Is Reading a Woman Thing?

We both read all the time, so much so that we've run out of room for bookcases.:grumble:
He likes military history and who done its. I like horror & naughty romances and history.

Thank the gods for ebooks!

Also, the book was better than the movie. Just saying.

Never once has there been a comparison where the movie was better.

The Terminator series. Really, those never should have gone to print...but I did read all of them. Oh, and Star Wars series. The original books were great, but when they remade them to fit to movies they ruined the whole thing.

Rebecca was better than the book.

The Notebook was leaps and bounds better than the book.

I haven't read the book, but I've heard the movie of Practical Magic is better than the book.

There are a few others, but those are the ones off the top of my head.

I thought that Interview with the Vampire the movie was better than the book. But thats just me.

My husband reads daily, always has, it's something he has enjoyed all his life. He taught our son to read when he was 5 years old and so our son also enjoys daily reading. Reading makes them both great conversationalist and increases their intellect. I love that they take turns reading me to sleep at night!

Do men read books?

I do not have a single male friend that I know of that reads books. Oh, maybe a sports book on baseball history or something, but I have never seen one of my male friends read before. I read, but I hide it because I'm embarrassed because it seems like something women do. Also, it does appear that a lot of books are geared more for women than men. I have great difficulty finding books to read. I like rock & roll history, and other weird stuff. I don't like fiction much, unless it's really funny, or really scary. But, mostly I just read weird stuff, philosophy, other worldly material, diet and exercise, etc.

Ouch... you need new male friends. I read tons, most of it non-fiction but not all, a decent number of textbooks/science things, some history, some poli-sci, some sci-fi, physiology, technology, psychology, business, sociology, archeology, some news stuff (except most news is crap).

I start going into withdrawal if I don't keep working out my brain. (Oh yeah, plus poetry, but not a lot of new stuff... usually just the same stuff I've liked for years that I keep going back to.)

Oh, and if it's a 'are guys who read girly' thing, I'm also a lifelong practioner of martial arts (various open hand and Japanese sword), as well as other exercise: weights, swimming, etc. I don't like to think of myself as girly. I don't have a motorcycle at the moment, but I did for quite a while, and I can start a fire without matches. (What are the criteria, again?)

I have a house full of books and only handful are mine, the rest are my hubby's.

I log them all good and bad they way it shows me were or what days/times I go over my limit but we all have our bad days and we learn from that so dont feel bad just keep logging and carry on

This HAS to be a troll.

Otherwise, it's the stupidest question ever.

Nominated as this thread's best answer so far.

I've always loved reading, Currently alternating between Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and The Fish that Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen.

I read almost non stop. When I read books it is mostly sci-fi/fantasy fiction. But I read all sorts of books and articles on growing gardens, raising chickens, weightlifting, weight loss, hunting, or anything else I am interesting in learning. Love politics and history also.

Do men read books?

I do not have a single male friend that I know of that reads books. Oh, maybe a sports book on baseball history or something, but I have never seen one of my male friends read before. I read, but I hide it because I'm embarrassed because it seems like something women do. Also, it does appear that a lot of books are geared more for women than men. I have great difficulty finding books to read. I like rock & roll history, and other weird stuff. I don't like fiction much, unless it's really funny, or really scary. But, mostly I just read weird stuff, philosophy, other worldly material, diet and exercise, etc.

You need to get a new friend.

I read and write quite a lot. I'll read anything as long as it's interesting. its one of my favorite things to do.

I know a lot of guys who read so no it's not just ladies.

I also agree with him!
Why be ashamed of reading? Soon those of us who actually read and write will be the only ones left to teach tomorrow's leaders thanks to silly "text speech!"

Pick up "The Hobbit" and "Lord Of The Rings" By J.R.R. Tolkien two of the best fiction books ever written.

I read so much I had to buy a Kindle because I have very little storage space in my flat for books. Now I can have all the books I want and not worry about how or where I'm going to store them. they fit nicely in my Kindle acct. I own 4,735 Kindle computer books not counting what I have on my Kindle, extra hard drive, and actual ones I'd say well over 6,000 is small estimate. I'm always getting free ones from daily free list. What can I say I books and always have since I was two.

I have a house full of books and only handful are mine, the rest are my hubby's.

LOL same here!

Do men read books?

I do not have a single male friend that I know of that reads books. Oh, maybe a sports book on baseball history or something, but I have never seen one of my male friends read before. I read, but I hide it because I'm embarrassed because it seems like something women do. Also, it does appear that a lot of books are geared more for women than men. I have great difficulty finding books to read. I like rock & roll history, and other weird stuff. I don't like fiction much, unless it's really funny, or really scary. But, mostly I just read weird stuff, philosophy, other worldly material, diet and exercise, etc.

Bored, much?

"If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't **** them." -John Waters

This for the win!

I read. Mainly fantasy, but also digest a lot of information on a lot of different subjects through textbooks.

My husband reads, my male colleagues read, my son-in-laws read, my father reads. To the best of my knowledge, none of them are women.