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BAD READING HABITS?
I'd say my worse habit is either trying to read too many books at once.. OR, when the book comes to a slow part, I tend to skip a few pages, only to realize that I missed something important and have to back track.
It's not a bad reading habbit but I think I just ad it. Although I have like 40 books at home that I've not read yet I still buy new once.
I start too many books before I've finished any of them, then a couple months later I'll have to restart at least one of them because I've forgotten what happened.
I have a completely unintentional habit of letting my eyes skip ahead during really crucial moments in a book. I'll be at the end of the book or at the finish of a chapter, and like the final paragraph of the chapter will be on the right page while the point I'm at is on the left one, and my eyes just kind of jump over to the end even though I don't want to know what happens until I get there! And then I start almost reading backwards until I get to the point I was supposed to be at :P
Dorottya wrote: "I have lots.My biggest one, is I think, that I start reading a really huge book, but of course I realize later that I'm gonna have no time to read it, as I have to travel a lot to run errands, an..."
I have the eating habit too, but about not having room to carry the big books, I would totally suggest getting an ereader or an ereading app such as Kobo. It's so great that I can take my reading anywhere and read it in little 15 minute free times I'll have. Also, if you're reading multiple books, or finish one and want to read another immediately, you have all of your ebooks with you :)
though some don't like reading books from a screen, so this is totally just a suggestion :)
Rose wrote: "It's not a bad reading habbit but I think I just ad it. Although I have like 40 books at home that I've not read yet I still buy new once."I do exactly the same thing, especially if I was reading a series and just bought the next book thinking I'll read it, but then I've lost interest, and I'll buy the next one that catches my eye :)
Another bad habit of mine is that I'll see how many pages I have left in a chapter to see if I can finish it before whatever I have to do, and then the chapter ends so suddenly or with such suspense that I end up reading the next chapter, and then the next until I'm forced to stop to do what I have to do (or I just ignore what I was supposed to do). This has kept me awake all night thinking "I'll go to sleep after this chapter" lol
Dog earing pages is probably my worst bad habbit, although i only do this when i dont have a book mark and if its not my book. If it is my book i dont even like to crease the spines let alone bend a page lol :)
And another one of my bad habbits which i probably do too often is skip BIG paragraphs or boring bits
Oh, I'm doing the worst thing ever, well maybe it's not that bad... but I have to read the last sentence of the book. It can't really tell you anything, but still...why risk? Oh, and also, I eat chocolate while reading, books and chocolate= not a very good combination...
Maya wrote: "Oh, I'm doing the worst thing ever, well maybe it's not that bad... but I have to read the last sentence of the book. It can't really tell you anything, but still...why risk? Oh, and also, I eat ch..."I used to do that too (read that last sentence/page) but most of my books now are ebooks, so it's too much of a hassle to turn to the last page and back ^_^
Oh, and ANYTHING I use for a book mark, I end up chewing it or figetting with it until it's not even (or barely) usable as a bookmark anymore :P (I only really chew it if it's plastic like an old gift card or something, but still a nasty habit)
Bad habits...I also tend to peek the end and also only when the story isn't going the way I thought and suddenly I think tragedy is going to happen and I want to make sure it doesn't and if it does I feel bad for cheating and worse to know I'll feel like crying in the end too.Another one although I convinced myself it's really not a bad thing, I always finish the books I read, even when they're boring and awful. I keep saying myself that's my way of "honoring" them...but sure I feel like giving up at some point and this leads me to read without interest or skip long descriptive parts...thankfully, this doesn't happen as often because I tend to be very selective...
@Misty when I was at college I did that on a weekly basis. For every book I read I have purchased about three or four! In fact, most of them are still on my to-read list!
Patricia wrote: "Another bad habit of mine is when I read, I sometimes zone out and I have to reread sentences or even a whole chapter again and again until I focus again. "LOL I do that too.
Rose wrote: "It's not a bad reading habbit but I think I just ad it. Although I have like 40 books at home that I've not read yet I still buy new once."I did that yesterday. I have a 100 and something books on my shelf and I went out and bought 4 more yesterday. I maybe a book hoarder...
