Never reads!

Another bookworm here hollysteers. No, not judgemental about non readers. I often find those who like a lot of tv, Netflix etc don’t have time to read. Our leisure pursuits just suit ourselves I suppose that’s best. Each to their own!

I don't know anyone who doesn't read for pleasure! I certainly wouldn't look down at someone who didn't read but I would be sorry that they didn't know what they were missing.

No, everybody can pick different hobbies

I can't imagine life without reading. DD had no interest in books while she was at school (so much for living in a house full of books being an encouragement) But I kept pushing interesting ones in her direction until she was hooked. People do have strange ideas about culture though. I once spoke to an acquaintance about a play I'd just seen. "Oh" she said "We don't go to live theatre" she made it sound as if I was talking about nude pole dancing! I don't think she read very much either.

None of my 7 grown grandkids are book readers I guess their phones are their books They were all brought up with books

I was an avid reader until my eyesight became difficult for a number of years, and I thought when my eyes were restored
I d go back to reading but I just can’t get back into it now I ve tried and tried it’s very weird Read a few pages then it’s gone I really miss it and do keep trying

So now you know someone who can’t read for pleasure grandmabatty

Just been talking about this with 2 GSs: one (15) has a brain like a planet and reads and reads; the other (12) doesn't read hardly at all, but loves audio books. They are just different people; neither better than the other for reading or not.

My second son was never a reader and still isn’t but strangely he encourages his four little ones to read. He takes them to the library and they have a house full of children’s books which are avidly read by all of them. The eleven year old is not allowed to watch a Harry Potter film before she has first read the book.

Bluebell I meant in my circle of family and friends. But I'm happy to count you in that circle 😊

I am not judgemental. I know people who do not read. I had a friend who rarely read, I sometimes found it a bit awkward because what I have read forms part of who I am and what I talk about and when I did this she considered I was flaunting my bookishness and trying to put her down. I wasn't, but it ended I sometimes stilted conversatiosn because I was self censoring everything I said.

Everyone is different. I always have a book on the go. My DH might read one when we are on holiday. 2 DDs read a lot and belong to a book club. The third reads a book occasionally. Her 7 year old either has a book or some sort of craft in his hands. Little one seems to be following. Eldest GS will devour any reading about cycles but not much else.
I have friends that I swap books with and some that only read magazines. I certainly don’t look down on any of them.

My GC never read. I find it strange, I couldn't be without a book. They think it's only old people who read,

Luckygirl3

Just been talking about this with 2 GSs: one (15) has a brain like a planet and reads and reads; the other (12) doesn't read hardly at all, but loves audio books. They are just different people; neither better than the other for reading or not.

Visual learner and auditory learner.
Both equally valid methods.
It's strange, and sad, that visual learning tends to be perceived as superior 🧐

My grandkids read while they were school age but none are pleasure book readers as adults I think they read enough on their phones it’s just different
I do miss reading and do try
Hi grandmabatty👋

Have always loved reading.

Only started going to the library again just before Covid- one of the best things I ever did. I suppose up until retiring I didn’t have the time to read much.

Often read in the evenings if there is not much on the tv.

My DH rarely reads, he was not brought up in a reading household, and is a slow reader.

I was on my own most of yesterday, and spent most of the afternoon reading. You are never alone if you have a good book.

Both AC and GC are omniverous readers. The living room was taken over by heaps of books after Christmas present opening., as ever. All our houses are lined with bookshelves.

We do read fiction, but most of the books are factual rather than fiction.

I'm another one who used to read loads but since I was ill 18 months ago I find it really difficult to engage with books.

I read in bed for about an hour every night before turning out the light. My e-reader goes on holiday with me and I also took it into hospital with me when I was undergoing elective surgery recently.
I do know people who never consider reading anything more than a shopping list or recipe card........that's their choice and I would not criticise or berate themas it is non of my business.

I am a reader, always have been, as is one of my daughters. My other daughter and my son, never read.
Two of my granddaughters, cousins, were real little bookworms, we would have lovely days out at Waterstones, but sadly, that’s drifted off with social lives and phones.
It makes me sad, but I accept it’s the way things are.

One of my sons has always, like me, been an avid reader, while the other has never been the least bit interested in reading fiction, although he did love to be read to as a toddler. His reading outside of school has been limited to non-fiction since he was about ten.

Of the 4 dgc, the eldest (12) has loved books from a very early age and he is an avid reader, but the other three show very little interest in reading for pleasure, especially the 18 month old, whose interest in a book still rarely lasts more than a minute, as he would rather be constructing things.

It would never crossed my mind to be judgemental of people who don't read - not unless they were in some way belittling those of us who do like to read, anyway.

One of my sons who loved reading when he was young, now never reads. My other son is the exact opposite and is now a really keen reader.
Myself, I read a lot and always have. I would be miserable without books. I go to the library once a week, and also have a kindle which I enjoy.
I hope I would never look down on anyone who didn't read.
We are all different.

No I agree, I sometimes feel they are missing so much, but they could just as easily say that I miss out on so much because I don’t participate in sport, or want to go on massive roller coasters, or any of the other things their lives are packed with, so horses for courses I guess.

I have always been an avid reader. DH never read books until he married me. There was no money for books when he was growing up in a large family. Like most teenagers my children lost the habit of reading for pleasure but came back to it in adulthood. I hope GS will be the same as he is following the pattern - gone from a bookworm to having to have a gun to his head! What is most sad is that there is such a decline in the culture of parents reading to children, or of children having books to read at home in many households these days. It impacts so much on their education if they are not fluent readers.

Our youngest grandchild has just started school, and our oldest is twenty five this year, so we have a playroom full of toys, and literally hundreds of books, and there are many more in their bedrooms.
As the youngest will also be the last, I decided a massive clear out was in order, I have so many books in bags for the charity shop, I felt really sad getting rid of them, some have such lovely memories, but I really hope they will find their way to children who will love them.

I feel really sorry for people who don't read. I learned to read early and just love disappearing into other worlds and meeting other people in books.