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The cheaper books (mass paperbacks, etc.) have no or very little scent. Academic books or books with pages with high clay content often have delicious smells. Sniff... sniff... SNORT... sorry, got carried away...

I know a lot of men who read, but many more who do not. In junior high a friend, upon seeing my bulging bookshelves, said "I could NEVER sit down and READ something." My father also told me he had never read a book in his life. I've been buying him books ever since. I hope he's read some...

Not enough. Last weekend I spent 9 straight hours reading. Some days I get next to none. All that stupid personal stuff keeps getting in the way.

This is one of the things that makes reading great - you're allowed to visualize for yourself what the characters and the world they're in look like. Movies can't do this (unless they're all talking, which some have tried).

I know someone who read the Spanish translation "Guerra y Paz" but that probably won't help you. Why are you trying to master it? Personal reasons? Academic reasons? If it's personal than the advice above was good: walk away from it for a while, read some other things (maybe even read a book...

I usually read in 1-2 hour spurts with 10 - 30 minute breaks inbetween. This seems to keep strain from developing (for me, at least). If I skip a break I sometimes get headaches and goofy eyes. A break usually clears it all up. Yay! I have also noticed that if I take notes while reading then...

As I dig back in the fizzled neurons of my past... I read a lot of books about insects when I was very young... but what really catapulted me to reading as a teen was "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut (though I read it years after it was released). I don't know what I'd think now, but...

I've never used a bookmark...

My final 2007 list: 43. On Humour by Simon Critchley 42. Urusei Yatsura: Perfect Collection by Rumiko Takahashi 41. The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning by Takashi Murakami, et al 40. Midnight Mass by Paul Bowles 39. Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut 38. Girl With a...

A single person can't read everything in a lifetime. Even a list of "essentials" would probably grow too large for those who have jobs, kids, etc. In the end, read what you can. Read what makes sense. For some topics you can fall back on secondary sources. For instance, if you want to know about...

You've pointed out one of the biggest problems with buying new books. For people who don't re-read or collect, buying usually amounts to a bad investment. The same could be said for music discs. Once something like that gets consumed it tends to take up space. After 10 years, bookshelves start...

Whoof... that sounds nasty... if the air blackens your books that way imagine what it does to your lungs. My city does not have that problem. Mine only accumulate dust which gets obliterated with a swifter every now and then. As mentioned above, your best bet is probably enclosed cabinets...

Reading can get in the way if one person likes to read for hours at a time and the other likes hiking. Something might seem wrong, but if you dig the person enough you'll likely adjust your lifestyle, as mentioned above. Or, you may not.

I pay far more attention to comprehension than speed. Reading at light speed isn't worth it if you miss nuances or subtle details. Everyone has their own comfortable pace. It also depends largely on what I'm reading. Fiction tends to fly by like napkins in a wind tunnel. Philosophy, on the other...

I would write more, but the prospect of Herculean work with little payoff sounds rather depressing. Regardless, something keeps nagging me to write. I don't know what it is and it won't go away. So far I've ignored it enough to drive me crazy. Deep down I know it's only my ego talking. Upon...

We're also deluged with information these days. A fair amount of people who would read maybe use up their daily textual quotas at work. By the time people sit at work all day, read and process reports, read joke e-mails, and write memos their brains may just not thirst for more. Television and...

If people really wanted to read, they would find the time. Many seem to have time for video games, going to movies, hanging out in restaurants, and countless other things that involve just as much, or likely more, energy than reading a book requires. I think many just find it plain boring. It...

I borrow what I can and buy what I cannot borrow. This method has saved me bajillions in book costs. Now my bank account doesn't cry as often.

I read my first non-school-totally-for-pleasure book in my early teens. None of my friends understood why. Many still don't.

Collingwood by Aaron Ridley