I am a Reader!?

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Moushmi Radhanpara

16.05.2018

I am pretty sure that many of you here will be book readers, so much so that reading would be an inseparable part of your life. Yes, I’d say that too, that I love reading books, I love to get lost in an imaginary world. But today I read something which shook my beliefs, that I was or am a book reader.

So I say that I read books, but how many, which ones? There are so many books and which ones do I pick?

I know the quantity does not matter, the quality does, but wait till you read this..

What do you say now? 😀

I am not much of a calculative person, but I am pretty sure that I am not reading since I was 5, I sometimes take more than a week to complete a book, and what more? I might not even live to be 80.

So I don’t even read 1% of fiction, non-fiction that is available to me and I call myself a reader?

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56 responses to “I am a Reader!?”

myexpressionofthoughtsblog

16.05.2018

Love reading but I am a slow reader !! It’s on mood !! Sometimes I finish in 3 days or sometimes more time like fortnight!!
My only purpose is to enjoy reading

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  16.05.2018
  
  That’s quite a take you have on reading 🙂
  
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aguycalledbloke

16.05.2018

Good morning 🙂

I had books read to me at 5, but l didn’t start reading for myself till about 7. When l guess l read about 1 a month, by ten it was around 5 a month, by 14 l could read 7 – 10 Pan Horrors in a weekend and probably a further 6 books during the week. But l was younger then, so could absorb more.

Since turning 20 however, l dedicated time to reading whereever and whenever l could and vowed to read between 50 – 80 books a year, which l have maintained since then. 35 years of reading and still as the quote above suggests, l have even really begun to read by those statistics.

Interesting post indeed. Right, best get on reading again 🙂

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  16.05.2018
  
  Oh my, my!! I am inspired!!
  I agree as we grow older we tend to lose on reading with other responsibilities.
  But as you said, we should get on reading 🙂
  Thanks a lot for stopping by and leaving behind your experience.
  
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aguycalledbloke

16.05.2018

Pleasure my friend 🙂

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Ben Aqiba

16.05.2018

Hi Moushmi,

interesting calculation. Well, I believe that we need to be very picky with books. It is not important how many books we read, but what is real important is that we learn something new from every book we read. There are many books that only occupy our memory.

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  You are absolutely right ben.
  
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The Boring Bug

16.05.2018

Would reading human faces count as one? 😅

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  You wish 😀
  
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the_aestheticspirit

16.05.2018

You must be a bibliophile but now I am a bit curious of what are top favoraite genres and top 5 current recommended books?

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  I could be called a bibliophile. But I don’t have favourites. I am up for anything except horror.
  Though some of my all time favourites are-
  Eat Part Love; Pride and Prejudice; Great Expectations; Kafka on the Shore and many more but only these come to my mind right now 😀
  
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  1. the_aestheticspirit
    
    20.05.2018
    
    Yeah same here. I cannot really read horror.
    Pride and prejudice yesss it’s a beautiful book and I love the movie more. Your have a good collection but I agree it’s hard to choose favorites. Good to know more about you.
    
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  2. Moushmi Radhanpara
    
    23.05.2018
    
    Same here darling 🙂
    
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Sachin Gandhi

16.05.2018

I am a bad reader of books. I do not have patience to read books hahaha

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  You are missing out my friend.
  
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  1. Sachin Gandhi
    
    18.05.2018
    
    Haha yeah!!
    
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Shayra

16.05.2018

Ohh, shocking revelation !. Though it take many days to complete a book if one is occupied in job .

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  I agree.
  
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  1. Shayra
    
    18.05.2018
    
    Yup, how r u .
    Good to see you after a long .
    
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  2. Moushmi Radhanpara
    
    23.05.2018
    
    I am good. How have you been?
    
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  3. Shayra
    
    23.05.2018
    
    I’m also good dear 😊
    
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Timeless Classics — Poetry by Ana Daksina

16.05.2018

You can call yourself a reader, my friend. 😊

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  Thank you dear 🙂
  
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  1. Timeless Classics — Poetry by Ana Daksina
    
    18.05.2018
    
    😊
    
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Adi

16.05.2018

Not a reader since 5 , just fell in love with books few years back and now after your interesting post i guess its a long way to go…And Happy reading to you…

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1. Moushmi Radhanpara
  
  18.05.2018
  
  Happy reading to you too 🙂 We have a very long way to go..
  
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