All things being equal, when it comes to books...

Started by Martinus, May 05, 2015, 12:38:44 AM

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...do you prefer to read

fiction?
12 (48%)
fact?
13 (52%)

Total Members Voted: 25


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Berkut

I've always been pretty split, and that hasn't really changed much. What has changed though is my tolerance for poor fiction - a lot of stuff I used to think was readable I don't have time for anymore.
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Sheilbh

About 50/50, but more in waves than an even split.
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The Brain

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Habbaku

Primarily non-fiction, though I've been branching off to novels lately.  I am pretty picky about the novels I deign to read, however.
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HVC

For historical stuff I prefer documentaries. To read I prefer fiction.
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KRonn

Pretty evenly split for me between fact and fiction, and I probably read more fiction lately as it's reading for entertainment. Sometimes I can really go through a good fiction or sci-fi novel fast. Historical fiction is good as it sometimes has a good historical background to the story, so kind of both there fact/fiction.


dps

Quote from: Berkut on May 05, 2015, 09:25:12 AM
I've always been pretty split, and that hasn't really changed much. What has changed though is my tolerance for poor fiction - a lot of stuff I used to think was readable I don't have time for anymore.

Same here, pretty much.