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ProfCrash · 12-31-2011, 10:50 AM

I have read many more books then I have seen movies. I would guess that is true for most of the people on this board. I know this year I saw fewer then 15 movies, it might be under 10, at the theater but I have read 60 or so books. So I imagine it would be easier for me to remember a movie over a book.

Then again, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Eric (about a young man with leukemia), They Cage the Animals at Night (child abuse), To Kill a Mockingbird and other books have left a large footprint in my brain. It is actually a long list and would be longer if I were able to list every book that I read.

It could also be that since so few people read the way most of the people here read but probably see a fair number of movies it is easier to discuss the latest movie then it is the latest book that you read. I can easily discuss the movie the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but most folks I know have not read the book. I know that there are even fewer people who I can discuss The Night Women, my most recent read, with because it is not a well known book and most of my friends would not be interested in reading about a slave revolt from the perspective of a Jamaican House slave.

I guess what I am saying is that since most of society is more prone to seeing movies and due to the selection size we tend to see many of the same movies, it is easier to discuss the movie and hence have it stick in our memories.

I wonder if people who are in book clubs remember what they read a bit more vividly.

12-31-2011, 10:50 AM	#7
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I have read many more books then I have seen movies. I would guess that is true for most of the people on this board. I know this year I saw fewer then 15 movies, it might be under 10, at the theater but I have read 60 or so books. So I imagine it would be easier for me to remember a movie over a book. Then again, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Eric (about a young man with leukemia), They Cage the Animals at Night (child abuse), To Kill a Mockingbird and other books have left a large footprint in my brain. It is actually a long list and would be longer if I were able to list every book that I read. It could also be that since so few people read the way most of the people here read but probably see a fair number of movies it is easier to discuss the latest movie then it is the latest book that you read. I can easily discuss the movie the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but most folks I know have not read the book. I know that there are even fewer people who I can discuss The Night Women, my most recent read, with because it is not a well known book and most of my friends would not be interested in reading about a slave revolt from the perspective of a Jamaican House slave. I guess what I am saying is that since most of society is more prone to seeing movies and due to the selection size we tend to see many of the same movies, it is easier to discuss the movie and hence have it stick in our memories. I wonder if people who are in book clubs remember what they read a bit more vividly.