i have never read a book in my life

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: shenaniganz

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: shenaniganz

Originally posted by: Mwilding
h0ok3d 0n ph0n1c5 w3rk3d 4 m3!

The big yellow one is the sun.

It's a cup of dirt!

Just put an F on there and let me go home.

Ok, can we got get a snowcone after?

Peanut Butter and Jelly?

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: CChaos
I'm just about to finish my 61st book of the year today.

Is it entitled, "How to stalk a girl in the library in less than 21 days"?

 

[otispunkmeyer]

basket weaving and jamaican studies....what a course

basket weaving....plus rum and sandels

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I can't read books cover to cover either. I start skipping pages and chapters I'm too impatient. Print isn't a fast enough interface for me.

Your name is somehow fitting, Im the same.

 

[tranceport]

Originally posted by: edprush
I have graduated high school and college and I have never read a book.

I have tried on several occasions but I am just not able to do it.

me 2

 

[xSauronx]

my brother wont read books either, hes a moron too

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: edprush

Originally posted by: eigen
Can I ask what it is you do for a living?

I'm a writer.

So is this a superiority, inferiority complex we are dealing with here?

Yes, you are correct dumbass.

Wtf are you talking about? He asked what I do for a living and I answered. I never alluded to being superior or inferior to anyone.

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: edprush

Originally posted by: eigen
Can I ask what it is you do for a living?

I'm a writer.

What sort of things do you write.

Due to me being either inferior or superior to many of you I must inform you that I write screenplays.

 

[TwiceOver]

I don't read a lot. It takes quite a bit to get me into a book, otherwise I end up putting it down. Of course there has been a lot of required reading I have done.

 

[neonerd]

try reading "The Great Gatsby"...although not the easiest book to read, a very good one

anybody else here read it?

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: edprush
I have graduated high school and college and I have never read a book.

I have tried on several occasions but I am just not able to do it.

thats why that frickin' country goes downhill

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Allio

Originally posted by: notfred
I probably haven't read more than half a dozen books cover to cover. I find reading fiction boring, and when reading non-fiction I generally skip to the sections I'm interested in.

That's sad

I read about 40 fiction books this year just killing time in spare periods at school. I think you're giving up far too easily - there's bound to be a genre or style or author out there that you appreciate.

Reading is by far and away the number one way to develop your vocabulary. Like it or not, not reading WILL hold you back.

I think the best strategy to deal with this is to try to find a book that holds your interest. Every reader has experiences with books that they can't put down, they are so engrossing. If you can't finish a book, you want to find a book that absolutely rivets your interest. If you can't find a book like that, well, I have to think you are either illiterate or practically brain dead.

I don't read anywhere near as much as I'd like to. My dad was a tremendous reader. I guess I knew this, but I didn't think about it while he was alive. When he died, I realized it. There are many books that he loved tremendously, and many of those he read several times.

Nowadays, I've got so many things to do and it seems I don't have time for them all, including reading, both for education and entertainment. Maybe I should take a speed reading class. I did take Evelyn Wood's speed reading class many years ago and I think they had a lifetime membership thing. Does anyone know? If true, and they're still around, I can presumably take another class for free!

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: neonerd
try reading "The Great Gatsby"...although not the easiest book to read, a very good one

anybody else here read it?

I tried it and didn't get too far. F. Scott Fitzgerald.

 

[xXped0thugXx]

Originally posted by: neonerd
try reading "The Great Gatsby"...although not the easiest book to read, a very good one

anybody else here read it?

read it and enjoyed it, years ago.


some how im not suprised you've never read a book

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: edprush

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: edprush

Originally posted by: eigen
Can I ask what it is you do for a living?

I'm a writer.

So is this a superiority, inferiority complex we are dealing with here?

Yes, you are correct dumbass.

Wtf are you talking about? He asked what I do for a living and I answered. I never alluded to being superior or inferior to anyone.

WHOA DUDE WHOA... I was being nice in the thread. It was meant as a joke. I thoughtfully offered suggesstions on how to get started and was now just toying with like "men" do.

Calm down buddy.

 

[cerebusPu]

you have never read a book and you are a writer. thats a true oddity.

what kind of response were you thinking of getting when you posted this thread?

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
you have never read a book and you are a writer. thats a true oddity.

what kind of response were you thinking of getting when you posted this thread?

I wasn't looking for a response as much as I was hoping for a catharis.

It's nice to see that I'm not alone.

 

[SludgeFactory]

eh, try some junky fiction books

The James Patterson books I've read go by fast, short chapters (although there are a lot of them), switch scenes back and forth a lot, generally like a movie script. You could make it toilet reading or something.

What did you do for tests and/or papers over assigned reading in high school and college English classes, use cliff notes and just enough BS?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
ADD?

sounds like it

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: edprush
I have graduated high school and college and I have never read a book.

I have tried on several occasions but I am just not able to do it.

I was in the same boat till about a year ago.

Go buy "American Scream" The story of Bill Hicks. he's America's most famous unknown comic and a true genious. His material kept him out of hte mainstream though Dies of cancer in 1993 I think.

The book was incredible to. You'll truelly love it if you don't like republicans, church etc and have done drugs before

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: edprush
I have graduated high school and college and I have never read a book.

I have tried on several occasions but I am just not able to do it.

Tried ridilin?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: jagec
You can't graduate high school and college without reading a single book. Unless you got your degree from the University of Phoenix?

Engineering!!!!!

 

[CChaos]

Originally posted by: Pablo

Originally posted by: CChaos
I'm just about to finish my 61st book of the year today.

?

No thanks, just offering a bit of contrast to the OP.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Allio

Originally posted by: notfred
I probably haven't read more than half a dozen books cover to cover. I find reading fiction boring, and when reading non-fiction I generally skip to the sections I'm interested in.

That's sad

I read about 40 fiction books this year just killing time in spare periods at school. I think you're giving up far too easily - there's bound to be a genre or style or author out there that you appreciate.

Reading is by far and away the number one way to develop your vocabulary. Like it or not, not reading WILL hold you back.

I think the best strategy to deal with this is to try to find a book that holds your interest. Every reader has experiences with books that they can't put down, they are so engrossing. If you can't finish a book, you want to find a book that absolutely rivets your interest. If you can't find a book like that, well, I have to think you are either illiterate or practically brain dead.

I don't read anywhere near as much as I'd like to. My dad was a tremendous reader. I guess I knew this, but I didn't think about it while he was alive. When he died, I realized it. There are many books that he loved tremendously, and many of those he read several times.

Nowadays, I've got so many things to do and it seems I don't have time for them all, including reading, both for education and entertainment. Maybe I should take a speed reading class. I did take Evelyn Wood's speed reading class many years ago and I think they had a lifetime membership thing. Does anyone know? If true, and they're still around, I can presumably take another class for free!

:thumbsup:

 

[Winchester]

I made it through HS, College and some Graduate work without reading much material except the interesting parts. Though I have read tons of books that interest me cover to cover, I just cant do it unless it is my own will to do it. You can generally read the 1st, middle 2, and last chapter of a book and get the general idea. Heck, I took 25 credit hours my senior semester and hardly studied at all.

PS. I am ADD. It is awesome.