How often do you read books or novels?

[ringmastery]

What's your favorite type of book?

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. fiction when I am not writing

non fiction when I am writing

fiction genre choice: Science Fiction
Non-fiction topic choice: History/Social science/Current events

[southerngirlwriter]

2. I prefer literary novels.

I read books for between 3 and 6 hours a day.

[Codeblue]

3. There was a point

where I read a 600 page novel every two weeks. Kinda dropped off a bit for a while, but still pretty regularly. Fantasy, sci fi, alternate history, Tom Clancy.

[mindem]

I'm constantly in the midst of a book.

I'm on a Dan Brown binge right now. Read the DaVinci code, went from there to Angels and Demons, just finished Digital Fortress and want to read Deception Point but can't find it anywhere. I read two or three books a week.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. I read constantly, mostly..................

non-fiction. Just finishing Two Years Before The Mast for the umpteenth time.

[Az]

5. Got my own library

I tend to read a rather diverse range of books. In science I tend towards physics/cosmology and psychology. I also have a fair interest in religion and philosophy as well as history with an eye towards the development of these fields. I read a number of political books as well. In fiction I tend towards humorous fantasy though that is a recent focus. My library is full of Sci Fi and Fantasy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Did they clone you from me?

Unless you're older than 39, then it's the other way around.

[Az]

16. Ohoh

I am 39. You blonde by any chance?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Nope, must be a hybrid. (nt)

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. maybe one of you is the obvious evil twin

whom they tried to hide but some big-hearted lab monitor guy took you home as a baby and raised you to be good, only at some point to realize your true potenail, seek out your other inherently good brother, and kill him.

If I were you guys, I'd be careful of each other. One of you is rotten, I tell you, rotten to the core, i don't care what that lab monitor who snuck you out says.

[spinbaby]

6. Every day

Why, do you think I have a problem? I'm not hoarding books, really, I'm not. And I can quit whenever I like. Just as soon as I make one more little run to the library. I am not an addict.

[indepat]

7. The "what really went on behind the scenes" of each President's

Administration starting with FDR are my favorite reads. What a read the pentagon-type papers associated with this Administration will be once they begin to surface in earnest.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Most fiction bores me.

I read lots of nonfiction: Science, History, Politics/Social issues etc...

No, wait, there's one kind of fiction I still like: sci-fi short story compilations.

[southpaw]

9. Always reading something...

More non-fiction than novels lately, but I love good fiction from a variety of genres.

Been really loading up on Hunter S. Thompson recently (hence the current avatar)

Recently read "Towing Jehovah" "Blameless in Abbaddon" and "The Eternal Footman" by James Morrow. Highly recommended!

[Florida_Geek]

11. Been listening to a lot of Fiction Audiobooks

Mainly mysteries once in awhile SF.

Just did the Robert Parker 30 some Spenser novels in audiobook format.

[SOteric]

12. Near constantly.

I'm required to read for my work and I've read for pleasure since I learnt as a child.

The walls of my offices, every room of my home (yes, even the bath and the kitchen) are lined with books. I have a storage locker filled with more books. Even my car currently holds a box of books.

I will read pretty much any type of book. There are good and bad examples of writing in every genre available. I particularly enjoy science fiction and fantasy as I feel they encourage individiual creativity.

[mitchum]

13. 2 or 3 "literary" novels and 3 or 4 nonfiction works a week

[geniph]

14. Daily, and constantly

I read a lot of science fiction, some general fiction, history (and historical novels if the author's respectable), some biographies, political books, sailing stories, horror, a little dab of fantasy. I literally can't sleep if I don't look at words on a page beforehand. It's a vice I can't shake.

There's a reason no one will help me move twice.

[Kamika]

15. I read about two books every month

mostly star trek

[BurtWorm]

17. I usually have at least one, often as many four or five

books going at once. I'm in the middle of Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving--I bought it in Granada last year. I've been on an Andalusian reading kick. I usually prefer nonfiction--history, politics, religion (or irreligion), science. I was reading Patricia Highsmith novels last summer. I tend to like novels like hers--dark entertainments.

[Reverend_Smitty]

19. When I'm not doing school work

I have really been reading a lot of biographies lately...I just finished "JFK-An Unfinished Life" by Robert Dallek which was good and before that I read Al Franken's book which was fantastic...however college seriously cuts in to my leisure reading time :( I can't wait till summer when I can get back to my book a week schedule.

[Ready4Change]

20. Daily.

Not a complete one daily. But I read some almost every day.

Mostly sci-fi or fantasy. Some fiction. Occasionally documentaries or (auto)biographies.

Not including techical stuff, like computer or war gaming books or instruciton manuals.

I read A LOT.

[MrSlayer]

21. Constantly reading. I like Fantasy, True Crime, History....

science fiction, just about anything really except romance novels.

[sonias]

22. I read every night if I can

I'm not a fast reader however. My goal is 20 books/novels a year and I average about 15 a year. I would love to be stranded on a desert island with a whole library (and some food source of course; you can't live on books). I love books, I love reading. Wish I could do it for a living.

My favorite are SciFi novels but I will read a good mystery or crime novel. Right now finishing up Dune: The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. These are the prequel books based on the notes of Frank Herbert.


