<p>well guys, like they all say, "read early on in high school so u do well in SAT and college". I personally find Reading Boring. Some may say its fun and interesting, but i would rather play video games. Who begs to differ? Gimme some opinions and reasons to change my mind.</p>
<p>if you plan on attending college, then you should read. why? so you can get used to it. You'll be doing tons of reading in college wether you like it or not. :/</p>
<p>correction: reading is mostly boring. if you can find a specific author/genre that interests you, whether it be stephen king or dectective novels, then it can be quite intriguing.</p>
<p>video games are addictive but personally, i think they suck all of your brain cells out and reduce you to a potato chip in front of the tv, goggling and twiddling your thumbs.</p>
<p>i started reading from a very early age (my mother threw the TV out to promote reading) so I guess I'm pretty lucky.</p>
<p>READ!!! IT FOSTERS IMAGINATION!!!! It's why HP books are better than the movies (which leave out too much stuff). Besides, if you want to be an achiever, people will look down upon you if you don't know the classics, or at least some modern stuff. Read, dammit!</p>
<p>I agree with ILuvA's. I firmly believe that if you don't like to read, you just haven't found the genre/author for you.</p>
<p>Go to the book store and pick up and skim (read the back cover and the first page or so) of at least one book from every genre. I can almost guarantee that you will come away with at least one book that interests you.</p>
<p>What are some books that you MUST read? Like any good classics you recommend? </p>
<p>Romeo and Juliet does not count.. Haha!
Nor does Utopia!</p>
<p>I loooove anything that Tamora Pierce writes. She does Medieval Fantasy.</p>
<p>They're kind of geared towards young girls though, so I don't know how much you'd enjoy it.</p>
<p>Hmmmm. <em>Thinks</em> I'm not really into any of the classics at all.</p>
<p>The Odyssey is good, but try and find like a translated version, or an annotated one or something...otherwise it's REALLY hard to understand.</p>
<p>Stay far away from Jane Eyre and Frankenstein, I couldn't make it through either of them. And Great Expectations...it took me like a month to read that one (and it NEVER takes me that long to read a book).</p>
<p>Of the "classics," I love anything Jane Austen.</p>
<p>Ahhhh. I've never read anything by her, I'll have to check it out. :)</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice- one of my all time favorite books. Emma would be second.</p>
<p>(Besides HP of course. :D)</p>
<p>XD of course!!! (It took me less than 24 hours to read HP7. Lol.)</p>
<p>I know, HP isn't so bad, the fourth book took me about five hours or so.</p>
<p>yeah, um, start with the harry potter books. I mean, they're supposed to have general mass appeal or something.....</p>
<p>I don't know, what's your reading level? For someone who finds reading dull, and a boy at that, I certainly wouldn't reccomend P&P, even though it's one of my all-time favorite novels. My brother is a tenacious reader and hates Jane Austen. </p>
<p>What do you like? What's your guilty pleasure? Do you like rocks? Do you like the lives of bratty society girls? </p>
<p>If you're not a very advanced reader, start with preteen books, which generally find much, much more fun than adult books. Like Holes, by Louis Sacher, (sp?), or the Artemis Fowl series, by Eoin Colfer, which most boys seem to enjoy.</p>
<p>Christ, if you really hate reading, start with Goosebumps.</p>
<p>I have tried numerous times to read Shakespeare, the Brontes, Virginia Woolfe (sp?), Sinclair Lewis, Charles Dickens, and Scott Fitzgerald, and it's all so boring. The only reason classics are respected is because they're old, not because they're good books. I like detective novels, and every one that I've read was written brilliantly compared to Scott Fitzgerald or Emily Bronte.</p>
<p>You just have to read what you like.</p>
<p>my reading lvl is high and i have read many classics like 1984. But thats only cuz i was forced to read. Gha, and i dont play tv games, i play computer online games lol. Sigh, i dont like reading cuz the games are much more stimulating. Lol More advice??</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>If you go into it with the mentality that it's not going to be interesting, it's not going to be interesting. You have to go into it with the mentality that it might possibly interest you.</p>
<p>And you're going to have to read books you don't like in college, so you better get used to it.</p>
<p>I love both reading AND videogames, and I agree when everyone else says that you should try and find the right genre.</p>
<p>Take a hint from the games you play; if you like fantasy rpgs, read some fantasy novels - very popular (among boys!) is the Wheel of Time series. You can also find countless other, shorter books in that genre.</p>
<p>If you like shooters/political or strategy games, go for something with a modern espionage/political intrigue theme. Again, plenty there. </p>
<p>Though it's true that videogames can be more stimulating than books, books can also provide stimulating escapism. They're also very convenient - just chuck one in your bag and you're ready to go. And you won't have to worry about running out of batteries.</p>
<p>Also, one more often misunderstood book form - the graphic novel. In some comics, the images are just as stimulating and interesting as any graphic you'll find in a videogame (and better quality) and they also come in many different genres, much more serious than the kiddie comics most people think of when they hear 'comic books.' Check out the graphic novel section at Barnes and Noble - even if you don't like the Japanese manga-style novels, you'll be surprised at the variety available.</p>
<p>And they also make Halo books. Just saying. XP</p>
<p>Oh, and HisGraceFillsMe - I ADORE Tamora Pierce. ^_^</p>
<p>YAY!!!</p>
<p>None of my friends have ever read her so I have no one to discuss her books with. :) Which quartet was your favorite? </p>
<p>I've always been a hardcore Protector of the Small fan. My mom bought me "Squire" for Christmas one year, and that got me hooked.</p>
<p>I try to find an author that I like before just looking at good books.</p>
<p>For me it's Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>He's the shiznet.</p>
<p>I've always wanted to read Protector of the Small, but I never got around to it. I love "Circle of Magic" and "The Circle Opens" quartets, and I have mixed feelings about "The Will of the Empress" despite its awesomeness.</p>