to not read Books?

[VinegarTits]

what the title says

I would rather watch telly

audio books have been around for decades...will never replace books....books are wonderful...i spend hours in waterstones..i love the smell of new books...and old ones.

I when to Borders last week to buy a book for my dad for fathers day, i came out in hives

i would have thought they would throw you out for sniffing the books

Has anyone seen that Asimov thing about the Bio-Optic Organised Knowledge device?

I love books and find they take less effort than TV - you ca drift off / stop paying attention if you want to without having to skip back, you can re-read bits if they don't make sense.
Can't imagine ever getting one of those book-replacement tablet things either - just won't be the same (but ask me in 10 years time )

I don't like this 'books=inteligent, tv=thick, you must read'.

I am bookworm and hate tv (but i'm thick ). DH is VERY intelligent and he doesn't like books.

And tbh i'm more suspicious when i visit a house with many books in the living room, when they have study room and could keep them there. 'oh lets display Pluto here so visitors can see that we read'

yes, that's v.true laquitar...i know some very intelligent people who don't read much at all.

UD you mean the BOOK?

Agree Laquitar, I read trash, so IMO it's no better than watching Eastenders in book form!
DH has always been very impressed by my reading capacity, but I pointed out to him, I'm not reading War and Peace, and I "switch off" in exactly the same way as he does when he watches TV.
I do think reading everything and anything as a child helped my spelling / grammar / vocabulary / general knowledge though.

I agree with Liquitar, doesnt mean i am less intelligent than someone who reads a lot of books, although the person reading the books would probably disagree

I consider myself to be a bright, articulate individual, i've been to uni and have a good career, not reading has never hindered my aspirations

"Reading maketh a full woman, conference a ready woman and writing an exact woman."

obviousely it didnt help mine , . ok i don't read in english much, more in my tongue language.

Lazy.

Of course yANBU.

But I have to admit the mere thought of not reading or even wanting to read makes me feel quite ill. I need to sit down.....

Lazy

Yep, i already admitted that

There's nothing lazier than lying around reading
Oh yes there is....lying around MNing!

Love books AND tv to distraction.

I read books everyday, but I also watch The Hills (so sue me)

I'd go cold turkey without either...

I read MN, tis where i get all of my knowledge and wisdom

who needs books

I know, that's why I felt comfortable making the accusation

my excuse is, i overload my brain with information through my job when im not mning, so by the time i get home my brain only has enough room left to process crappy tv, i find it relaxing, i find reading, well, a bit stressful and hard work

do what i do VT...don't read the books..just sniff them.

One thing reading lots of books or any other media of different types does do, is give you the vocabulary to articulate what you see and feel about the world around you. I've noticed that my ability to hold a really good, detailed, stimulating conversation with real confidence has dropped off in recent years and I'm convinced it's related to the lack of reading I've done as an adult. It doesn't have to be 'quality' tomes - War & Peace et al, but reading in all it's forms truly does enrich us in ways that we don't always realise.

I too used to devour books as a child - there was nothing that I wouldn't read, the tv listings, cereal packets, ingredients lists, timetables, absolutely anything, anything at all. But I just haven't had, or made, the time more recently. And I think it shows. I suppose there's the argument that reading is by nature a solitary activity, and it's easier to delude ourselves that by sitting in front of the tv with a partner, we're still spending time together. I mean, we are, sure, but it's probably not what we really mean by quality time?

I do like the smell, and i like looking around bookshops and finding odd titled books, like 'fish who answer the telephone'

And i like books with pictures

lol VT, i do believe you are taking the piss...

DP honestly, i am not, ok i may be taking the piss out of myself (i like to do that a lot) but i really do not enjoy reading books