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| | | I said "sometimes," but it's closer to "rarely" | May 26, 2013 |
I have to really make the effort to set the time aside. I feel so much better when I find the time to read.
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It's hard to find time with an 18 months old that refuses to fall asleep on his own. And work and household and and .....
| | | | neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 18:47
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First thing in the morning, if there is nothing pressing in my inbox, I usually have a quick look at the papers online, and a couple of minutes checking out the comments on articles soon makes me glad to get back to work, usually thinking "there but for the grace..."
Then I usually check proz to see if there's anything similarly outrageous or merely interesting, before getting down to the daily grind.
As for offline reading... when I eat lunch out, usually about 4 times a week, I usu... See more First thing in the morning, if there is nothing pressing in my inbox, I usually have a quick look at the papers online, and a couple of minutes checking out the comments on articles soon makes me glad to get back to work, usually thinking "there but for the grace..."
Then I usually check proz to see if there's anything similarly outrageous or merely interesting, before getting down to the daily grind.
As for offline reading... when I eat lunch out, usually about 4 times a week, I usually read a local newspaper.
Books are prohibitively expensive in Spain, so for leisure reading I tend to make do with whatever books people leave behind when visiting. There is an English (and other languages) bookshop in Valencia where you used to be able to take books back once you'd read them and get credit towards subsequent purchases, but my friend who ran it has passed it on to someone else and they now only accept one book at a time and give you a euro or two off the normal price. I was rather miffed when I found out, having taken 5 books back expecting to get a another free while clearing some much needed shelf space, only to be told to bring them back one at a time. The upshot is that I'll probably just sell off the books I'm finished with at local flea markets or give them away to expat pubs or similar, as the city is 40 minutes drive away and it really isn't worth the bother gong all that way for the sake of a euro or two. ▲ Collapse
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I find time to read newspapers and magazines almost every day, either first thing in the morning or in bed before getting to sleep, though making time to read books is quite a challenge...
| | | | Ty Kendall 
Reino Unido
Local time: 17:47
hebraico para inglês
| Really??????? | May 26, 2013 |
neilmac wrote:
Books are prohibitively expensive in Spain
Out of interest, how much are they??
| | | | Thayenga
Alemanha
Local time: 18:47
Membro (2009)
inglês para alemão
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Aside from the daily newspapers, all the translation related reading and the "author's" reading, there is hardly any time left to sit down and enjoy a good book....says the one who has just ordered a new book.
| | | | | Do you know about Bookcrossing, Neil? | May 26, 2013 |
neilmac wrote:
Books are prohibitively expensive in Spain, so for leisure reading I tend to make do with whatever books people leave behind when visiting. There is an English (and other languages) bookshop in Valencia where you used to be able to take books back once you'd read them and get credit towards subsequent purchases, but my friend who ran it has passed it on to someone else and they now only accept one book at a time and give you a euro or two off the normal price. I was rather miffed when I found out, having taken 5 books back expecting to get a another free while clearing some much needed shelf space, only to be told to bring them back one at a time. The upshot is that I'll probably just sell off the books I'm finished with at local flea markets or give them away to expat pubs or similar, as the city is 40 minutes drive away and it really isn't worth the bother gong all that way for the sake of a euro or two.
Their blurb: "Welcome to the World's library!
It's easy to find books, share books, and meet fellow book lovers. "
There may be BC "meetings" (reading and book trading parties, really), near you... or other BC members close to you, with whom you can trade books... Bookcrossing isn't all about releasing books into the wild. It gives you access to more books. In all languages. Some members even do random acts of BookCrossing kindness, and will send you books... free! http://www.bookcrossing.com/ Spanish site: http://www.bookcrossing-spain.com/
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| Every night. | May 26, 2013 |
One of the joys of being self-employed is being able to read at night before I go to sleep, as long as I want, and then sleeping long enough to wake refreshed the next morning. Naturally, when I have a tight deadline I may have to limit either reading or sleep time...
| | | | jacana54 (X)
Uruguai
inglês para espanhol
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| Varies from day to day | May 26, 2013 |
but I feel lost if I don't have a novel on my night-table.