I've read a lot of lefty leaning books this year.
The Hunting of the President - Joe Conason & Gene Lyons
The Great Unraveling - Paul Krugman
Bushwhacked - Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
Thieves in High Places - Jim Hightower

Sonia

[MasonJar]

23. Being an English teacher, I love the beauty of the literary

language. I love to read mysteries that are clever. My favorites are Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes and Dorothy Sayers. Richard North Patterson, James Patterson, and Patricia Cornwell put out good reading, but not the literary calibre of the former three. I too enjoyed The da Vinci Code. It had wonderful facts in it. Finally if you are a mystery buff, do not forget Dick Francis and John Sanford. A little known author of mysteries (4 to be exact) that writes ingenious books is Sarah Caldwell. Sorry to be so verbose, but I just wanted to share these authors with any fellow mystery readers. I also love to read and reread literature, especially British. I am an avid fan of Jane Austen. I have read all of her novels tens of times. The films and tv series of her books are also fine. I am an ardent fan of Shakespeare. Recently I have been reading a lot of anti-Bush non-fiction (Rivers, autographed copy, O'Neill and Phillips.) I'm loving every minute of it.

[tigereye]

26. ah another Martha Grimes fan

have you read her Cold Flat Junction books? They are amazing. I love her mysteries, I am a mystery junkie, but her other stuff is incredible. Also like Tony Hillerman and Reginald Hill. If you like well-written Brit mysteries, his are some of the best.

in terms of books, yes they are everywhere, we have the word sickness in my house. You have to be careful or some will fall on you. Can't think of a better thing than reading, well, maybe music, art and smoochin.

[greeneyedpookie]

24. Fiction

Right now in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", but also reading "A Course in Miracles." Love horror novels though


GEP

:bounce:

[Interrobang]

25. Almost every day.

I can usually get through a book or two a day, although some days I just don't feel like reading that much.

I mostly read SF/F/H, computer books, and some mainstream fiction, but I've been taking a turn into literary novels lately. In the last couple of weeks or so I've read several collections of stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, _The Shelters of Stone_ by Jean M. Auel, _Generation X_ by Douglas Coupland, _The Singing Rabbi and other stories_ by Martin Avery, _The Cult of Impotence_ by Linda McQuaig (a good "lefty" read on economics) and _IBM and the Holocaust_ by Edwin Black. I'm in the middle of _The Night Trilogy_ by Elie Wiesel and I am going to start a book of Noam Chomsky's papers and essays soon.

It's not a habit, it's cool/I feel alive...

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. I'm a fiction reviewer, so I read anywhere from 1 - 10 a month

Only have one this month cause I have been so busy hanging out on political and spiritual messageboards. *bad, bad girl Jen!* *lol*

http://curvynovels.com/

[slack]

28. I'am a daily reader

scifi, novels, historical stuff, political books, and so on.
between 2-3 and over 10 books a month. depends on free time.

[LWolf]

29. Daily. Or as many times as I can squeeze in a lifetime.

I have approximately 5,000 books. I've never done a formal inventory. I've read all but a couple hundred, which are currently on the waiting list. The problem is, I spend just as much time rereading old favorites as I do new stuff.

I'm reasonably eclectic; the only thing I don't really like are biographies. I've got a handful of them.

Fiction? Poetry, Folktales/legends, mystery, sci fi, fantasy, and "literature," more serious novels. I don't do much on the best seller's list. Or if I do, I don't know it, since I don't check the best sellers often.

Non-fiction: field guides, gardening books, animal husbandry, geology, herbals, alternative medicine, comparative theology, natural history, craft books, history, geography....and a smattering of lots of other stuff.

Also a large wall of professional books and a huge collection of children's books. I read them all.

[flamingyouth]

30. Constantly

I am a book addict. I always have at least one book with me. I read early in the morning, on my lunch break, in the evenings, late at night, on the bus, waiting for the bus, in doctors' offices, in restaurants, you name it.

I like non-fiction (history, biography, religious studies, physics and other science, particularly Brian Greene's books) and novels (I have a soft spot for mysteries, I admit). I also love reading cookbooks and books about food in general.

[kodi]

31. daily.

philosophy texts

and of course, porn.

[mvd]

32. Usually daily

Favorites: Harry Potter series, legal thrillers, books that advance Democratic and liberal causes

[RebelOne]

33. Always in the middle of a book.

I like suspense and horror, so naturally Stephen King and Dean Koontz are my favorite authors.

[terrya]

34. Fiction. Although I like biographies also. Currently reading "Truman"

By David McCullough. I've never had a chance to read it. Interesting so far.

I'm always reading a book.

Terry

[ComerPerro]

35. Anything and Everything Vonnegut

[UrbScotty]

36. Every few months.

I've been reading The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. It's a historical fiction novel about Gettysburg.

[Padraig18]

37. Every day.

I read 2-3 books a week. My favorite genres are pop-fic, classical lit., biographies and historical fiction.

[bobthedrummer]

38. Daily-"Reading is Fundamental"

:hi:
Non-fiction and political books usually, especially history.
It's ammunition in the information age-the simple truth.

[annonymous]

39. I read mysteries.

I read about 1 to 2 books a week. I read some true crime books and a few other types of novels. I rarely read books over 500 pages. If a book doesn't capture my interest in the first 100 pages, I give up on it. On average I usually give up on one or two books a year.

[Ysabel]

40. i read a lot...

i'm always in the middle of about 10 - 15 books at any given moment - i read anything - but my preferences are - fiction: usually sci-fi - i also like historical fiction if it is well researched / non-ficiton: just about anything - but most often history - sociology - science - i also like wierd stuff (accounts / sightings of big birds, etc.)...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

41. Constantly

I prefer mysteries and non-fiction. I always have at least one, possibly two, books going at a time.

[Dulcinea]

42. As often as I can.

With 2 small children, I don't have too much time to read, but I love a good mystery & I'm slowly getting through "The Price of Loyalty." It's fascinating! Read it if you haven't yet!

[RoadRunner]

44. e-books when slacking at work

the ones you get free from the Univ. of Virginia, classic works of fiction. Just finished The Ave of Innocence and The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn again. Good stuff.

At home, mostly non-fiction.