Quote Originally Posted by SensiRide
I love reading! It's a great way to escape from this world for a bit and absorb yourself in someone elses world. Readers have the best imaginations!

I think it improves your spelling as well and extends your vocabulary. I done real well at English in school because I always had my head buried in a book and found it eas to write essays and stuff (but I was shite at maths )
Books are always waaaaay better than films. I think Memoirs of a Geisha is an excellent book but I dont want to see the movie because I don't think it will be (and heard it isn't) anwhere near as good as the book.

My favourite book EVER is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - I would recommend that everyone read it at least once, its amazing - I've read it countless times and don't get bored of it.
Lord of the Flies is good as well.
you listed two of my top five books there. Lolita is great..
I prefer to read in English since it does improve my spelling.
Nicely put into words there about reading, it does heighten the imagination, which i think is a problem, especially with young kids these days, like Ganj put it very accurately, they are poisoned by instant satisfaction.
Hell, they don't even accept the fact that Kill Bill was split in half, lacking immediate mental orgasm.
Memoirs of a Geisha is one of those exceptions where the movie does pay respect to the book. My female friends loved the movie, and the one that read the book, liked it too.