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Do your summer reads differ from those of the rest of the year?
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Jul 03, 2012 06:01AM
Inspired by this debate in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/...
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Not really. Sometimes I read books by authors from the country I'm going to on vacation, but that's it.
The town in which I spent 12 summers had a one-room library. It had one shelf of new books - in those days, generally the latest John Irving - and after that most of the books had been around for a couple of decades. I read a ton of classic SF and mysteries and horror: Stranger in a Strange Land, Jaws, Fletch, etc. Anyway, that's what I think of when I think of "summer reading" but I don't adhere to it anymore. My reading isn't particularly seasonal.
I think my reading habits are pretty much the same year-round. I might pick up a little more fluff than usual for a beach read, but I would also do that if I were going on vacation in December. I've also been known to read dry nonfiction at the beach, so...
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Not a seasonal reader at all. I read what I have available to read.
Sometimes I use holiday time to reread favourites - I can put it up and down easily in order to make a sandcastle, cook tea, rescue a child from the water...
I don't think my reading habits change with the seasons at all, but we don't usually take summer vacations (husbands work schedule is too busy).I wonder if summer reading habits change for students who have more time to read during that time or for people who only read when they're on vacation.
What I read doesn't change at all in the summer because I will read most anything. However, I do get more reading done because I don't have classes to worry about. Well, I usually don't unless I decide to take a summer class but I don't often.
A small bit.. I find that I like to read mor holiday stories in the winter.. Althought recently I read a Christmas story..
This summer I have concentrated on those books I should have read a long time ago but have not yet tackled.
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I never read for the season. I read according to my mood or what calls to me at the time.
Susan wrote: "I never read for the season. I read according to my mood or what calls to me at the time."Me three.
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