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   1/13/09

   ranist22

   I mostly do agree. Some books however, like "We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver depressed me. It was written so realistically (about an adolescent who plans a school shooting). It was terrible. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" was another one.

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   1/13/09

   pinkmimosa

   I love to get lost in a good book!

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   1/13/09

   jeremylong

   yes agreed.

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   6/27/09

   celticmusicfan

   I agree. Reading takes you to place which is most of the time better than this. You forget who you are for a time. The merits are: You get to travel vicariously,you get to know what or how people are "over there", and when you don't like it, you could simply close it down. Which is a pity because real life is not like that.

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   14 days ago

   dharmathai

   focusing on anything that causes you to become absorbed is a healing factor for stress. Absorbtion in any object of focus is a form of samadhi or Jhana factor.

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   14 days ago

   HollytheHousewife

   Well I like to read,but that doesn't releive stress for me...the book always ends

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   14 days ago

   nothingprofound

   A book is like a thought. It can disturb you as well as calm you down.

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