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Hello All, About six months ago I was reading a few books on Benjamin and I recall reading about some rules, or principles that he came up with. If memory serves there were 13, but that might not be correct. I tried to find the information but without success. Does anyone know what I’m...

For me, reading presents a very real experience of the story. I have a hard time with "scary" books because I really get into them and I’m often totally freaked out. It’s amazing. Once I had to sleep on the coach for a few days with the timer set. Share your stories of fear and paranoia - and...

Many television shows, and books I've read, talk about going back in time or going into the future. In Star Trek, for example, the federation has a governmental organization that tries to keep everything the same. In Douglas Adam's world such things are not to be of any concern because it's...

Confess wrinkly toed bookworms! :D And explain your position on rubber duck reading!

I loved Douglas Adam’s Hitcher’s Guide to the Galaxy. I thought it was hilarious. It reminded me of Monty Python style humor. Can you bookworms (meant in the best possible way) recommend anything of similar style or just something you found hilarious?

I’m trying to take one exam a week. I’ve got a wall chart and I’m blotting points. I hope to see an upward curve as I progress in my rigorous reading plan. My problem is – I’m going to run out of tests soon. I’ve been taking GRE verbal tests and MCAT verbal tests. I want to replace these...

Do you, experienced reader, find reading historical fiction an accurate, at least contextually, method for obtaining knowledge? Do you believe reading fiction about a very broad category such as US history would provide a reasonable frame of reference from a historical point of view? Certainly...

I came across a fascinating study by R.A. Knuth and B.F. Jones (Published 1991) which gave me some profound insights. The link above provides the whole article, but the sections: Important Findings from Cognitive Sciences and Characteristics of Poor/Successful Readers are what really impressed...

I’ve been thinking about the skills involved with reading and understanding literature for the last few weeks. This process has occupied many hours, and I’ve conclude that I was missing out on enormous development by not educating myself through reading on a daily basis. Isaac Watts advised...

I understand what you guys are talking about now! I'm reading everyday and loving it, but now a bookstore to me has because that of a drug-deal to a crack head! I have 7 books backed up!

I want to train myself for standardized exam verbal sections. Originally, I thought reading 100 fiction novels in 2005 would be more than enough, but in a post I made recently, How good is your reading , I got some feedback that tells me I might be on the wrong track. I’m going to continue with...

Are you a good reader? How do you know how ‘good’ you are? Well, for me, there are two tests that measure that. I bombed the first one (46th percentile). I take the second one this August. Read the following descriptions and tell me, experienced reader, how well do you think you, based on all...

I’m looking for entertaining chess books not relating to actually playing chess. I’ve read: 1. Chess Is My Life - Victor Korchnoi 2. Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time – David Edmonds, John Eidinow Anyone know of any good reads...

Does anyone subscribe to Wired Magazine? I would have subscribed to it before, but I got the impression it was somewhat radical? However, the last few times I’ve looked at it, I enjoyed reading it. What do you, ‘wired’ readers, think of it?

Greetings, As a new ‘serious’ reader, I’m trying to approach my reading in the most efficient way possible. I’m becoming a serious reader not necessarily because I enjoy it, but more because I want the skills associated with critical reading (standardized test anyone?) There are three...

Greetings, I just finished Fahrenheit 451. I enjoyed it, but it left me with general questions about fiction reading(mostly related to the book), to which I will employ you, dear cyber friends, to answer for me. But first, please read this paragraph from the novel: “Montag looked at the...

Greetings, As 2004 raps up I’ve decided to make reading a much more important part of my life in 2005. I must confess, as a young college graduate, my exposure to literary work is extremely limited. I’m becoming increasingly aware of the value associated with critical reading skills and...