Comments for Loridani http://blog.loridani.net Life is a full-time job. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The constant reader by Laur http://blog.loridani.net/2008/05/16/the-constant-reader/#comment-43 Laur Fri, 16 May 2008 07:53:26 +0000 http://blog.loridani.net/2008/05/16/the-constant-reader/#comment-43 I think reading can also be a form of escapism... like soap operas. What kind of person, I often wondered, sits there and and watches episode 1 of <insert name here>, knowing there are 5000 more to come? But it's hard to draw the line. Most of the time we enjoy a book not for what we learn from it, but for what it makes us feel. And different people need to feel different things. I think it's safe to say that learning from books is just collateral damage. I think reading can also be a form of escapism… like soap operas. What kind of person, I often wondered, sits there and and watches episode 1 of , knowing there are 5000 more to come? But it’s hard to draw the line.

Most of the time we enjoy a book not for what we learn from it, but for what it makes us feel. And different people need to feel different things. I think it’s safe to say that learning from books is just collateral damage.

]]> Comment on The constant reader by Shefaly Yogendra http://blog.loridani.net/2008/05/16/the-constant-reader/#comment-42 Shefaly Yogendra Fri, 16 May 2008 06:26:17 +0000 http://blog.loridani.net/2008/05/16/the-constant-reader/#comment-42 "You are what you read". I could not agree more. I do start wondering almost immediately about people who read trashy fiction though... Do they want to live fictional lives? Thanks for stopping by at my blog earlier. “You are what you read”.

I could not agree more. I do start wondering almost immediately about people who read trashy fiction though… Do they want to live fictional lives?

Thanks for stopping by at my blog earlier.

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