reading

[Damblynge]

I know this isn't about skating and I apologize but I was wondering if any of you guys read much. I was talking to some of my classmates and was surprised by the fact that most of them have not read a book in well over a month. So I asked around my school and found that basically only 10% of my grade reads anything other than magazines or school related books regularely. Am I alone or do you find this a bit disheartening for the futur of or society.

p.s. I am not a nerd. (I think :-8: )

[edward]

theres a general section at the top of the forums for general stuff like this.

nope, i don't read much. i just find it too boring. i can't explain it, but unless its in transworld then i really can't read for more than 5 minutes without falling asleep, books are more powerful than sleeping pills to me. really i don't even like sitting that much, i'm a pretty active person so that probably why i don't like reading. i'm in AP english tho.

[juggle]

I just read American Skin by don de grazia. ****ING AMAZING
I read for school april morning, but im not reading the other book it looks gay its about unicorns.

[Damblynge]

I know there is a general section but I want to know if many skaters read which is why I posted in the skateboard section.

[bmmetcalf]

I owe the school money bc my teacher forced us to get books and read em. I never read it and I left it in the locker room. It got wet and now I own 1 dollar before I can start school again.

[China Skate]

When I read I usually wonder off in class to looking at some girl. Staring actually.

[sk8erdude333]

theres a general section at the top of the forums for general stuff like this.

nope, i don't read much. i just find it too boring. i can't explain it, but unless its in transworld then i really can't read for more than 5 minutes without falling asleep, books are more powerful than sleeping pills to me. really i don't even like sitting that much, i'm a pretty active person so that probably why i don't like reading. i'm in AP english tho.
agree...AMEN!!!!!

[Damblynge]

I'll take this as a no.

[Le_MoNaDe]

readings boring... ive only read one whole novel book in my life and that was like 3 months ago... and im 17... haha, its hard to sit still reading... but movies do the work for me anyways...

[ChibiNinja]

I like reading. I don't read very often, but every few months I'll pick up a couple books.

And next Summer will be the best summer for reading - Harry Potter 7, woohoo!

[sango2730]

I love reading. I love sci-fi stories.... Stephen King is the best. Darren Shan is a good writer too. Its the only thing that doesn't keep me from falling alseep in class (eve though it gets me into as much trouble as sleeping does.... but I take everything in..... I'm a living sponge). But yeah, you're not alone.... and you're not a nerd..... at least I don't think of it that way.... I think of reading like I think of photography & skating.... just another hobby.

[Dr._Skate]

lately the only thing i have read has been skate mags + my learners permit book thing

[Koolaid]

I like reading. I don't read very often, but every few months I'll pick up a couple books.

And next Summer will be the best summer for reading - Harry Potter 7, woohoo!
Theres a 6th already? o.o Id like to say i read alot but i dont really... well i dunno.

[HELLonWHEELS]

I don't read too much for fun. I read a lot for class

[kcirtap]

i like to read before i go to bed, im not an all nighter person, well, not on weeknights, the week mostly consists of weeknights

[Bakerbum211]

i like to read before i go to bed, im not an all nighter person, well, not on weeknights, the week mostly consists of weeknights

You and me have nothing in common.

I PARTY BY MY SELF ALL NIGHT LONG!

[Jimmy]

I like to read, but i cant find any good books to read so i dont. Most books i read in class, I hate, but sometimes I find a good one by myself, and its interesting so i like it and i will read it.

[spitwater]

i read. and i like reading. some of my favorite authors are tom clancy, robert ludlum and dan brown.

[Le_MoNaDe]

And next Summer will be the best summer for reading - Harry Potter 7, woohoo!

gee when will you kids grow up... harry potter is so gay and crap! lol, oh yeah i read skate mags and stuff... (mostly look at the pictures :P)

haha in the july thrasher of that guy falling off the roof trying to ollie over the fence... looked sore..

[crazy_dave]

I read. I used to do it all the time before i went to bed or if it was raining, but not as much now. I dont really have a favourite author though. I read all the Lord of the Rings books and The Wind Singer series.. I'm currently reading 'The Runaway Jury' by John Grisham. Last book i read before that was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night' By Mark Haddon.

[Blind Sheppard]

I read loads but at the moment i'm having to read some dull books for my philosophy class next year.

[DVSkid94]

I used to read every night before I went to bed but not so much anymore.

[ChibiNinja]

Theres a 6th already? o.o Id like to say i read alot but i dont really... well i dunno.


