What sort of reader are you?

[Pacion]

Do you read your books, page by page, in chronological order, due jump around or due you automatically read the last page and then work your way back afterwards :lol:

[Sagitta]

Depends on the book.

[ShyDancer]

I usually start from the beginning, never peeking at the end pages, I hat spoiling a good book.
However if the book is boring I will read the end just to see if it might be worth continuing to read it!

[Pacion]

Depends on the book.

Do please elaborate Sagitta. Enquiring minds would like to know :wink:

[pygmalion]

It depends. Books under 500 pages, I read from front end-flap to back end-flap. 501 pages and up, it's anybody's guess. Usually, when I get to about page 650, I flip to the back page, read it, get baffled (because the ending is weird or oblique) then go back and finish the book. :oops: :lol:

[jon]

Voracious. Inspired by the Heinlein character who said that if nothing else were available, his father would read newspaper used to wrap fish.

Do you read your books, page by page, in chronological order, due jump around or due you automatically read the last page and then work your way back afterwards :lol:

I read them in order. But am usually working my way through 4-5 in parallel, rather than completely finishing one before starting another.

[SDsalsaguy]

I read them in order. But am usually working my way through 4-5 in parallel, rather than completely finishing one before starting another.
Same here. Growing up I used to have a book/room so, whichever room I was in, that's the book I'd read... although I also tended to carry an additional one around with me as well, so that I also had a choice too.

[johnnywalker]

Voracious. Inspired by the Heinlein character who said that if nothing else were available, his father would read newspaper used to wrap fish.

I read them in order. But am usually working my way through 4-5 in parallel, rather than completely finishing one before starting another.

I'm the same as Jon. I like to read several books at a time. Most of what I read is non-fiction although I do enjoy the ocassional novel. When reading a novel I might sometimes peek a few pages ahead to see whether i'll continue for a while longer or whether I should attend to housework or other things.

Like Sagitta, it also dependes on the book. For example, if it's for reference purposes (PC books, verifying some historical information, car manual etc) then i'll just go straight to the required information. The same with magazines and newspapers. I'll scan the articles which interest me and skip the rest; and of those I read I might just skim through it depending on how I feel or where I am.

[danceguy]

Does Hustler and Penthouse count? :lol: :D :P :twisted:

I have books everywhere...when I was a kid I used to stay up reading all night with a flashlight under my covers so my parents wouldn't find out. I spent many sleepless nights and then went to school the next day afterwards. I don't read as much as I used to...but when I find the time.

Hmm...see, I was in the IRU long before the rest of you! ;)

SG

[salsachinita]

I read them in order. But am usually working my way through 4-5 in parallel, rather than completely finishing one before starting another.
Same here. Growing up I used to have a book/room so, whichever room I was in, that's the book I'd read... although I also tended to carry an additional one around with me as well, so that I also had a choice too.

Me three. I taught myself to read aged 4 as we lived in a rough 'hood & were not really allowed to play with other kids in the street :roll: .

I was one of those 'model' kids who would accopamy adults to most social functions (as I was always cheerful, love to eat anything & everything, and a great entertainment provider). My parents would always make sure I had a book with me, in case I get bored. Sometimes I got so wrapped up in the books I'd hide in a corner to finish the story as if my life depended on it. Very anti-social :lol: !

Now I still have unfinished books/magazines in every room/sitting area. Old habits die hard :wink: .

[SDsalsaguy]

I actually got in lots of trouble in eigth grade for skipping classes. But where was I? In the school library! The fact that I got in trouble for reading actually proved to me, for once and for all, that education and academia were often quite far from the same thing! :shock: :(

Man, did I read a lot that year... avergaed eight book per week as I recall.* :shock:

[* so you better belive me SG, I'v been in the IRU for a loooooooong time... :wink: ]

[Pacion]

:shock: SD, did you skip every second page :wink:

I loved the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series! Oh! And there was also Biggles :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

:shock: SD, did you skip every second page :wink:
Nope, can't say I did... hmmm, maybe that would have let me read even more books?

[Sagitta]

I loved the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series! Oh! And there was also Biggles :lol:

I read all three series way back then...

[pygmalion]

Hmm. Never read the Biggles series. Was it even released in the US? Speaking of UK childrens' books, has anybody read Shadowmancer yet? It's just being released in the US now, and is being compared to the Harry Potter novels. Should be interesting to see how things develop. 8)

[Pacion]

Who or what is Shadowmancer :oops:

[pygmalion]

It's a children's novel (aimed at adolescents, I believe) written by an Anglican priest in the UK. It features a corrupt priest, and three children who work against his evil plans. Sounds pretty good. I'll have to read it, as soon as I get my hands on a copy.

[CC]

I love a good true crime book and mystery novels in general. M favorite fictional novel in the last couple of years was "From the Corner of His Eye". I enjoyed "The Da Vinci Code". I found the last 1/4 of Da Vinci a little boring but the book as a whole was a great read. I couldn't put down "Corner". Right now I'm reading "Digital Fortress".