Comments on: Are You a Reader or a Watcher? http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Pop culture news and analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jenroland http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-64 jenroland Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:49:31 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-64 Lea, That was exactly what I did. I quit reading any books that taxed my brain at all. I read a lot of Mercedes Lackey on my breaks! I love them because you can read a book in a day or two, and they are involving, well-written stories that don't require me to soliloquize about themes and symbolism. Lea, That was exactly what I did. I quit reading any books that taxed my brain at all. I read a lot of Mercedes Lackey on my breaks! I love them because you can read a book in a day or two, and they are involving, well-written stories that don’t require me to soliloquize about themes and symbolism.

]]> By: Lea http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Lea Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:29:24 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-63 I find I'm doing the same thing now too. I used to devour like 5-8 books a week as a kid and in high school. I still love reading a really good book, but I find I'm doing it less and less now that I'm at school (actually, I do basically no rec. reading at school) and have so much reading to do for my coursework. I've definitely noticed a trend as I shift away from books to tv, and to the internet as well. It's easier escapism for me. I find that when I do read books for fun they're kids books, or well, adolescent books on like fantasy stuff. I've been really into Tamora Pierce, which I'm revisiting from my childhood. It's all really fluffy stuff, no deep philosophical meaning or commentary or the human condition, but I guess some reading is better than no reading. I find I’m doing the same thing now too. I used to devour like 5-8 books a week as a kid and in high school. I still love reading a really good book, but I find I’m doing it less and less now that I’m at school (actually, I do basically no rec. reading at school) and have so much reading to do for my coursework. I’ve definitely noticed a trend as I shift away from books to tv, and to the internet as well. It’s easier escapism for me. I find that when I do read books for fun they’re kids books, or well, adolescent books on like fantasy stuff. I’ve been really into Tamora Pierce, which I’m revisiting from my childhood. It’s all really fluffy stuff, no deep philosophical meaning or commentary or the human condition, but I guess some reading is better than no reading.

]]> By: jenroland http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-62 jenroland Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:18:16 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-62 One of my favorite assignments in high school was to compare the book and the movie adaptation. Like Leslie, sometimes my mind is too tired to read. Like Rob, sometimes I think we have dumbed ourselves down by our reliance on technology. And like Lulu, I really do love both. Here's a follow-up question: Do you anticipate or dread movie adaptations of your favorite novels? One of my favorite assignments in high school was to compare the book and the movie adaptation.

Like Leslie, sometimes my mind is too tired to read.

Like Rob, sometimes I think we have dumbed ourselves down by our reliance on technology.

And like Lulu, I really do love both.

Here’s a follow-up question: Do you anticipate or dread movie adaptations of your favorite novels?

]]> By: LuLu http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-61 LuLu Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:36:19 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-61 I love both and force myself to make time for both! :) I love both and force myself to make time for both! :)

]]> By: Rob http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Rob Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:19:48 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-60 This is a stupid question. Movies and TV serve up a predefined reality for viwers--books force them to create their own. Books will obviously be better because the movies you create will incorporate your own experiences and needs. Movies just might make us all dumber while making us think we are smarter because we now know the story of Beowulf or whatever. This is a stupid question. Movies and TV serve up a predefined reality for viwers–books force them to create their own. Books will obviously be better because the movies you create will incorporate your own experiences and needs. Movies just might make us all dumber while making us think we are smarter because we now know the story of Beowulf or whatever.

]]> By: Leslie http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/03/are-you-a-reader-or-a-watcher/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Leslie Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:46:05 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-59 I like books better than movies, but sometimes I just don't have the brainpower to read. I like books better than movies, but sometimes I just don’t have the brainpower to read.

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