Fantasy Aficionados discussion

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entert...

Hmm. i think i can be Delayed Onset Type one, and chronological. I think they are missing a few types of readers, though--their list gives too much space to non-readers.

I can't pick just one:

1. The Sleepy Bedtime Reader not the only place I read, or the only time, but my favorite place to read is my bed.
2. Delayed Onset Reader #1 I really do buy more books than I could ever read.
3. The Chronological Reader I'm a one book at a time reader.
4. The Bookophile mostly old pulp books, I can't leave them.
5. The Cross Under when I was a teen I wouldn't be caught dead with a YA book, now I don't care.
and on occasion... 6. The Hate Reader I'll fess up to it.

I'm an "It's Complicated" Reader. You are a combination of many of these things and yet completely different, too. Each book means a new type of reader exists in your soul; you refuse to be defined or categorized. You are a freeform, wild, woolly entity. You do whatever you want. You're probably a pisces. You're definitely a reader.

Becky wrote: "I'm an "It's Complicated" Reader. You are a combination of many of these things and yet completely different, too. Each book means a new type of reader exists in your soul; you refuse to be defined..."

Lol! Perfect!

I'm a Libra, but close enough. ;)

I read one at a time, and if it is a saga or so, I read the whole series... since I pick the good ones, at least so far, it pays off, especially with stuff like Malazan book of the fallen main series :)))

oh, the link, lol

chronol.r., delayed onset r. 1, it's complicated r. :D

I am glad they added an addendum because none of the first several were me and yet parts of many of them were me. So, yeah, I am in "it's Complicated" reader.

I'm a delayed onset reader #1, bookophile, and multi-tasker. I have 13 books in progress right now, so multi-tasker is a huge understatement.

Didn't notice there were more, I'm The All-The-Timer/ Compulsive-Voracious-Anything-Goes Reader.

And I have a The Cat.

I think I'm The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader. I might be "It's complicated" too.

And I need help with book buying. I need to stop. Unread pile is ever increasing in my apartment. (And that is when I'm trying to reduce my spending :( )

The Cat was pretty funny.

Soan--have you joined the TBR Pile challenge? :)

Not yet. I think I will take it up for 2013. I'm trying to finish FA list this year :) I was actually being really good at the start of this year. Then I discovered book section of my local Salvos. It's so hard not to buy those pretties sitting alone and so cheap as well. (That's how I justify these buys to my bf)

Oops, I didn't see the second list either. I'm also an All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader and a re-reader.

My first instinct was to say I'm a compulsive reader, I actually thought about it...though I do always have a book with me, I can't read before bed or when there are people talking next to me - I always find other peoples conversations too interesting to ignore (most of the time). Compulsive that is not.

Delayed onset reader #1 , really you can never stop buying books. well, at least I can't.

Multitasker + Re-reader. Usually the re-read is my "book on the side" =]

The Critic + the Hate Reader, which kinda go hand in hand for me. I like to pick apart books because it means I'm picking apart my own brain, too. I tend to pay more attention when things disappoint me or piss me off. You like what you like, right? There's more to explain when you don't like something, imo.

I really like the article they linked to, explaining a Hate Read:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entert...

Its a concept I can agree with. My most recent read, Cry Wolf, was a perfect example! I hardly liked anything about the book, but somehow I enjoyed it anyway. =/

I am a Chronological Reader. I like to enjoy one novel at time. If I like a series I prefer to read it straight through. If I like a book and it is not a series, I want to keep reading similar types of books, books, either from the same author or that take place in a similar setting or time period. I also have Delayed onset reader tendencies. There are a few books in my shelf that I bought and am waiting to read. I used to buy books all the time until I recently I learned how to order books online from the library.

I'd say I'm a "It's Complicated" Reader as well.. That's the closest fit at least, I'm a little of everything. And yes, I am a pisces :P

I'd say I'm a bit of a Chronological Reader, a Cross-Under, and the Critic.

I am a sleepy bedtime reader. A bad way to read a recently I have started to doze off too quickly...

It`s definately hard to pick just one.

