I am a reader but my family aren't

Have always been an avid reader though having cataracts now makes it difficult. I have audible but do find it annoying that you can’t buy audible books with amazon gift tokens ( which kind family and friends give me thinking it will help me buy audible books). Both my daughters love to read and all three grandchildren.

I've always been a reader , likewise my mother was. My daughter has two sons aged 6 &9 and also works so does not get much time to read. She is
now working from home plus homeschooling them so not reading at all but ensures her children are reading .
I've read 15 books this year , plus I run a book group which has gone over to hosting via Zoom since lockdown. I review books prior to publishing.
Books are an important part of my life.

Love to read and always have. When a child our library ran a ‘reading tree’ competition to read a certain amount of books in 6weeks to get apple stickers. We returned after four days to be told I had to read all the books to get stickers, my mother replied “she has!” DD reads occasionally but luckily DGS is a proper bookworm

I live in Suffolk and work at our local library - I am proud to say that due to hard work and commitment none of our libraries have closed and are very well used, not just for borrowing books but for all sorts of groups, children's activites, advice etc etc

A Home without books is like a house without windows. I quote somebody, seen on a bookmark from the library.

Surely reading is the gateway to learning??? I love reading, in the bath, etc!!!

I'm a bookworm, late DH was a bookworm, my children and stepchildren are all readers. At the dining table too (oh dear!) Current partner would like to read more but doesn't have the same drive - on the other hand he's very sporty and I ain't. It's not a problem, so far.

I was only thinking the other day what people who don't read are missing. And kids that aren't in to reading will never feel the joy of going into a library and taking out 3 books and going hime to lose yourself in that world. I don't read much these days because of a shortage of time. Although i do read lots of children's books.
But no matter how much you read to the children/gc they get to a point and they either have the bug or they don't. I buy eldest gs loads of books and this last year - he is y6 - i have really encouraged him to read every day but it is a chore the tablet is always more tempting unless it is Jeff Kinney.
I have this secret relationship with Jeffrey Archer - i absolutely love him but i loathe the fact that i do. I have even not gone to work when i have been stuck in his books. (self-employed).
On my first wedding day i was due to get married at 11.30 and i was still in bed reading Jackie Collins at 10.45! With hindsight i should have stayed in bed.
I'm not really into biographies but am a sucker for books about being adopted or foundlings or poverty stricken and hard childhoods etc - currently reading Nicky Campbell's blue eyed boy.
After reading this thread i think i'm going to revisit Sons and Lovers last read 35 years ago so i am sure it will be a very different read now.
One of my favourite books ever is Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey - highly recommend if anybody cares!
We are reading lots of Beatrix Potter at the moment and Jacqueline Wilson.
My eldest daughter was an obsessive reader but mental illness has robbed her of that joy and now her brain won't let her settle into a book which really makes her fed up.
I would get lots more reading done if i left gransnet alone too!

I think I take reading for granted as it is just a part of my life. On reflection I realise that reading has always been a source of escape, comfort, excitement and entertainment and my life would be so much the poorer without reading.
I read every day, usually on a Kindle app.

I love reading and always have several books on the go. A former colleague told me that she never reads books. Since she is a graduate, I was left wondering how on earth she managed to survive three years of serious reading. When university students use the phrase ‘I am reading SubjectX’, the word ‘reading’ is there because it reflects where a large proportion of the time goes!

I read physical books and eBooks. I haven’t tried audible books because I like to control the pace of my reading.

To Boz and anyone else concerned about printed books being hard on sore eyes, I have found a couple of things to be helpful. First, a ‘Daylight’ lamp (desktop or full-height freestanding). Not cheap but one of the best purchases I ever made, as it makes reading a printed book much easier even indoors on winter evenings and is also useful for other close work. Second, if you are up for eBooks, a PaperWhite eReader. This provides a good contrast between white background and black text and is adjustable depending on light conditions.

Life would be i mpossible without books, I always have at least one on the go. Luckily all my children followed in my footsteps and are all readers. My youngest had finished all the books in her school by the time she was 6, she had even finished the Narnia series by then and she read Lord of the Rings by age 9. Her son is just the same and always asks for books for presents. I have finally given up my most precious books from my childhood by passing them onto him, he so deserved them.

