book form, but use a Kindle when travelling to save on luggage space. I read classic books free online.

Gillian
 
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I used to read whenever I had a spare moment, but I haven't really read anything (excluding forums, work documents and the Bible) for the last 4 months. The themes I tend to read when I do get a gust of enthusiasm are history, theology and the very, very broad category of crime drama.
 
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Actually, I have been using the Google books search library to skim through various works. So far it's been pretty helpful for me. My attention span is too short to sit down and read a whole book, I much rather try to suck the intellectual parts as quickly and as lazily as possible. Lol.
 
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I mainly read non-fiction. I like historical books, I love my History. :)
This is how I feel also.

What actually happened is a good thing to read. Not the sometimes deviously idealized version of the truth -or even fantasy - that the media and some politicians may like to project.
 
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Of course I do! I absolutely LOVE reading! My favorite genre is fiction because I love to just imagine me being there and it takes me to all sorts of places and galaxies away. It's like when I read, I live all these different lives and in different time periods. It's just exciting to me. :)
 
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