I`m a hate reader in that I just won`t DNF a book. Definately a delayed onset reader 1 and a multi-tasker. I`m probably an It`s Complicated reader too.

I told myself that I pretty much got to keep the steady pace of reading at least something every day, making myself a day off only when resting after tough read days... this way I keep going through books with a fairly good pace, while managing to keep attention to some details and such

cos I somehow think that if I stopped for more days or so, excuses to do something else would pop like plague, pushing me further and further away from the books until I would end up reading very little or nothing at all within months or years time... and so I keep reading each day, to take daily portions of this spirit meal, lest I get away from the addiction LOL :)))

Delayed Onset Reader #1 - but sometimes add years to those days, weeks, and months. Still trying to get through stuff from the mid- to late-90s.
The Cross-Under - because a good book is a good book. Period.
The Multi-Tasker - the 16 books on my "currently reading" shelf are testament to that.

I've been a Cross-Under but not all the time. I also am a full-time Multi-Tasker (mostly because I start a book between having to read stuff for class and get interrupted) and a Delayed Onset Reader #1. I also am very familiar with The Cat.

I'm a little bit of:
Delayed Onset Reader #1. (view spoiler)[You are without a doubt a book lover, and when you walk into a bookstore or any place books are available, you can't help yourself, you buy one or many. When you get home you put them aside, often reverently, as if they were art, displaying them on a bookshelf or propping them up on your bedside table, pages ready to meet your eyes as soon as you have the moment. But you're very, very busy, and days, weeks, or months may go by before you actually crack open one of these books. It's not for lack of trying! When you finally do, you will be overjoyed by all the learning and emotional depth and humor and writing quality that exists in this book that's been sitting within reach all along, and you will be amazed that you waited so long to ever open it. (hide spoiler)]
Mixed with:
The Bookophile. (view spoiler)[More than reading, you just love books. Old ones, the way they smell, the crinkles and yellowing of the pages; new ones, the way they smell, too, the crispness, running your hands over a stack of them at the bookstore. You like books rescued from the street as much as signed first editions; you like drugstore paperbacks, you like hardcover new releases, you like it all. You just like books. To you, they are an object of beauty, and you would never, ever hurt them in any way. (hide spoiler)]
and
The Cross-Under. (view spoiler)[You are a grown-up who reads Y.A. or kids books, or a kid who reads adult books, and there is a place for you in society, finally. Your existence acknowledged after so many years, you no longer have to feel shame at your questionable reading habits but can instead bask in the admiration of book blogs and feel a part of the vanguard. You are not ruled by categories; you are a free thinker. When you were in elementary school a librarian told you a book was "Too old for you." You read it anyway, and there's been no going back. (hide spoiler)]
with just a dash of The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader. and The Re-Reader.
:D

I'm a Bookophile as well. I like the hunt of used/independent book stores.

Definitely "Bookophile". With a bit of "It's Complicated". I have "The Cat". :)

Ha ha...I'm the Chronological, Book Buster who sometimes enjoys Crossing Under and fast becoming a Multi- Tasker. That's what I get for joining Goodreads. It's all good.
;)

I'm mostly a Delayed Onset Reader #1 but also an All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader - I read when I'm in queues, while I'm drying my hair, waiting for my pasta/rice to cook, at half -time if I'm watching the footie, even while brushing my teeth with electric toothbrush - I mean 2 mins is a long time just staring in the mirror so may as well read a couple of pages, eh? ;-)

Looks like I would be a combination of the he All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader and the Re-reader.

I read all the time (I'm dangerous waiting in lines if I don't have a book with me) and if I don't have anything 'new' I will go back to the old favorites as I can't sit without a book.

Oh...shucks! I forgot the re-reader!!!
That makes me a chronological book re-reader
buster, crossing under multi-tasker.

Such a Delayed Onset Reader #1 (like most people on this thread :D) and a bit of the Multi-Tasker. I can read more than one book at at time but they have to be from different genres.

The cat one made me chuckle at the end. HAHA.

