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View Poll Results: How much have you read this past year, or average the past few years?
0 - Don't like reading 2 6.25%
0 - Read newspapers and magazines, but not books 1 3.13%
1 - If it's a big deal 0 0%
2-4 5 15.63%
5-8 6 18.75%
9-14 2 6.25%
15-20 6 18.75%
20-25 3 9.38%
26-35 2 6.25%
Over 35 5 15.63%
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:16 PM  
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Reading books is important. How often do you read books?
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:44 PM   #16
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No, I am not an owner of that device. I don't think I'd enjoy reading an e-book.
I don't think I would either. They promote them as having the ease of holding a book, but being lighter, and they try to make the lighting different than a computer screen. But I like writing in my books.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:44 PM   #17
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I've read about 40 books since July, when I started actually keeping count. Of course, quite a few of those are young adult, high-interest that are super quick to read.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:46 PM   #18
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I don't think I would either. They promote them as having the ease of holding a book, but being lighter, and they try to make the lighting different than a computer screen. But I like writing in my books.
It might be cool when they start making them with PC type functionality, so you can make notes and such in the margins with a stylus. A lot of the reading instruction I do involves kids keeping track of their thinking and reading strategies via sticky notes while reading, so it would definitely be advantageous to be able to do it that way. That being said, I can't stand reading anything of length on a computer. There's just something that's more satisfying about the tactile nature of a book.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:47 PM   #19
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Here's the books I've read so far this year:

1. Truth and Fiction in the DaVinci Code - Bart D. Ehrman
2. The Death of Common Sense - Phillip K. Howard
3. The Virtues of Aging - Jimmy Carter
4. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
5. The Life of St. Paul - James Stalker
6. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
7. War As I Knew It - George Patton
8. How to Get into Law School - Susan Estrich
9. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
10. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
11. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values - Robert M. Pirsig
12. Candide - Voltaire
13. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
14. The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
15. History Wars - The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past - Edward T. Linethal
16. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream - Barbara Ehrenreich
17. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
18. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
19. The Sovereignty and Goodness of God - Mary Rowlandson
20. Blackhawk: An Autobiography - Blackhawk
21. Opus Dei - John L. Allen
22. On Liberty - John Stuart Mill
23. What is History? - Edward Hallett Carr
24. The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years - Paul Barnett
25. Give Me Liberty!: An American History, Volume 1 - Eric Foner
26. Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling - James W. Sire
27. Hiroshima - John Hershey
28. Damages - Barry Werth
29. I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World - Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by James Washington
30. Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer’s Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty - Scott Turow

12 of those were for school. My goal for the year is 35.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:47 PM   #20
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I hate books on tape and refuse to move to these elecronic things. There is a great deal of satisfation from reading a good book.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:50 PM   #21
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I don't think I would either. They promote them as having the ease of holding a book, but being lighter, and they try to make the lighting different than a computer screen. But I like writing in my books.
The problem I have is that I'm so anal that I almost always read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting. I just don't have the time to do that any longer.

I remember reading Pillars of the Earth when I had just graduated. Eighteen hours straight, IIRC. That just can't happen now.
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Old 12-07-2007, 06:50 PM   #22
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Are we including books for school?
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The problem I have is that I'm so anal that I almost always read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting. I just don't have the time to do that any longer.

I remember reading Pillars of the Earth when I had just graduated. Eighteen hours straight, IIRC. That just can't happen now.
That guy has a sequel out for Pillars of the Earth, Mr. Donger. Just in case you were unaware.

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Old 12-07-2007, 06:52 PM   #24
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The problem I have is that I'm so anal that I almost always read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting. I just don't have the time to do that any longer.

I remember reading Pillars of the Earth when I had just graduated. Eighteen hours straight, IIRC. That just can't happen now.
Now that's dedication! Are you going to read the sequel that just came out?
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I'm trying to imagine why I might prefer an electronic book but I'm not coming up with anything. Any ideas?
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I'm trying to imagine why I might prefer an electronic book but I'm not coming up with anything. Any ideas?
It takes up less room? You never have to go to the bookstore or wait for shipping. These are some advantages I've seen/heard them promoting.
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That guy has a sequel out for Pillars of the Earth, Mr. Donger. Just in case you were unaware.

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I'd say including college books I've read between 20-25. And thats really a down year. I'd like to read more....I just need to find more time.
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