Do you have time for reading?

Hello my friend anetteh Ji, Internet is only my pass time, it can never be replaced with my hobby of reading books Even yesterday I purcased four detective novels and I would like to read them. I always tell others, taht basic thinks of human life should always remain, others may help, but primary things should remain in tact. I am on internet, climax of story is coming, suddenly link is lost, due to many raesons, but charm of o Internet can never replace books May god bless you and have great time.

I love reading and the best timefor me is before bed as it helps my mind slow down before sleeping. But since I got married, I climb into bed most timesafter my husband and then the light is out! So I try my best to get some pages in before he complains about the light but it is hard. I miss my books! I have quite a collection but I borrow and buy either from shops or online or 2nd hand. Happy reading!

Yeah, what with having so many thing u can do on the internet, there is very little time left for reading. These days i'm not reading as much as i would like to be because of more interesting stuff i can do on the net such as watching shows :p I'm actually currently on a really good book called Schooling by Heather McGowan. It's written in a very original and unique style. ur really lucky anetteh to be getting free books. books are very expensive and my expenditure on them have been almost non-existent for quite a long while already. I don't like borrowing books because i will be upset if i can't keep a book that i happen to like alot. plus, i am generally a bibliophile. reading online? that's the worst. i would never read an ebook if i can help it.

hi, anetteh. I uesd to read books before I go to sleep. It it become a good habbit. It's never too late to learn. I buy some books about computers, magazines or other kinds of books from the bookstore. I like reading very much.

Yes I have plenty of time for reading but I just pretty much have time all the time. I don't go to school anymore and I only work like two days a week so the rest of my time is basically all freetime which isn't a bad thing so I figure why not do some studying or reading because I love to read.

Coo - this is my first post to MyLot. Anyway, I'm responding to this discussion to say that I always read when I've gone to bed before I go to sleep. If I didn't then it would feel as though there were something missing and I wouldn't be able to sleep! The only trouble is that if the book has really got me in its grip I might stay awake far too long to finish it and then I'm really tired the following day...

Yes, I am frustrated with myself that the internet distracts me that I don't read so much, nor am I doing the writing I need to do. I have tons of books in my house. I keep bringing in new ones but take forever to get around to reading them because I am just not reading as much as I used to. I literally have hundreds of books in the house. I just bought 3 more off Amazon this week. On the other hand, some of the books I have purchased I plan to read and then donate to my church library. I bought them with that intention. Getting books from the library makes it easier to read. I have a deadline. The book has to be back at the library in 4 weeks. That forces me to read the book. I should be doing that. I keep notes on books to keep an eye out for but when I check in at the library's computer, most of them are not there. So I spend money I don't have on books I don't have time to read.

I must admit that I read less printed media then in my youth, but because of the computer screen resembling just one page sometimes we don't notice how much we actually read. If you read articles, posts and blogs and the like you may read a lot more then you realise the other day I was reading through an article and since I needed to go out I thought I would print it and then finish reading it in a break, when the print information came up it was 40pages long, I was surprised. I agree with my brother as he was arguing with a friend that said that the same thing you mention that people don't read as much now as they did before, well he replied that we read just as much if not more but we don't notice it as much, we don't read books, magazines newspapers etc but if we were to print everything we read online it would probably be a lot more then people realize. I must admit I do still read books, not as much as before but I love to read in bed just before I fall asleep, or when I am waiting but I must admit that I do not read anywhere near the amount of books I used to read when I was younger.

I still read a lot. I always have a great book going. I share this computer with my daughter so it is good to have a book for times when she is on it. They also help to pass time when waiting in waiting rooms for appts. etc.

I try to read at least two hours every day (and more on weekends). Even so, I have hundreds of books on my bookshelves that I haven't read yet. I used to buy all my books, but they're so expensive that I've started to go to the library. I'm also a member of bookcrossing, which is great, as we often get together to swap books. It's good, because I know that the books I take along are going to other book-lovers, and I get a chance to pick up books that I might not have read otherwise.

You are absolutely right anetteh, sometimes we wish that there was some more time in a day so that we can indulge in reading. Internet is taking lot of our time, which otherwise we would have given to reading. You just see my example, I'd come to check one mail which I was expecting, then got glued to mylot. This is why we are short of time.

Yes I still take time in reading books although I may say that my reading time is not as much as what I have before before i get hooked into my online earnings. I still got a lot of books for me to read. Whenever I travel I usually bring a book handy with me so that when i get bored i can read on my books. Reading have been one of my favorite pastime so the habit of it is still with me.

Hello anetteh! I can relate to you. When we don't have computer yet, I love to read books. Sometimes, I bought book from the bookstore, borrowed books from the library or from my friends but when we start to have internet, just like you, I rarely read books then. I mean, I haven't read books for 5 months now. I guess I am more hook with the internet.

I read a lot from the internet, but never books. I have books on pdf format but I cant stand reading a book in front of the computer. There's nothing better then relaxing on the sofa with my feet up and a good book :)

Yes I always read after my dinner at bed before going to sleep.

You are right up to an extent. Internet and TV have taken away us from the habit of reading books. I love reading, despite working here on the net. It gives me a kind of mental exercise and satisfaction. If I do not read books, magazines and newspaper etc., I cannot update my knowledge and cannot draft quality responses here. Working on mylot has got its own pleasure, where you instantly get connected with so many people and start exchanging your thoughts. Good Post!

on most days, i usually try and read most nights. i mostly read non fiction as i really like history. you need to do everything in balance, especially if you are like me and have a bunch of things that i want to do.

Even though I use the internet a fair bit, I still find time for reading. I buy all my books, both new and second hand, from a variety of sources. Whilst I do buy ebooks as well,, I tend to print them out before reading them, as I find reading on a computer to be fairly uncomfortable.

Hmm, I used to read a lot as the habit of reading was cultivated since young. But nowadays, come to think of it, I even can't remember the last book title that I've really read finished? That bad huh? Haha

Although the time for me is more and more little, I find it is important to insist reading. Now, we can read in many ways, such books, newspapers, magazines, and online. You can buy a book from store or just borrow it. So, it is easy to get reading and just takes a little time. For me, I still like reading books or newspapers, and usually borrrow it from a library.