GAAASP! YES. It came out like, last Summer or something... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

[ChibiNinja]

gee when will you kids grow up... harry potter is so gay and crap! lol, oh yeah i read skate mags and stuff... (mostly look at the pictures :P)

haha in the july thrasher of that guy falling off the roof trying to ollie over the fence... looked sore..

Harry Potter is good. You don't even read books, where do you get off saying it's not?

[Damblynge]

I read. I used to do it all the time before i went to bed or if it was raining, but not as much now. I dont really have a favourite author though. I read all the Lord of the Rings books and The Wind Singer series.. I'm currently reading 'The Runaway Jury' by John Grisham. Last book i read before that was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night' By Mark Haddon.

The wind singer is a great book but I cant find the third.

[crazy_dave]

Great books! I got the third one its called 'Firesong'. Get it ordered in at your local library?

[Dookie416]

i dont like reading, it's too boring, while some of you guys read at night i'm watching skate videos, or tv. dunno how that motivates a posotive society, but i just hate reading.

[skateblank714]

haunted by chuck paluhuniuk or whoever you spell his last name, is a book im reading right now, author of fight club if youve seen that movie, i just love his style of writing.
a book i read before was the "catcher in the rye" also a great book, written in the late 40s but it shows just how similar life was for a teen back then.
harry potter i liked when i was twelve, you outgrow that shit
i always liked treasure island for some reason, read it about 5 times a while ago, i cant really remember what other books ive read, by myself. I read clockwork orange at school and liked it a lot, there were some others but i cant remember their names.
I hate hamlet

[AdioBird52]

I read sometimes. Eoin Colfer books are my favorite. NOT the Artemis Fowl stuff, but the Supernaturalist and The Wish List.

[-noxi-]

I usually like reading, just I don't do it too often. I pretty much just skate.

[gmgsci]

The only book I ever enjoyed was Big Trouble.

[skaterat]

I read for an hour everyday during my lunch break. It's a great way to forget about work and drift off to another time and place.

[gmgsci]

Books are fun to sit on.

[Whitney]

I totally hate reading. I would rather be watching TV or skating, but I do read books for school. But one thing that I noticed, is that after I stopped reading so much (about 6th grade is when I got tired of it), I started reading a whole lot slower in school, and it seemed like my mind just slowed down thinking. So I've been trying to read a little more in my spare time so I'm not a total retard. It kind of scares me...Anyone else feel like this?

Last book i read before that was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night' By Mark Haddon.
I'm reading that now becuase it's on my "required summer reading list". I had a whole list to pick from, and that one looked best. Then I have to write some weird report thing on it. I just started it...is it any good?

[gmgsci]

Let's just say, my whole 8th grade depended on one thing...

www.bookrags.com

I am so glad my friend told me about it.

[Whitney]

^ Haha I use CliffsNotes.

[winnipegdizzle]

i use sparknotes.com

[XBLinK182sk8rX]

I like Steven King, Dean Koontz, and Bentley Little books. Like the horror genre. I also like the Harry Potter books too. I don't read that much but those are the books I read when I feel like reading or when there's nothing else to do.

[crazy_dave]

is it any good?

Yeah its pretty good, really funny. Plus its set in England! Boo-ya!

[Mr.42]

The last thing I read was the Declaration of Independence. Before that it was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

I'm also reading a lot of college textbooks, like on biology, history, math, etc. I also read every Transworld I get.

[goofy>everyone]

im a big harry potter fan :)
i also have read the lord of the rings trilogy a few times
thats about it

[Grinding God]

Love reading. Read The Bourne Supreacy the other day actually.

[swifty]

I love to read, right now I'm trying to finish a Clive Barker book but ever since I took my UNIX/C++ class I think I got over loaded now I don't read as much as I used to.

[Punk Sk8r]

wow not that many readers i myself love to read but i think i only enjoy the Harry Potter series its so coesy to read on rainy days!!!

[thelemon32]

I just read The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time

[GrizzledJASPER]

im a big harry potter fan :)
i also have read the lord of the rings trilogy a few times
thats about it

Read The Hobbit.

[swifty]

Yes the Lords of The Rings trilogy including the Hobbit are great.
A must read, if your only going to read four books they are the books you should read.

[Bakerbum211]

The only thing i read is porn..............

[Blind Sheppard]

Then your pretty pathetic.

[Ramp]