-i love bookstores
-i love being surrounded by books
-i used to be a librarian back in secondary school
-i just love the smell of new book!! hehe
-whenever i get my hands on a good book, it'll be hard for me to part with it, even after reading it for the hundreth times. i even read when i'm on the loo, which is the only time i can find to read in peace nowadays.

i guess i'm more of a casual reader.
books are expensive but i love them, and because i dont have much money, most of the books i own, have been read at least twice. i'm extremely choosy when it comes to buying books, i have to make sure it really worth buying so i can read them again and again. nvr got bored re-reading them. hehe.

This post has been edited by lunalovegood: Feb 6 2009, 05:50 PM

LOL No la. I just don't like people destroying my properties!


p/s: eh eh book recommendations goes to their respective thread okay ^__^

100 pages an hour!!!???

If only I could read that fast. I'll be happy with 30 an hour for a normal book like Orwell's.

For me, I'm casual. Gone through 7 books in Jan. 20+ last year. 2 so far in Feb with current book halfway through. Can say on average 1-2 hours a day.

I keep a list of books I've read.

I usually read on trains and before sleep. And when I have nothing else to do.

well I don't think I'm happier reading that book that fast,the faster i read a book the faster i need to buy a new book.

so every single of my book i've read it minimum twice.

and whenever I start reading, I don't bother with anything around me. I don't get distracted by anything.hence the speed.

I read just because it transport you to another different world.

You kept a list? wow. I don't but I remember everything I've read before.

-i read chinese books the most
-i own more than 500 books, exclude comics
-i have 3 bookshelf
-i used to write novel and script during primary time
-i have spent rm4xx for buying books up to date in year 2009
-i worked for few bookshops before, and bookfairs
-i read fictions since standrad 4
-my record is 29 books within a week

many more,

i can read only when i had the mood to read it. Of course there'd certain genres of book i'll pick to read. mostly on the bed or couch. and sometimes on the train or bus during long way travel to somewhere

Hardcore, definitely. In my old apartment, I converted one wall of my spare bedroom into bookshelves (entire wall - top to bottom) to hold my books, fiction & non-fiction.

Generally I am a voracious reader of fantasy (JRR Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Steven Erikson, George RR Martin, JV Jones, Tad Williams, Brandon Sanderson), some science-fiction (Julian May, Michael Crichton), with some interest also in historical fiction (Dan Brown, Steve Berry, Valerio Manfredi) and espionage/tech-thrillers (Tom Clancy, Craig Thomas).

Problem is that with work and the backlog I have in books I want to read plus movies and TV-series I want to watch, I don't have enough time to do them all

I'm a casual reader I guess. I prefer non-fiction books. I will buy a book even it is expensive but not over RM100. Spend quite a lot on books and magazines. My whole room full of books. I dun throw away old books as to keep for collection. Sometimes will borrow books to my friends but I always warn them to take care of my stuff.

I love books, have been collecting them since my childhood. My parents complain about them all the time. My retort is always "Better I spend on books than on cigarettes, clubbing, drugs etc...right?" Then they have nothing to say LOL.

I love working with them too. I worked in a book rental shop, but quit because cannot tahan the pervy boss anymore.

My favorite books are Mystery/Suspense. But I do read romances, chick-lits etc too, when I find one that strikes my fancy.

This post has been edited by hazel_amanda: Mar 12 2009, 12:56 PM

Casual reader. I used to dislike books when I was a kid, but now I appreciate them. I have a big weakness for bookstore coupons and it always tells me I must get a book or else....

im a casual reader
-generally, i purchase 3 books monthly
-i can spend all my savings on books
- i should never walk pass a bookshop, as i can never resist the temptation to step in
- i was a librarian bk in high school. Spent my time reading books instead of taking care of the library
- my shopaholic nature is stirred vigorously when i enter mph, borders, kinokuniya or any bookshops actually. or even when i see a thread in lyn selling 2nd hand books
- my ultimate passion is books
- i collect all my books
- i only allow trustable family members and friends to read my books as im afraid of losing them
- i visit my uni library quite often
- i never miss the books section in newspapers-star, nst, sun and ect
- i treasure all my books
-when i get a new book, i stare t it as if its some highly sought after possesion of mine
- i read lots of different materials ranging from novels, to magazines, newspapers, journals, articles and so on.
- i dream of being a writer or journalist some day
- i can crap up 3-4 full pages of essay in a matter of 30 minutes

I read literature, military, business, philosophy, strategy, psychology, law, language and my professional life: IT books. And I have much knowledge. I don't read novels or comics, it wastes my time, and it depends on which new area I want to study.

wah...you bukak a 4 year old thread.

Wah, sounds like an interesting selection. Just right up my alley, except for IT books, bleh! Man, you really ought to share the list from your library...

If you ever have any used books you'd like to get rid off, you should PM me.

Yea i agree with agewisdom too. by the way, what's in military books? you focus on their strategy? or?

Military books? Yeah, more on the strategy and as well as the human side of things.

For instance, Hannibal's campaigns in Rome was quite interesting. Hannibal's use of psychology and understanding Rome's commanders weaknesses help in in overcoming so many odds and come out victorious, only to be undone by the bad decisions made elsewhere. The Battle of Trebia and Battle of Lake Trasimene was very interesting.

Try Rome 1 historical battles on Youtube or Decisive Battles documentary for details.

On n off will be for me

I read books which i'm interested in, no novel, during kids i read comics, got the whole edition of dragon ball and doraemon but went to boarding school and my mom sold it of to recycle apek

Mostly biography, non fiction bio, love to read how other peoples think and overcome their life

Recently pick up books by nick vucinic and james bowen

Yesterday teman my mom jalan and saw 3 books i'm interested

My secret sister, how to think like steve jobs and another one bout a ship stranded with her crew during ww

But got no more budget for it

And one weird thing is i love to read facts

Wow, interesting thread.

Not really a Bookworm.. but am trying to "cultivate" the bookworm within

Just curious, how many times do you guys read a book?

does it depends on the "interesting-ness" of it? or ..

This is interesting so here is my list =D

I read whenever I can and when I do, I get glued to the book.

I have like, 4 storage boxes of books (because I have no space to keep them in shelves) and a huge stack of unread books waiting to be opened by mua.

I do not like the idea of lending my books out, even to a family member. It's a no-no for me as I do not know how they will handle my books.

Dog ears on books makes me cringe >.<

I've spent about RM700 just in a week during the Big Bad Wolf sale.

I have to force myself not to go into the book store whenever I pass by it as I would be sure to buy a book or two.

let me bump up this thread. I'm considering myself a seasonal bookworm, sometimes i'm very lazy to read anything or i can be a monster reader.
Anyways books never fail to amaze me

- the first place that i will go at shopping mall is a bookstore
- enjoys the smell of a new book
- 90% of my books are wrapped
- can read a 200+ pages novel only for 2.30 hours
- will persuade my friends to read the same book i read
- 80% of my money during childhood until now spend on books