   Reading
  I'm curious how much people here read, other than stuff on the Internet and programming books.I recently started reading again, after about a year long hiatus. So far it's been just on the bus ride to and from work, but I've started reading during the day as well. In the 12th grade I read every moment I could during school, but once summer began and then rolled into college I was too tired to read and had other things to do. I suppose that will happen again starting October.I think I might be slower at reading than most people. I takes me about three to five minutes to read a page of a normal paperback book. I've looked into speed reading, but I wasn't too interested in it. I kind of feel like I'll miss points in the book because I'm too hasty.I knew a person in junior high who read more than anyone I've ever seen. When he got in trouble at home, his parents would ground him from reading.----T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our Nation reads books daily Why most people think Central America means Kansas- from "Television - The Drug of the Nation", by Disposable Heroes of HiphoprisyEdited by - Densun on July 4, 2001 12:34:55 AM  
  I used to read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, but not recently. Right now, any book I do read is on programming or math.    ~~~~~~~~~~Martee  ;  IMO the more reading you do, the better ideas you manage to have for yourself. I started watching TV and it sapped my imagination completely.. I then began reading again and I have all sorts of crazy ideas for games...-Chris Bennett of Dwarfsoft - The future of RPGs  Thanks to all the goblins in the GDCorner niche;  My life is split between work, the computer, and spending hours and hours on the phone.  I read when I can, and actually, Gibson''s Virtual Light is making me ponder the possibility of such a thing.  My Junior Year in High School(1999-2000) I read well over 20,000 pages of fiction.  My stupid english teacher stopped allowing extra-credit to people who read more than the assigned 1500-a-semester thanks to me.    -Ryan "Run_The_Shadows"-Run_The_Shadows@excite.com"Doubt Everything.  Find your own light." -Dying words of Gautama//BLATANT PLUG My manic new web journal! Warning: Some ''adult'' language used, not suitable for anyone without a sense of deep-thought and cynicism;  I used to read shitloads when I was younger, but these days I hardly ever find the time. Give me a good book though, and I will read it cover to cover in a day or two.  ;  I read all the time, like a book a week or something. Mostly Scifi, fantasy and horror (as in Koontz for example) but also popular philosophy and science.Reading "The wheel of time" these days. 9 books in the series and im at the third. So ill be reading that for a while i guess .I agree with dwarfsoft. You can learn alot from reading. Even if its fantasy or science-fiction.    ------------------------------------------------------------The consequence of a belief shouldn''t be a motivational reason tobelieve  ;  I don''t have much time for reading Fiction anymore.  Most of my reading time is for the news, GameDev, code, and Bills.Epolevne  ;quote:Original post by Epolevne  I don''t have much time for reading Fiction anymore.  Most of my reading time is for the news, GameDev, code, and Bills.Bills are the greatest for reading. Phone bills, electric bills, gas bills, cell phone bills, Visa Bills, American Express bills, auto payment bills, mortgage payments, vehicle registrations, insurance bills, etc. They come on a monthly basis, right in the mailbox. What could be better? They make you think hard about your past indescretions and where you are going in life. Some get redundant, but many are differrent every month. I can open my electric bill and read it two or three times. While some seem to continue on forever, like the utility payments, others climax and end, like an auto payment. 