Do you go from front to back?

I've been doing that forever. And I always thought I was it was just me. I thought I was the only one who was bassackwards. Thanks for posting this.

this thread kinda surprise me i really thought only us (filipinos) hve this odd manner in reading magazine or books...there is a local author here who wrote a book on this entitled "BAKIT BALIKTAD MAGBASA NG LIBRO ANG PINOY?" (why do filipinos read in reverse) (if i translated it right) now i know that it is not only for us...

Are you left handed perhaps?

Well, that's interesting. I sometimes flip thru magazines and read articles that are near the back, but I never go from back to front. I dont think there is anything wrong with it though. It's just your thing.

Hi smtrego. I go from front to back. I always read in the right way likewise if I am reading a suspense book and want to know what happen, I keep reading untill the end. I just cannot go to the end because seems that I lose the best part. I have seen some people doing the same as you and I cannot understand why they do this. Is this the rush to finish the reading?

i usually have fave magazines section that i read first before skimming out of pictures or anything...im not the type of doing it back to front or the other way...i read first my fave section, after that, i will browse the pictures and only then i will flip from page 1 to read other topics/articles.

your a chinese? since i think the chinese read that way .. start from the last..correct if im wrong on this..please

well i won't really call it a bad habit. it's more like a quirky habit you have. i always read from the front. i'm not sure if it's a habit or it's easier to do so. most magazines have a particular flow. some articles are continued many pages later too. so if i read it backwards i might miss the beginning. as for catalogs, i'd go straight to things that interest me first. for supermarket catalogs, i'll go for the food pages first. :p

May it is because what you are really interested in is at the back of the magazine and you would prefer to read that first before you read other parts. May be you don't want the suspense of waiting to read the whole thing before getting to what you are most interested in.

Well, i read magazines as dictated by myr priority and/or interest list :P .. But yes, i do read newspapers from the last page .. and friends tend to ask .. and all i ever come up with is 'old habit' .. I dont know why i do this, since my favourite pages (edit, world news, sports) are not in the last .. but i cosider it too small a thing to be wasting my time upon. I guess thats how some of us are wired in the head ... lol Have a good day.

I have always read magazines this way. I am not entirely sure why - sometimes I feel like if I don't start at the back I'll never make it through the entire magazine. I believe many of the cover stories are found in the middle to the back of the magazine. Catalogs I believe I start where ever I find my first item of interest - I either go forward or backward from there. But it was interesting to me when you said you read magazines the same way I do. I always thought my way was unique but now I am not so sure.

I tend to do that too, I don't mean to. I'll start out looking at a magazine starting from the front, but if I put it down, and come back later to finish looking at it, I always start from the back, and go backwards looking at it. It don't bother me, I don't know if it bothers anyone else, I haven't tried to change or anything.

I look for contents that attract my attentions first. It may be in front page or at the back or in the middle.

I do too. Only read them in the doctor's office waiting for my appointment.

I heard a lecture on the brain once, and the speaker said reading like that means you are left brained. -Nothing wrong with that, of course. Just interesting. I often am tempted to read that way. I think its ok, so long as you understand what you are reading.

Hello smtrego. I look at magazines from the beginning forward. I do find it interesting that you peruse them from the back first. I, too, wonder why you do that. Perhaps you think the best stuff is at the back of the magazine. It doesn't seem like it would matter either way. PearlGrace

I'm not neccessary will read books or magazines from front to back, will depends on the content. I will glance through the books or magazines from back to front first normally as well as newspaper. I won't change my habit as this is my preference.

I don't think it's a bad habit, I do it; but that's mostly because I read a lot of manga that are printed in the original format (reverse from American). So whenever I pick up a book, I impulsively flip it that way. It's so common for me that it isn't even a problem anymore. Sure weirded me out in second grade, though. -Lol- ~Becky Ann

Hi friend, do not worry about that,as I know my girlfriend maybe like you,because she would like to see the ending first when she see the movies or read books. I think that is not importent,just do it as you like,you know some times changing is not easy . But if you like, you can have a try.Mabe first you can try to read the catalogue and select what you like to read and do not mind whether it is at the back or front.Then when you finish it,you should read the catalogue again,find one to read,untill you read over it,and for some time,I think you will find that you can read it with no orders,just as you like,you can have a try.But for one thing,I think you shoud not focus your mind on wether back or front,but on the article you read.Its ok. It should not bother you .If my advise is invalid,I think you should let nature take its course,that's ok,goodluck.

i stumbled accross this article by acident and couldn't beleive what i was seeing !yes i have the same problem and i think it has something to do with maybe some sort of copulsive behaior.allthough i don't think it's that big of a deal,but even though i am aware of it now i still do it.