I think im definately a The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader. I can't even leave the house without a book under one arm, I get halfway through a book and have to buy another one just to make sure I don't end up in a position with nothing to read, even if that means stepping away from waiting for new books from my favorite authors to try something new. I've even been known to take a book along on nights out just to give me something to read in the taxi home when im drunk out of my mind.

I hear you on the compulsive. I always have something to read with me.

The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader.

The Sharer.

The Re-Reader.

The "It's Complicated" Reader.

Delayed Onset Reader #1.

The Bookophile.

I was a cross under but not now.

and

The Multi-Tasker.

Carol wrote: "I hear you on the compulsive. I always have something to read with me."

Yup :) I think I've noticed some friends avoid me when I've not got a book close by because im usually in a much worse mood for not having one.

I think I`m a combo of the multi-tasker, the chronological reader, & the Cross Under. As kid I would read stuff like LOTR, Shakespeare, etc. And now as an adult I read YA. LOL!

Ironic!

Well, YA isn`t the only thing I read. Heh heh.

Richard wrote: "I think im definately a The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader. I can't even leave the house without a book under one arm, I get halfway through a book and have to buy another ..."

Absolutely. I freak people out sometimes because I'll be reading a book while waiting in line at the store or the bank. My life is pretty busy. I have to squeeze in reading whenever I can!

Forrest wrote: Absolutely. I freak people out sometimes because I'll be reading a book while waiting in line at the store or the bank. My life is pretty busy. I have to squeeze in reading whenever I can! "
I've done that too--not sure if it freaks them out as much as it makes them label me the freak ;) But what else are you going to do standing in line? It's totally boring! Plus, then I maintain a good mood because I'm enjoying my read.

I guess I'm the The All-the-Timer/Compulsive/Voracious/Anything Goes Reader. If nothing else is available, I'll read a cereal box. If I can't read, I'm often thinking about what I have been reading.

Nora wrote: "The Hate Reader: I will finish it - even if I hate it.

Delayed Onset Reader #1: Compulsively buying books and then not reading them for months (or even years)

The Cross-under: There are some gre..."

17 books at the same time? Wow! I used to joke that I read books like I eat, 3 per day. :-)

Forrest wrote: Absolutely. I freak people out sometimes because I'll be reading a book while waiting in line at the store or the bank. My life is pretty busy. I have to squeeze in reading whenever I can! "

I reckon I can top that, I read while walking anywhere, I seem to have also developed a 6th sense for the location of lamp posts, and people as I seem to be able to avoid them even when looking at a book :P

I've seen a woman in the neighborhood walk while reading. Now that is one skill I haven't figured out--i'd be covered in bruises by the time i finished.

I'm an It's Complicated Reader and definitely a Re-Reader. The books/authors that I love I stay loyal to. I re-read them all the time. Strangely, I'm a Pisces too, like several others here who admit to being an It's Complicated.
I'm also a bit of a Bookophile and a bit of a Critic. As a Bookophile, I love looking at books, holding them in my hands. The recent closures of several bookstores in my area is almost a personal tragedy. And as a Critic, I love it here, on GR. Reading reviews and writing reviews is rapidly becoming my favorite pastime, second only to reading books.

I could read while walking. You have to have good peripheral vision. But then again I like to see what & who is around me so I don't do that. :-)

Carol wrote: "I've seen a woman in the neighborhood walk while reading. Now that is one skill I haven't figured out--i'd be covered in bruises by the time i finished."

I learned this skill while in graduate school at UW-Madison. People actually kind of move out of your way if you walk with your nose in a book. You can do two things at once and you get the added benefit of learning new adjectives and nouns in several different languages if you keep your ears open.

I've done it for years. It's not the best habit in the world, lol. Sometimes you hurt yourself.

It's not like there are a ton a people walking in our neighborhood that I'd have to avoid them. But I'd trip on a stick, or a crack in the sidewalk, or a hickory nut some squirrel demolished on the sidewalk and end up breaking something.

Carol wrote: "It's not like there are a ton a people walking in our neighborhood that I'd have to avoid them. But I'd trip on a stick, or a crack in the sidewalk, or a hickory nut some squirrel demolished on the..."

Those squirrel accidents are no accident. I think there's a squirrel conspiracy.