Comments on: On books and reading http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/ And I write in my seasonal plume. (writing domain) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Angela http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2336 Angela Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:18:35 +0000 http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2336 That's interesting. I think I can see a bit of it here at home, too -- when we were children, while we did watch cartoons and the occasional show, but it was regulated; my younger sister Biel has had more TV-time in her childhood than either my sister and myself. Rambles are good! :D I love rereading myself -- somehow I always find new things to focus on whenever I reread books. Plus, nostalgia! XD That’s interesting. I think I can see a bit of it here at home, too — when we were children, while we did watch cartoons and the occasional show, but it was regulated; my younger sister Biel has had more TV-time in her childhood than either my sister and myself.

Rambles are good! :D

I love rereading myself — somehow I always find new things to focus on whenever I reread books. Plus, nostalgia! XD

]]> By: Vega http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2335 Vega Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:08:44 +0000 http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2335 I think it's primarily influenced by upbringing. My parents had (still have) a voluminous library and encouraged me to read from it, and also to borrow books from the library, and learn throughreading. It also helped that other forms of media were heavily discouraged while I was growing up. It's amazing how much that influenced me: nowadays I read heavily, both books and the Internet, but I don't miss <em>watching</em> things -- TV has absolutely zero impact in my life. And, now that life is busier and something has to go, movies are so very easy to let go (they are now hugely diminished in my life, and I don't really miss them), but it'll take a bigger squeeze for me to drop books, or the Internet. ...Anyway, I'm digressing. So -- if someone was the opposite of me and their main form of entertainment/learning was through watching TV or movies/documentaries, that's what they're used to, they've known it all their childhood. So when they get older, I think one would tend to stick with that which is familiar, especially when one has less leisure time on their hands to devote to new, perhaps less familiar things. But I think reading can be developed later, and that some people, just by nature and disposition, gravitate towards one form of media as opposed to another. That's been my observation, at least. Gee, that was a ramble... I have a funny relationship with books: I hardly reread any. (Because there are way too many books out there, and life is way too short to be spent in rereading?) So I can do without a bookstore, but a library is Absolutely Essential. I am starting to build up my personal library and it's currently looking very eclectic, filled with books that are very different from the ones that tend to appear on my review site/booklists. *G*) I think it’s primarily influenced by upbringing. My parents had (still have) a voluminous library and encouraged me to read from it, and also to borrow books from the library, and learn throughreading. It also helped that other forms of media were heavily discouraged while I was growing up. It’s amazing how much that influenced me: nowadays I read heavily, both books and the Internet, but I don’t miss watching things — TV has absolutely zero impact in my life. And, now that life is busier and something has to go, movies are so very easy to let go (they are now hugely diminished in my life, and I don’t really miss them), but it’ll take a bigger squeeze for me to drop books, or the Internet.
…Anyway, I’m digressing.

So — if someone was the opposite of me and their main form of entertainment/learning was through watching TV or movies/documentaries, that’s what they’re used to, they’ve known it all their childhood. So when they get older, I think one would tend to stick with that which is familiar, especially when one has less leisure time on their hands to devote to new, perhaps less familiar things.

But I think reading can be developed later, and that some people, just by nature and disposition, gravitate towards one form of media as opposed to another. That’s been my observation, at least.

Gee, that was a ramble…

I have a funny relationship with books: I hardly reread any. (Because there are way too many books out there, and life is way too short to be spent in rereading?) So I can do without a bookstore, but a library is Absolutely Essential. I am starting to build up my personal library and it’s currently looking very eclectic, filled with books that are very different from the ones that tend to appear on my review site/booklists. *G*)

]]> By: Angela http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2314 Angela Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:22:16 +0000 http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2314 F. Sionil Jose is a Filipino writer, so it's normal you haven't heard of him. I think he's more known in other/foreign countries than some other Filipino writers, though. LOL, I can relate to the "need to read slower" reprimand! I've heard that lots of times ;) After a while my mom wouldn't let me open my packages until we got home. XD I feel the same about going to people's houses and seeing they don't have very many books. :( F. Sionil Jose is a Filipino writer, so it’s normal you haven’t heard of him. I think he’s more known in other/foreign countries than some other Filipino writers, though.

LOL, I can relate to the “need to read slower” reprimand! I’ve heard that lots of times ;) After a while my mom wouldn’t let me open my packages until we got home. XD

I feel the same about going to people’s houses and seeing they don’t have very many books. :(

]]> By: Lisa http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2307 Lisa Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:21:32 +0000 http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2307 That question mark in the second paragraph should have been a smiley face! That question mark in the second paragraph should have been a smiley face!

]]> By: Lisa http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2306 Lisa Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:20:20 +0000 http://seasonalplume.net/2007/01/18/on-books-and-reading/#comment-2306 I have never heard of F. Sionil Jose before. I've been trying to broaden my reading & it sounds good so I'm adding Dusk to my Wishlist. I’m always wondering how people start reading so thank you for sharing your experience  I've always been a reader. My mom always joked that I was one before I was born because my dad would read to me while she was pregnant. Our house was filled with books. I feel lucky that I had parents who would not only take me to the library but would buy books. Whenever I would go to relatives’ houses, I would feel disappointed that they didn’t have very many books. Now I have a cousin who is 14 who loves to read but doesn’t have any bookshelves or very many books. She loves to come to my apartment because I have so many books. If at all possible, I always have a book with me. When I was younger, I used to read while walking to & from school (I’m amazed I was never ran over! LOL). Like you, I would finish books quickly. I remember one instance of traveling with my grandma from Kansas & finishing my two books on the plane and buying three Nancy Drew Files at the Denver airport (we had a layover). My grandma was really mad at me for finishing & buying more. I was informed I needed to read slower and that my parents spoiled me with books. I have never heard of F. Sionil Jose before. I’ve been trying to broaden my reading & it sounds good so I’m adding Dusk to my Wishlist.

I’m always wondering how people start reading so thank you for sharing your experience 

I’ve always been a reader. My mom always joked that I was one before I was born because my dad would read to me while she was pregnant. Our house was filled with books. I feel lucky that I had parents who would not only take me to the library but would buy books. Whenever I would go to relatives’ houses, I would feel disappointed that they didn’t have very many books. Now I have a cousin who is 14 who loves to read but doesn’t have any bookshelves or very many books. She loves to come to my apartment because I have so many books. If at all possible, I always have a book with me.

When I was younger, I used to read while walking to & from school (I’m amazed I was never ran over! LOL). Like you, I would finish books quickly. I remember one instance of traveling with my grandma from Kansas & finishing my two books on the plane and buying three Nancy Drew Files at the Denver airport (we had a layover). My grandma was really mad at me for finishing & buying more. I was informed I needed to read slower and that my parents spoiled me with books.

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