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Has anyone else developed an adversion to reading? - Sounds strange

Posted: Jan 04, 2012

I used to read the newspaper every day. I loved reading sci-fi, mystery, and romance novels. I found it very relaxing. I order used books on-line. I have a pile of them I have not touched in almost a year. I know it is just probably psychological, but now it feels too much like work since I have been doing VR. I have found myself actually looking for mistakes. Funny - it never bothered me when I was just transcribing. Weird. Has anyone else developed this "syndrome?"

Same Here - RC

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Yup, VR put me over to the edge where I can't even read for fun anymore. Sad, but true. VR is more painstaking, but is short circuits my brain. Straight transcribing does not, because I didn't have to edit every third character. First off, I'm listening partly ahead when I'm in control, so I don't type it wrong if dictator changes his mind. Second, when I'm typing, I format as I go, not revamp an entire mess.

When I leave (and I'm going to), I plan on getting back to my reading I so enjoyed.

OMG - it is so hard - wheres_my_job

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I bought reading glasses, and that helps. Also, schedule times to read. I HATE THIS about VR. I just want out, someway, somehow. It's tough. My eyes, my ears and my hands are precious to me. Must I sacrifice them on the VR altar? No, I DON'T THINK SO.

I still love to read, but agree, mistakes just jump out at me - now. Especially, my kindle books have ++ mistakes.

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No but sometimes I have an AVersion to reading - that said sm

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You should try reading Kelley Armstrong. She's Canadian and writes urban fantasy/suspense with a lean towards paranormal romance. I usually find myself thrown out of the story because of the absence of mistakes, both usage and spelling. The amazing thing is that her proofreader is her teenaged daughter.

On the other hand, Stephenie Meyers (she of the Twilight franchise) makes me wish I was illiterate. Not only are her books riddled with multiple mistakes (it's easier to just ignore them, otherwise you'll never get through the trip to the blessed end), but she has got to be the laziest writer in the world who never shies away from purple prose, has never met a plot contrivance she hasn't liked, and exploits every opportunity to kick English in the ghoulies. How the heck does "a [musical] note hang in the silence?"

It baffles me that she has a degree in English!

How her PR people can even claim she's the "next J.K. Rowling" without a hint of sarcasm is something scientists should figure out and teenagers should study.

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