How often do you read books?

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I've not read for ages, but in September I'm probably going to go back to reading one fiction book a week. I love relaxing a reading an engaging book even if I've read it before or it's a novelization of something I've seen on TV. Target Novels are the best to read if you want something a bit lighter which I often do.

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My fiction collection:

Film Novels:

Superman III
Superman IV
Supergirl
Superman Returns
Secret of My Success
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Moonraker
Licence to Kill
The World is Not Enough
Karate Kid III
The Next Karate Kid


Who books:

Fear of the Dark
Remembrance of the Daleks
Illegal Alien
Shakedance
Human Nature
Head Games
Relative Dementias
City of Death
Resurrection of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Battlefield
Revenge of the Cybermen
The Twin Dilemma
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
Time and the Rani
Delta and the Bannermen
Silver Nemesis
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Ghost Light
The Curse of Fenric
Survival
The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 1

TV Novels:

Blake's 7
Blake's 7: Project Avalon
Blake's 7: Scorpio Attack
Avon: A Terrible Aspect
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
Red Dwarf: Better than Life
Red Dwarf: Backwards
Red Dwarf: Last Human

Original books:

The Guardians
Empty World
Rivers of London
Moon Over Soho
Whispers Underground
The Vinyl Detective - Written in Dead Wax
The Vinyl Detective - The Run Out Groove
Ghost Stories
Diamonds are Forever
The Prince in Waiting Trilogy
When the Tripods Came
Black Unicorn
The Howling
Howling II
Howling III

[iank]

Pretty much never these days, sadly. Sad really, I was a voracious reader as a kid, had a library card before I went to infants school.
I've degenerated.

[cyberhat]

Read over a hundred during lockdown. A lot less since.

[Spark Doll King]

A lot, however because of my Dyslexia reading can be very taxing at times so I tend to go audio when I can. I'm always listening to something.

That said I've never forgotten the joy of just sitting and reading.

My collection is tons of dinosaur books. If I get time I'll make a list this weekend.

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I have dyslexia too. It can be a right bugger indeed.

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I've got a collection of spin off Dirty Harry books. Anyone read them? What they like?

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I've only seen the first Dirty Harry film. I like it, but I much prefer Stallone's knock off Dirty Harry film, "Cobra".

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I read a lot more now that I'm studying. I'm reading Neil Gaiman and William Shakespeare for my course. I've never actually read a full Shakespeare story before, the uncultured swine that I am.

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I don't read nearly enough as I should. Give or take, I can comfortably get through about 100 pages a day, but I have a lot to get on with and a job that eats up so much of my time and energy. I have so many books I need to get through before going to university as well. It seems so dauntless.

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Reading Anne Frank's diary which my sister let me borrow. It's such a captivating read. Anne comes across as remarkably articulate for her age. She almost comes back to life through the pages with her witticisms and adorable personal touches. It's all rather sad though for obvious reasons.

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May 15, 2023 19:23:49 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

Reading Anne Frank's diary which my sister let me borrow. It's such a captivating read. Anne comes across as remarkably articulate for her age. She almost comes back to life through the pages with her witticisms and adorable personal touches. It's all rather sad though for obvious reasons.

"Rather sad" might be the understatement of the century lol. Also why were you reading Neil Gaiman for an English course?

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May 16, 2023 10:41:41 GMT @theyakemperor said:

May 15, 2023 19:23:49 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

Reading Anne Frank's diary which my sister let me borrow. It's such a captivating read. Anne comes across as remarkably articulate for her age. She almost comes back to life through the pages with her witticisms and adorable personal touches. It's all rather sad though for obvious reasons.

"Rather sad" might be the understatement of the century lol. Also why were you reading Neil Gaiman for an English course?

I think the most heartbreaking bit is the "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" entry which hits hard when you consider what was going to happen to her and her family. I wish I still had the faith in humanity to believe in that idea. I suppose if the whole world was full of Anne Franks it would be a significantly better place. 

I was reading Neil Gaiman's Stardust for my final Uni assignment which I'm currently writing.  I'm no fan of him or the story itself really, but I needed a comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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May 16, 2023 10:54:44 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

I was reading Neil Gaiman's Stardust for my final Uni assignment which I'm currently writing.  I'm no fan of him or the story itself really, but I needed a comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Couldn't you use, y'know, an actual work of literature? Marlowe's Dr. Faustus immediately springs to mind as an obvious comparison to that particular play.

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May 16, 2023 12:50:54 GMT @theyakemperor said:

May 16, 2023 10:54:44 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

I was reading Neil Gaiman's Stardust for my final Uni assignment which I'm currently writing.  I'm no fan of him or the story itself really, but I needed a comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Couldn't you use, y'know, an actual work of literature? Marlowe's Dr. Faustus immediately springs to mind as an obvious comparison to that particular play.

No, because I've been  assigned three books to revise by the uni for the assignment. I had to pick two of the three to use in my assignment to discuss realism and fantasy. I thought there was more to discuss in Stardust in terms of fantasy than one of the other stories. I can't pick books out of thin air, much as I'd like to.