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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:24 PM Original message |
Is there such a thing as reading too much? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Only if it affects your eyesight |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Reading glasses worked |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. My grandmother used to say "You'll go blind!" |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Never ever ever. You're informed; if you're being criticized for that, |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes and no. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. there is no such thing as reading too much--I used to get the same kind of comment |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Q: "Have you read all these books?" A: "What good is a library of books that you've read?" |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. you don't read too much |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. My girlfriend reads 3 books a week |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I frequently read a book a day, and I read both fiction and non-fiction, in all genres |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I even read phone-books |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What happened to the couch banana? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Signature lines are turned off....and he's a siggie |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. yes you can |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think so. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not only do I read, I now also listen to books on MP3 when I'm in a situation... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reading shouldn't be a substitute for living. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yawn....experience life....people in books have more fun than most.. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. According to my SO, I read too much. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. No such thing. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. According to my stepfather |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. And you even use the words "every day" correctly! :) |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have seen a sort of fiction addiction in some people. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Only if you're Emma Bovary |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. just don't get caught spending too much time looking at the pictures... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. I suppose it depends... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Don't feel too bad. My mother recently told me that it was possible to be "too intelligent and |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Our marketing driven television saturated society says that any reading is too much... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Only in America. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Reading is fundamental. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I hope not (long) |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. My reading covered a lot of territory, too... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Your mother and sister are right - you should only believe things "they" say |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have to restrict myself |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Perfect Question.... |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. There is no such thing as reading too much. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. How would they know? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. We had rules about reading.Not @ dinner. Lunch, brkfst, rest of time, ok. |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. There have been times in my life when I read too much |
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