Off day Post: Discussion Question
In an effort to make the world come to an end, I post two substantive posts two days in a row.
Today’s post is to generate discussion:
Question: What do you think of reading for fun?
I know it seems like a silly question, but not everyone enjoys reading for fun. They read the news (maybe), they read stuff at work, but never a novel for fun. If you enjoy reading for fun, what do you think made you start? If you don’t, why not? No judgements in the thread, please, everyone has their own hobbies.
Personally I think it was my sister. She was much older than I was, and she spent a lot of time at the library. She would normally ‘let’ me come along, as long as I didn’t run around and sat and read books. She didn’t make any judgements about the kind of books I read (even though she wasn’t a big fan of the sci-fi/fantasy that I developed an eye for). But as I got older (about 8 years old) she started weaning me off of the juvenille fiction. Originally it was 1 book out of 4 I got should be adult fiction. Then 2, 3, and finally 4. By the time I was 10, in a 2 and a half-hour trip to the library, I could find my adult fiction books to check out in about 20 minutes, and then spend the rest of the time reading 3 or 4 juvenille fiction books.
It wasn’t until I got to college that I found out that my reading speed was faster than normal. I’d be able to do the reading for classes, and still finish a Robert Jordan book in 2-3 days. I do have to say that reading is probably my favorite pastime. Even as much as I play games, most of the time, there’s a book right by my hand so that when I have to heal or on long loading times, I can read my book.
So how about you guys?
