Do you prefer reading current books? Or older ones? Or outright old ones? (As in, yes, there’s a difference between a book from 10 years ago and, say, Charles Dickens or Plato.)
I tend to gravitate towards current books. That's not to say that I won't read older books, but there are so many 'new' books out there that I haven't read. In high school, we did read a lot of the classics, and while there are many that I would like to reread, there are so many other books out there that I have never read and really want to.
Now, on my TBR pile, there are books that were brand new (just released) when I got them and have yet to be read - again, so many books, not enough time! By the time I do get to read them, they may be considered old, but they will get read.
So, short answer - current books for me! What about you?
Now, on my TBR pile, there are books that were brand new (just released) when I got them and have yet to be read - again, so many books, not enough time! By the time I do get to read them, they may be considered old, but they will get read.
So, short answer - current books for me! What about you?
My answer is more or less in the same line as yours. I am always seeing or hearing of a new release, and just have to buy it, and then it sets on my shelf for a year or two before I get to it. But, my motto is: " No matter how old the book, if you haven't read it, it is new to you."
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I read anything but I think I have been reading more current books, thus if a book published in 1970s is current.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy both old and new, though the newer ones seem to have a better marketing campaign.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big library user and often wonder about those poor lonely books that are lost on the shelves, waiting to be discovered.
I need some age on my books before I read them! Here is my answer on Rose City Reader.
ReplyDeleteI find new books very attractive !
ReplyDeleteI tend to love current best sellers but I pick my books out of interest, not age,lol.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Where is time when we needed it? I, too, have lots of unread books and I everytime I look at them its seems they're beckoning me to read them! I guess it's time to pull them out of the bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteI was not too keen on current books. There are just so many of them. But I think I'll try to read one or two and maybe, just maybe, I might find myself waiting for next releases. :D
I think TBR lists naturally fill up with more "current" books than classics, since we hear them and put them down.
ReplyDeleteI mainly love the current books, too, but I'm the same way - by the time I get to some of the books in my TBR, they are no longer new. LOL
ReplyDeleteI like to read them all, but tend to read current books the most.
ReplyDeleteI tend to find something new, like it, then go back and read everything that writer has put out. So, I like both current and oldish. When I was a kid, though, my dad collected old books, so I read a ton of 100 year old novels. I had very weird reading tastes when I was a kid, because of that. :D
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