Reading... The Lost Art

Jason Tandro · Sun May 31, 2009 1:25 am

I likes me some reading.

Not just magazines and the bible neither, we're talking good old fashioned book reading. I just started The Chamber by John Grisham (I LOVE John Grisham novels) and have been re-reading the .hack//Another Story novels (since I'm replaying the series).

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:33 am Post subject:

I used to read a lot in high school, but mostly just read manga now. Ironically, it was the school's reading program that made me lose interest in reading. Go figure.

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:41 am Post subject:

Public institutions tend to do that.

Ratty Randnums · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:58 am Post subject:

tay120n64 wrote:I used to read a lot in high school, but mostly just read manga now. Ironically, it was the school's reading program that made me lose interest in reading. Go figure.

Yeah, I had to read about 9 short stories a week last semester and I haven't been able to sit down and actually get into a book for weeks as a result. I don't want to read something with the mindset that I'm going to have a test over it the next day. A shame as I really wanted to read some Dashiell Hammett novels I've had on the shelf for months (and to reread Dracula) this summer.

So mostly I've been reading comic books as of late.
Since Hellsing ended there aren't any mangas I'm following regularly, suppose I could go through more Berserk but I don't want to feel depressed at the moment (don't get me wrong though, it's an amazing series). Guess I'll start searching for another manga to follow soon.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:40 am Post subject:

I read what interests me. Of course, I loved my World Literature classes, and I ended up buying a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy because I liked it so much. This semester it was Faust that I really liked, but there were a lot of good stuff I read.

For anyone looking for author recommendations, I'd go for Yann Martel. He writes shorts, and the first story I read? Was about CANNIBALISM (I find cannibalism funny. Yes, I know, I'm terrible.) and it was an interesting story that got me interested in him. I have his short story book The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios. It's really good.

I'm a fan of Haruki Murakami as well. I have yet to finish Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, but I can stop and start reading it at any time and still remember what had happened prior to me stopping.

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:07 am Post subject:

rainichan wrote:I read what interests me. Of course, I loved my World Literature classes, and I ended up buying a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy because I liked it so much.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:49 am Post subject:

Seriously, reading Don Quixote was amazing (and really funny), and then Divine Comedy was even better. I need to read through it again.

chicken · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:11 am Post subject:

i read the papers every day and if i got too mucht time on my hands, i also read "skill books" like "how to research professionally", "TV journalism" and "this is PR"... stuff like that...

somehow, i turned my back on novels... used to read a lot of them but i aint got the time for that anymore =/

psychokind · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:31 am Post subject:

I loved the fantasybooks by Wolfgang & Heike Hohlbein when I was a teenager, and I read a lot in my life. I stopped at the age of 17 or so, then read a bit when I was at the army.

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:

On the topic of reading...

Jason, your sig is TOO DAMN LONG. I have to scroll across to read everything someone posts. I will send the internet ninjas after you if I must.

And I've always wanted to read Don Quixote, but never did get around to it. It seemed like a hilarious read.

Manibrandr System · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject:

You need to increase your resolution, Tay. His sig is fine on my end, and I am using a 1280 x 1024 resolution.

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

My resolution is at its peak, actually. I don't have a widescreen monitor.

Freedan · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

rainichan wrote:(I find cannibalism funny. Yes, I know, I'm terrible.)

...... I don't know whether to

,

or

at this.

As for me, the last couple of books I remember reading were To Kill a Mockingbird, and Mila 18 (the latter being a story of Jewish people in a Nazi camp). Those were for high school years ago; I don't read much these days.

I did read a couple of old kids books from when I was a child, just for the nostalgia.

chicken · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

Valerie Valens wrote:You need to increase your resolution, Tay. His sig is fine on my end, and I am using a 1280 x 1024 resolution.

tay120n64 wrote:My resolution is at its peak, actually. I don't have a widescreen monitor.

1280x1024 is a 4:3 resolution, acutally

1920x1200 would be widescreen

anyways, enough smartassing around here... you need a better graphic card or a better monitor... nobody has a lower res than 1024x768 nowadays... thats so 90s

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

lol, I max out at 1024x768.