Sometimes several days will go by before I can get to read a few pages, and other times I have the energy to gobble them up.
Books are very expensive here too, but I have several friends with whom we have an informal book club: and we lend each other whatever falls into our hands and later exhange comments.
And there is a "librero de usados" (used-book store) quite close by, where I can sort throug... See more but I feel lost if I don't have a novel on my night-table.
Sometimes several days will go by before I can get to read a few pages, and other times I have the energy to gobble them up.
Books are very expensive here too, but I have several friends with whom we have an informal book club: and we lend each other whatever falls into our hands and later exhange comments.
And there is a "librero de usados" (used-book store) quite close by, where I can sort through their piles of very dusty books - they usually have treasures hidden in masses of trash.
If everything else fails, I buy from Amazon or spend time trying to learn the differences between, for example, "chloroceryle amazona" and "chloroceryle americana" from another pile of books on my night-table.
Neil, my husband is enjoying dozens of free books on his Kindle... would that be an option?
Um abraço, Madalena, and happy reading to all!
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I more than sometimes read news and other articles on the Internet.
| | | | Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 17:47
I have said no, because although I read a lot of interesting articles online, I seldom get to curl up with a paper novel of my choosing.
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Kay Denney
França
Local time: 18:47
francês para inglês
| If I didn't read | May 26, 2013 |
I would go mad. So I read. I read for at least half an hour while I drink coffee in the morning, I read in the Metro any time I have to travel across Paris, and I read again for at least half an hour before going to sleep at night.
Talking about paper books here. Of course I read loads of stuff on the computer too.
| | | | Yaotl Altan
México
Local time: 10:47
Membro (2006)
inglês para espanhol
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Yes, reading is important to keep learning what's going on in the world and in translation.
| | | | | Have to find time... | May 26, 2013 |
...because without a few pages of a book of my liking I find it almost impossible to get to sleep. So my enjoyment is an addiction which causes me problems when I can't get my fix!
As for getting hold of those books, I have a range of sources. I'm very lucky to work alongside four or five other people who like the same kind of reading - novels and detective stories in English, and we all lend around, as well as grabbing from second hand stores in the UK when we visit. Further afield... See more ...because without a few pages of a book of my liking I find it almost impossible to get to sleep. So my enjoyment is an addiction which causes me problems when I can't get my fix!
As for getting hold of those books, I have a range of sources. I'm very lucky to work alongside four or five other people who like the same kind of reading - novels and detective stories in English, and we all lend around, as well as grabbing from second hand stores in the UK when we visit. Further afield, my mother has access to an English language library where she lives (plenty of ex-pats to support this in Javea/Xàbia a couple of hours south of Neil), so I speed read when I visit, and there is also a Book Crossing point not far from her house, where I occasionally get lucky. Inexplicably, the second hand book stores are v expensive there. As, for that matter, are the prices which people choose to put on their second hand books in the bookshop in the street where I work in the city of Avila (individuals do their own pricing and the bookshop takes a cut).
And, since my mother has a Kindle, but we recharge it via my computer, I can download the free books onto my computer. Don't know if that's an option if you haven't got a kindle, although I think it is - I've just had a nose around and here's a downloader: http://kindle-for-pc.en.softonic.com/download
Maybe I'm lucky that my memory is not wonderful and that I am no longer a spring chicken, because I get to reread most of my favourites without being too distracted by remembering the plot!
Edited for this PS: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_161475487_3?ie=UTF8&docId=1000425503&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=right-4&pf_rd_r=1302DZNF8D41BZJH82XT&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=256387787&pf_rd_i=1000577623 This provides you with downloads to read kindle books on a variety of other devices. Key to debate about reading books on paper vs on screen....
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