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Friday , March 6 , 2009
World Book Day
Posted by Tawan , Reader : 832 , 19:44:02  
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I guess we all could use a lesson on ethics. The story below is from Reuters a survey by the organizers of World Book Day. I would adventure to guess that one could substitute “Britons” with any other nationality with the same results. I would further guess that in today’s world instead of reading books most people read headlines rather than books or if Amazon would release sales figures for its e-book reader we would have a better idea.

 

Most Britons have lied about the books they read

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Two out of three Britons have lied about reading books they have not, and George Orwell's "1984" tops the literary fib list, according to a survey published Thursday.

Commissioned by organizers of World Book Day, an annual celebration of reading in Britain, the study also shows that the author people really enjoy reading is J.K. Rowling, creator of the bestselling Harry Potter wizard series.

According to the survey, 65 percent of people have pretended to have read books, and of those, 42 percent singled out "1984." Next on the list came "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy and in third place was James Joyce's "Ulysses."

The Bible was in fourth position, and newly elected President Barack Obama's autobiography "Dreams from My Father" came ninth.

Aside from a list of ten titles which respondents were asked to tick or leave blank, many admitted wrongly claiming they had read other "classics" including Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Herman Melville.

Asked why they had lied about reading a book, the main reason was to impress the person they were speaking to.

The study, carried out on the World Book Day website in January and February, surveyed 1,342 members of the public.

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comment 16
Tawan date : 09/03/2009 time : 12.09
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Hai, great advice
comment 15
wch date : 09/03/2009 time : 11.20

To the reading lovers,
Read things in system, not reading like a farmers.
Systematic reading cant be achieved without writing.
While you write on a specific issue, you will read history, science and politics.
Reading philosophy, it should be less effective without reading history.
Modern literature is same. Without understanding the transition of history, reading any work in literature is useless.

Modernday, writing blog is effective, fun and concentrative. more importantly, others will read instantly that will improve yourself instantly. Dont be shy at critics. Blog writing is not only to get praise but equally to get critics and shame.

Always keep good encyclopedia beside, that will slowly establish your own system of knowledge and thinking.
comment 14
dryshrimp date : 08/03/2009 time : 18.12
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My granny could not read at all so I read her Phra Abhaimanee chapter after chapter aloud on holidays since I could learn to read well enough.
My auntie asked me to read the prayer in order for her to memorise, because the Pali words were very difficult.
I enjoyed reading all disney's, mad and thai cartoon plus fictional story outside classroom and even practiced writing fantasy fiction in bed at night to avoid my mother seeing it.
I still read a lot at home and recently began to enjoy sneaking out from the office a few times to Chula central library alone and read ..read read.
comment 13
yabua date : 07/03/2009 time : 17.22
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As a child, I read adult novels (do´t think too much or too far).
As a young adult, because of having read too many adult novels before, I read history, culture and philosophy, even when I didn´t always understand them.
As a mother of a very young child, I concentrated more on child education, nutrition and health.

Now as an aging adult, I go back to children books, which I jumped over when I was myself a child.
A kind of regression probably!!!
comment 12
happyjack date : 07/03/2009 time : 15.41

I like the Books you can erase the Crayon after you have coloured it in,since Thaksins gone they dont sell so good, im unreliably informed.Good Wedding Today, shall i sing for you.Hic up. slurr
comment 11
happyjack date : 07/03/2009 time : 15.33

P.S. your defenition of a Briton is worth a Blog. Mine is a Mobile , Brainless A.T.M. Machine.
comment 10
happyjack date : 07/03/2009 time : 15.27

A BOOK. Something used by Thais to stop Mobile Phone Mags blowing off the C.D. Player.Give me that pint of Irish Nectar, im sure i wont spill it.
comment 9
Tawan date : 07/03/2009 time : 09.01
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Thank you for the stats
comment 8
iceberg date : 07/03/2009 time : 07.19
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Just in case you keep statistic on this thing, I like to read the Bible, beers and wines guide book, world almanac, Guinness World Records, and the Nation's Weblog.
comment 7
Alien date : 07/03/2009 time : 04.38

I read extensively, it helps me relax. Most people think reading is a chore and prefer TV or video games. Besides reading newspapers everyday, I prefer historical books and for "escape", I read Steven King.
comment 6
Alien date : 07/03/2009 time : 04.38

I read extensively, it helps me relax. Most people think reading is a chore and prefer TV or video games. Besides reading newspapers everyday, I prefer historical books and for "escape", I read Steven King.
comment 5
khamala date : 06/03/2009 time : 23.51
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forget hesse or maybe german classics but what about dostojewskii?? what about modern literature?
comment 4
wch date : 06/03/2009 time : 23.19

I dealt most of 'classics' that the author listed above. It was my high school and early college days.
At my age of now, if I held back once again, one of them, say Herman Hesse's, I should conclude that he wrote sheer stupid thing. And I would advise anyone, not to read such trash.
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khamala date : 06/03/2009 time : 22.34
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"These days, no book readable is out there. This is problem."
OMG this statement breaks my heart.
the problem is to know that I will never be able to read ten per cent of the books written which I would love to read. let alone writing one myself. that's the tragedy.
comment 2
wch date : 06/03/2009 time : 21.20

As he mentioned in his blog,'George Orwell', I once asked a blogger who used first, the words, 'BIG BROTHERS'. No answer was given.

These days, no book readable is out there. This is problem. ( I like to read 'heart-breaking love story or the like, 555).
comment 1
khamala date : 06/03/2009 time : 20.17
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well, I dont want to sound like a nerd so I cant comment :-) (thanks PJ!).
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