Reading vs Browsing Books

[Neena]

I always feel curious about this fact that browsing books in library, book stores or online for me is equally exciting as reading a new book .....it fills me with excitement and energy...I'm the only one like that or everyone else feels same too?

[Shriya]

Neena

I love browsing pictures with images, but I agree with you, I have stood in stores read first page then judged it on that, without reading reviews, recently new member of Goodreads it has made me want to read reviews ask more then go with my gut!

[Omar]

Sometimes, when feeling down or after a bad result I walk around the book store, looking at jackets and reading blurbs. Even just opening a random page from the middle to take a peek. It has a calming, almost meditating feeling.

[Ahtims]

I love browsing, I cant explain the quickening of the heartbeat, the restless eyes, the trembling hands - when I see books lined up in a library or a store.

[Mansee]

:) Crossword/ Landmark or any other book stores fill me with that energy and happiness which I cannot describe!

[Anbu]

Wherever I go, I could never avoid stopping by it and browse through few books in the book store there, if any.

[Kunal]

i love reading more. it's a quieter activity. i find browsing alright but it often rattles me.

[Anbu]

Kunal wrote: "i love reading more. it's a quieter activity. i find browsing alright but it often rattles me."

Of course Kunal.. Browsing cannot be compared with reading pleasure..

But There is something in browsing books in Book stores and libraries that gives a special kind of happiness..

[Suchitra]

Kunal wrote: "i love reading more. it's a quieter activity. i find browsing alright but it often rattles me."

i like browsing.....not for too long though....after a little while, i want to stop and start reading!

[Suchitra]

Neena wrote: "@ Kunal may be with time you ll get to that level or may be everybody is different"

neena!! u do not know kunal yet! he is no novice! he is an author!! and a poet and i think makes films too!!

[Suchitra]

Saurabh wrote: "Yes I feel the same way. I guess it's only natural for a book lover to feel excited just looking at the shelves full of new, unread books. It's like rows of books calling you to come and pick them ..."

exactly!

[Shriya]

Hmmmmmm Neena :)

[Preeti]

Sometimes, I spend more time browsing books than reading in a day, especially, when I am done with a book and haven’t started with next. I just can’t find myself stopping from checking recommendations, seeing what’s new and further cascaded views based on genres and so on. I look for reviews and then add onto my goodreads and scribd tbr lists. At the end of all the exercise, I find only few books getting short listed. It gives me hope that there is still room in tbr list for next search :)

[Makrand]

Preeti wrote: "Sometimes, I spend more time browsing books than reading in a day, especially, when I am done with a book and haven’t started with next. I just can’t find myself stopping from checking recommendati..."

This is EXACTLY what I do & even though it's oddly satisfying just to shuffle through various lots of books, it's a real tragedy that it eats up so much reading time!!
However, this year i sort of reduced my book browsing fetish by almost 50% by preparing a list of books to be read for the year , recording them in a log and most importantly following the list :P

[Ahtims]

I too do the same . I don't even feel guilty ¯\(◉‿◉)/¯

[Makrand]

Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "I too do the same . I don't even feel guilty ¯\(◉‿◉)/¯"

Haha but your reading rate makes me feel guilty even more :(

[Shoa, @TheCupboardUnderTheStairs]

Ah, if only I spent a bigger fraction of the time that I spend browsing books on *ACTUALLY READING THEM*.

[Shoa, @TheCupboardUnderTheStairs]

Makrand wrote: "Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "I too do the same . I don't even feel guilty ¯\(◉‿◉)/¯"

Haha but your reading rate makes me feel guilty even more :("

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