Rachel wrote: "Another bad habit of mine is that I'll see how many pages I have left in a chapter to see if I can finish it before whatever I have to do, and then the chapter ends so suddenly or with such suspens..."hahaha i do that too! it's horrible xD but i try to read an entire chapter and then BHAM cliffhanger, so you have to continue reading the next chapter.
I didn't realize I had bad reading habit til reading these, I found I have a few of them. -Before starting a chapter I have to see how long the chapter is, I don't count the pages but I groin if I think it's a long one or a little happy when it's a short one.
-Patricia brought up zoning out. I do that too, be reading and all of a sudden I realize I have zoned off so I focus back on the book and I have to re-read what I just read so I know what I missed. I laugh at myself sometimes when I do that.
@Misty - I have that bad habit too! It got so bad I had to impose a self ban on myself until April 1st from buying more books just to read the three tower high stack by my bed.It has it benefits: I've discovered some great books that made me remember why I wanted to read them in the first place.
Haya wrote: "Reading reviews or listening to my friend's discussions. Totally spoils the surprise. -.-"I spoiled a book once by reading the reviews, so now I leave that for when I'm done with the book.
I used to zone out too, but I started forcing myself to focus. Interesting enough, it helped me focusing in my studies too. o_O
The worst for me is lending a book and forgetting or losing touch with the person I lent it to. For the most part if it is paper back not a big deal .. but when I lose those hardcover =( Out there somewhere someone has my first edition hard cover American Gods
My worst reading habits are flipping through the pages to the next chapter to see how long or short it is, and taking a five minute break after reading like 15 pages at a time.
my problem is that I don't sleep and probably neither eat if not was for my mom and that I spoiler to the people because it so stupid that they've read it yet. I trying to control me.
Another bad reading habit I have is when I really don't like a book I'll read it as fast as possible just to get rid of it.The more sensible solution would probably be to stop reading it but my stubborn ways sees it as 'I've paid for that book so I'll damn well read it.'
I have sooo many bad habits that I do when I'm reading. 1. I'll be reading in bed and it'll be really late, and so I'll say to myself, "one more chapter, at the next chapter go to sleep," and I'll carry on reading and forget so I skip past the beginning of the chapter, and so I keep reading until I'm so tired that I practically fall off the bed lol
2. When I have a bookmark I will put it either under my leg, or in the front or back cover of the book, then when I need it I will check all the places it could be and not come to the place it actually is until last!
3. I don't read in the bath (I'm too scared of dropping it, and also I don't like baths) but I will read anywhere and everywhere, and people tend to get annoyed sometimes.
4. I don't know if this is bad or not but when I like a book/series, I get majorly obsessed, like, MAJORLY. But my friends and I have agreed that obsessions are OK.
When I start a book, I have to finish it no matter how boring it is or no matter how senseless it is. I keep telling myself that something good will happen or that there's going to be a big plot twist in the book somewhere and I just have to keep reading to get to those parts (unfortunately some books don't have a very interesting plot twists). I feel like I owe it to the author to finish the book they wrote and worked hard on for months, regardless of how boring or senseless the book is to me.
Patricia wrote: "When I start a book, I have to finish it no matter how boring it is or no matter how senseless it is. I keep telling myself that something good will happen or that there's going to be a big plot tw..." Patricia I absolutely agree with you and it seriously brings me to read a book like "To Kill A Mockingbird" in a matter of a couple of days :/
I tend to start reading a book, but the put it aside and start reading another book... then another... and another.. and I end up reading 7 books all at once and can't keep track of them and then I put them all down to start on a completely different book again which I read all the way through before starting another, and then the first books just lay there unread...
Patricia wrote: "When I start a book, I have to finish it no matter how boring it is or no matter how senseless it is. I keep telling myself that something good will happen or that there's going to be a big plot tw..."I admire you.. If I don't like a book I leave it. sometimes I'll pick it up again a couple of years later and like it, mostly because I tried to read it when I was too young.
There's a few habits here:-Reading too late.
-Eating while reading, this doesn't really bother me.
-So many people say that counting pages is a bad habit? I do that out of necessity sometimes.
I used to have to read every single book through once I've started. Now, I don't have enough time for that, and I just put it aside.
Emily wrote: I admire you.. If I don't like a book I leave it. sometimes I'll pick it up again a couple of years later and like it, mostly because I tried to read it when I was too young. Same here!
