Comments on: Statistics (BTT)

By: Literary Feline

Literary Feline — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:29:01 +0000

I’m like you in that I really don’t ask people whether they read or not. The subject usually comes up after awhile though if I’m with a person day in and day out.

And although I do not have ADD or PTSD, I can relate to your comment about reading a book within a short time frame or taking a while to get through one. A lot depends on what is going on in my life at any given moment, how interesting the book is, and where I am mood wise. Sometimes it’s just a matter of my interest being drawn elsewhere because something else catches my fancy.

By: heather

heather — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:52:55 +0000

Melody: Yeah, the internet is wonderful for finding folks who share your passions!

BookGal: Yikes! That is truly sad. The idea that the only way a parent knows to relate to their children is through TV is rather scary. What about board games? Card games? Hikes or walks?

Alice: One of the fun things about the internet book blog community is that I’ve finally met people who read as fast as I do (or faster) and who don’t think I’m a freak for reading quickly. *grin*

By: Alice Teh

Alice Teh — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:31:04 +0000

I totally relate to your last para, Heather. People wonder too, how I manage to read and review fast. I think you’re a much faster reader than I am though. Hehe… Happy Friday!

By: BookGal

BookGal — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:57:06 +0000

I know a few people who are tv free as well. They do tend to be readers and, interestingly enough, quilters. One time I tried to get my elementary students to turn off tv for a week. I actually had a mother cry because she didn’t know what to do with her kids and was shocked when I suggested reading a book together. That was a sad moment.

By: Melody

Melody — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:51:07 +0000

My family members and friends don’t read as much as I do, however I’m glad there’s internet and book blogs! ;P

Happy reading!

By: heather

heather — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:26:28 +0000

melanie: I only recently started memeing, but I have to admit, for that reason it’s got me hooked!

ScottM: “into glowing boxes”—I love that way of putting it! I have a few shows I like, but honestly I have so little interest in TV as a habit that most of the time I can’t keep up with them. I let the DVR fill up and then occasionally sit down and catch up.

Marianne: Lack of video games as abuse?! But… how can that be abuse when we all didn’t even grow up with video games? Well okay, I had the little TI-994A cartridge games in my teens, but that doesn’t really count.

meowminx: Aii, I can’t imagine what having kids would do to my reading time. As it is the cats like to interrupt quite a bit.

By: meowminx

meowminx — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:30:49 +0000

I don’t really get to read as much as I want to, esp with two young children. Now that our youngest is sleeping in the other room with her big sister, I can have the lamp on and read as long as I want to.

Thanks for visiting!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:27:05 +0000

When I’m not busy with other things, I read at least a book a day — My 8 y.o. DD goes through at least that much. People ask how — because we don’t watch much TV and I don’t own a video gaming system. ALL of our “down time” is reading time. I like it that way ( though we have been accused of abusing our DD because we don’t let her play video games… yes, really).

Thanks for visiting and happy BTT!

By: ScottM

ScottM — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:30:04 +0000

I’m surrounded by a reading family (Dad, Grandparents, Jennifer), but my friends are a lot more into glowing boxes. (TV, MMOs, etc.) It’s a little strange… but less strange now than when I didn’t watch TV at all and had no common shows to discuss with them.

By: melanie

melanie — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:29:00 +0000

I agree with DeN - one of the best things about BTT is getting to read others’ blogs!