Do you like to read?

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D you like to read

Poll ended at Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:35 am

Yes
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Do you like to read?

Post by Ender Wiggin »

I guess that pretty much everyone here is a musician. So... do musicians like to read? What are your favorite books?
I do. Sci-Fi. My favorite s Ender's Game and Hyperion.
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In the sci-fi/fantasy genre I've greatly enjoyed George RR Martin's A Saga of Ice and Fire, a multi-volume series still incomplete after 4 excellent installments (A Game of thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows).

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I read frequently - I'm currently working my way through all of Thomas Mann.
My favorites include Oblomov, Good Soldier Svejk, Doktor Faustus, Faust, Les Miserables, Don Quixote, Moby Dick, and The Magic Mountain.
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Yes!

Currently, I'm casually reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy (that is, I pick it up every few weeks and read a tiny fraction). It is an amazing story. :)
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well i think every living person on earth like to read, the last book I read was "why beethoven threw the stew" by Steven Isserlis, so good you guys have to check it out someday
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I love reading. I think reading helps me with interpreting piano pieces because I can use those stories I read to go along with the piano pieces I play. I happen to be very fond of Russian classic novels. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should read? I've read Anna Karnenina and The Idiot.
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Try some Andrei Makine - Russian born 1957 - living in France since 1987. "le testament francais" is the only novel to win both Prix Goncourt and Prix Medicis. It is a lovely read. Reading is still a live tradition in Russia... we all have a book tucked away for when you are stuck in a queue in the bank or post office... or just on a tram or in the metro.
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thanks
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I don't really enjoy reading. For me, reading is a means to an end. If I want to learn something, I go find a book about it and read it, but reading is not something I do in my spare time for entertainment.
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Only when its not assigned by my English teacher....
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Post by XKYing2012 »

Who DOESN'T like to read would be a more interesting question....but I love reading so I can't say anything. Fantasy, mystery, murder, anything you name it!
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I like reading. The last book I read was "Master and Margaret" by Mikhail Bulgakov. I love this book. Actually it was the 3rd time I read it...
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Yes! I'm reading 'the only dance there is' Ram Dass
About this guy's flowering enlightenment and how he incorporated all of his learning into modern city living. Under 300 pages!
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