A bad habit would be that I always look up spoilers online when I read a book, cause I hate surprises. Also I almost always never finish a book.. I know I know I am the worst reader ever.
When I start a book I have to finish it to the end no matter how much I may hate it (also I am a cheapskate.) I can't read several books at a time and leave them for long periods and pick it up and just get back into the story if I leave a book I have to start it again.I use to always have a sneaky glance at the last page of the book but I've stopped that now due to the fact it usually spoils it and also I'm too lazy to do it now with my Kindle.
I always read too late especially when I can't sleep I always think 'hey, reading will help make me tired' I start reading, get too engrossed and get sleep deprivation.
I also have to finish every book that I begin, even if I hate it. I also loose track of time, and often read for hours and hours on end, often forgetting to put the light on until I'm basically holding the book up to my eyes!
i always check how many pages do i have left to read.
1-I hate that I forget myself when I read , I lose track of time when I read , and if the book is awesome I can't put it down unless I finished it , or slept trying , OH MAN I remember when I started reading the game of thrones series , I thought my eyes will pop out I couldn't concentrate on any thing else .2-And I hate that I can't start a new book unless i finish reading the one before it , that would be good , but sometimes I get stuck with a baaaaad book and finishing a bad book is hard.
3-I hate that a bad book can give me a bad mood , I become like a crazy person shouting at the hero , the heroin , the author .
Oooh i have a lot of those. Like I always read the last sentence, not the whole page but the last sentence, i've spoiled so many books for myself like that. If I start a book I have to finish it, I may hate ti with all my heart and soul, I may delay reading it but in the end I always finish it. I get myself lost when I read, I mean i start reading and it's like 10pm and when i look at the clock it's 4am :D And last, or at least the last I can thnk of, I read in like the weirdest positions ever, while reading i can be found in normal spots - the couch, the bed. But I can also be sitting on the floor, or at a corner in my house, whatever I feel like :D
I yell at my books when something happens that i didnt want to happen.
Alexandra wrote: "Oooh i have a lot of those. Like I always read the last sentence, not the whole page but the last sentence, i've spoiled so many books for myself like that. If I start a book I have to finish it, I..."my daughter lies in weird ways too. She likes to lay in the on the couch with her legs hanging over. if the book is going in high action her legs start moving if it in a suspense type setting she holds them straight until she gets past hat part.
Leora wrote: "My worst reading habit is taking books into the bathtub and destroying them :P"Yea! Or worse .... taking my kindle to the bathtub! Can't loan books because this is my favourite place to read and the books are never the same afterwards
Leora wrote: "Another bad reading habit I've developed lately is spending more time on goodreads than I do reading."My list of too reads is just too long. And then I never read them, instead I just pick a random book up in the bookstore!
Kate wrote: "Leora wrote: "Another bad reading habit I've developed lately is spending more time on goodreads than I do reading."My list of too reads is just too long. And then I never read them, instead I j..."
I also have a lot of book to reads...Random books from the bookstore are good too....
i like to look how far through a book my bookmark is every time i finish reading - it either gives me a sense of accomplishment or makes me think "OH MY GOD THIS BOOK IS DRAGGING"
@ Ellie I also do this! I'm even worse on a kindle because I try to work out how many kindle pages I need to read to get to have read 1% and then I try and work out how many pages I need to read to get to certain pages and all sorts!
Everytime I read a book, I tend to read it's summary first and then read the last few pages before I start it. Weird.
1) The biggest bad habit is reading ahead....and checking goodreads reviews for spoilers when I want to know where something in a book is going. I can't just wait and read for myself. I always have to know right now!!!2) Accidentally spoiling for other people who aren't as keen to know spoilers as I am. :)
3) Buying more books from Amazon than I can possibly read. Those kindle daily deals hook me all the time.
A bad habit of mine is that I sometimes get so involved in reading that I will not do anything else; like cleaning my apartment, eating, sleeping, laundry, homework, answering the phone etc.. it is especially bad when it's a series and worse now that there's ebooks I don't even have to leave my home to buy them. lol.
I also tend to flip through the paged randomly and sometimes catch a word or phrase that kind of spoils me something... it's not usual but it's happened. Another bad habit is that I mark the words i need to look up in the dictionary, and don't do it immediately and then i forgot about them.
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