Well I dont read much at all anymore, at least until the last couple years. Last year I started reading running books and currently half way through Maffetones TBBOER but havent read a page since spring. I'm also reading book about scenic places and things to do in Ohio, or at least I did on my last couple plane rides.
The few things I read from time to time are more non-fiction, instructional, or documentary type stuff. But I've found recently I just like to unwind with pure fantasy/fiction. Just gives me a break from real life which is often desperately needed lol.
Now this may bring to light my weird nerdy side but its me so no sense hiding that I'm into some Japanese Anime. And not the ones for kids but ones more for teen+/adult with deeper plots and story lines and more graphic, etc. Never thought I'd be into Manga too (thought 'comics' were kind of silly to be reading as an adult) but I ended up getting really involved in one series and the anime ended but the manga continues so I have been reading the manga for the series Claymore. After I got over my notions about comics, and learned how to read pages backwards (Japanese read from top right to bottom left) I am just amazed by the Claymore story, and its about the only thing I've read for entertainment in a decade+. If anyone has any interest in anime at all, more specifically a medieval - period fantasy, with some supernatural thrown in, and a vampire-hunter like twist, then give Claymore a try. Its totally awesome IMO and isnt your typical anime/manga in many unique ways. I dont know if manga really count for this thread but it is what I'm reading and in book like format.
Book #1 cover from the manga (left), and anime promo pic (right).
The few things I read from time to time are more non-fiction, instructional, or documentary type stuff. But I've found recently I just like to unwind with pure fantasy/fiction. Just gives me a break from real life which is often desperately needed lol.
Now this may bring to light my weird nerdy side but its me so no sense hiding that I'm into some Japanese Anime. And not the ones for kids but ones more for teen+/adult with deeper plots and story lines and more graphic, etc. Never thought I'd be into Manga too (thought 'comics' were kind of silly to be reading as an adult) but I ended up getting really involved in one series and the anime ended but the manga continues so I have been reading the manga for the series Claymore. After I got over my notions about comics, and learned how to read pages backwards (Japanese read from top right to bottom left) I am just amazed by the Claymore story, and its about the only thing I've read for entertainment in a decade+. If anyone has any interest in anime at all, more specifically a medieval - period fantasy, with some supernatural thrown in, and a vampire-hunter like twist, then give Claymore a try. Its totally awesome IMO and isnt your typical anime/manga in many unique ways. I dont know if manga really count for this thread but it is what I'm reading and in book like format.
Book #1 cover from the manga (left), and anime promo pic (right).