AAAAAHHHHHH,
a topic you and I cannot totally disagree on
I usually read a book a week.....I love to read.....My favorite store in the world is Barnes and Noble and I could spend days in there, I actually have to limit my visits to the store as I always "go crazy" buying books.
I never limit myself on what I read, I read bestsellers, fiction, non-fiction, horror, (not into romance novels too much though), poetry, classic literature, self help, you name it......I read it. Both of my parents loved to read, as did my brother, and my sister does too....I had hoped my children would be gifted with the love of reading,,,,,,but......they seem to have little interest. My grandson on the other hand seems to be learning to love it. hooray.
In college I took quite a few literature courses and was hooked. I love to read Shakespeare, Nathanial Hawthorne, Emily Bronte, Sophacles, Arthur Miller, with authors like Shakespeare, Hawthorne, or Sophacles it is challenging to read and comprehend.....as it is not written in today's language........which makes it all the more fantastic to read. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare are some of the most beautiful writings in the world to read, but also very difficult to decipher, I had to learn to read them, by reading them over and over again, and they are not something you can read fast and disgest at the end. I absolutely love poetry, and dabble in writing it........was actually published at the age of 17
and I have a hard time getting rid of a book once I read it.
A thread near and dear to my heart, I myself wonder if many people like to read or not, not a topic you bring up in everyday conversation.
..............and I rarely buy anything in paperback.....a hardcover bound book is like a treasue to me
Last edited by electriklady; 08-08-2010 at 03:33 AM.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”
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