I have always loved reading as a young girl my parents use to shout at me to get my nose out of a book and do something else. No one else in my family reads as much as me. Its my way of relaxing and I read a least two novels a week, I enjoy a huge genre of book and am always open to reading new authors and genres

Reading, reading, reading!

My life revolves around reading!

I read 4 or 5 books a week.

I've got about 50 physical books waiting to be read (I buy at least 3 in the supermarket every week) and there are week over 2,000 sitting on my kindle account.

I never pay the cover price for a book, they are generally around £7.99 each but I'll pick them up at 2 for £8 in Asda.

I've never paid more than £1.00 for a Kindle book, is say at least 99% of my collection have been free.

I must have a book on hand to read, usually at bedtime.
I have a daily newspaper and having finished that I do the crosswords.
I can’t seem to get on with ebooks. Much prefer the feel of a good book in my hand.

Are you saying they can’t read or won’t read, polomint. If they are adults and they can read, then it’s their decision not to.

We have thousands of books at home, and I'm a compulsive book buyer. My Mum is a great reader, she's in her mid-70s, but my late Dad probably read just one book after he finished school. My husband's family are also big on books, and their house could be easily taken for a book shop. Thankfully, I managed to instil love of books in my younger son, who at 10 reads a lot. My elder one has special needs, so at 18 is enjoying looking at picture books, but one of his great joys is visiting the book shops and browse the young children's section. Reading is so important in my life, without it I would feel diminished. I don't think it's a generational thing, it's just a personality and all the other factors.

I have always enjoyed reading and am enjoying the reading group thread. I will always have at least one book on the go at a time and read either physical or Kindle books. My mother and l often swap books but I read non-fiction as well as fiction, which she doesn't. I have always loved poetry too. My husband likes magazines about transport and one of our sons is dyslexic and as a child it was a struggle to get him to read anything but as an adult he is making up a lost time, enjoying Ian Fleming at the moment. My daughter has always been a reader and her favourite genre is courtly historical fiction, especially Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory, which is very different from my preference.

I read all the time, I am on my third book this week. I read anything, books, magazine, cereal boxes I am a quick reader and can easily read a book a day.
Obviously when I am back at work my reading will decrease slightly, but I still read when I get chance. I read physical books, my Kindle, or borrowbox on my tablet.

I read to all my children from when they were very young, we always had lots of books in the house and used the library. Only one of my children have caught the reading habit, the other three rarely look at books.

I love to read, must have read hundreds of books in my lifetime. Great escapism, sad the library is shut as I don’t really like reading on a tablet. I have been known to finish a book in a night if I can’t wait to find out what happens next.

I'm a terrible bookworm, always a book on the go, usually on my kindle. Both my children love reading, too. I also write novels, I'm on my third, none of them published unfortunately but I love working out the plot.

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Can't live without books, I spend a lot of money buying them and having them shipped to France - I don't like e-readers.
All my family are keen readers both fiction and non fiction. I am that person who reads the cereal box and sauce bottle if they are around.

Apropos your last statement, a local French teacher confirmed with the entire class that everyone had used HP sauce.
For the next French exam paper, she reproduced the script from the bottle in its entirety
Not one 'student' recognised it

I can't sleep without reading when I get to bed and I love taking advantage of a wet Sunday afternoon to sit and read.
My dad also read anything and everything and at least while my mum was alive I was able to pass on books that I had finished!
I think that nowadays that the screen is used as soon, if not before the children leave lower school, so books get pushed on one side.
I wouldn't have missed my childhood visiting places like the Faraway Tree, the House at Green Knowe, Secret Garden and others for anything!

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I have read more since going into lockdown and now have more' must haves' ready and waiting from samples bought on Amazon.

I have always read a lot, encouraged by my mother. I read a lot to both my sons and they are both avid readers. My ex-husband 'blamed' me for that trait in them!

Jaylucy - Faraway Tree ❤❤❤