I've noticed that Nigerians don't read novels and I wonder why.

And when I asked some of them they said they only read self help books and motivational books

This new generation of writers are so wack.

After reading all the mishaps of Nigeria on NL, who cares about some fantasy book on a dusty shelf?

Truth is, mobile devices have far more information on personal interests than a novel or any form of paperbacks.

Who novel help

nigerians read novels, it is just the new generation kids that do not have any interst in paperbacks at all.

it is easy to spot them here, they are tbose ones that write "i am" as "am"

very annoying thing

Conner44:
nigerians read novels, it is just the new generation kids that do not have any interst in paperbacks at all.

it is easy to spot them here, they are tbose ones that write "i am" as "am"

very annoying thing

Lol
I too have noticed that I'm fast finding it hard to focus on paperback books, the only paperback books I can still focus on are novels. When preparing for exams I'd rather watch videos of the course on YouTube than my textbooks. But the thing is it helps me a lot because I absorb information faster that way.

siofra:


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I too have noticed that I'm fast finding it hard to focus on paperback books, the only paperback books I can still focus on are novels. When preparing for exams I'd rather watch videos of the course on YouTube than my textbooks. But the thing is it helps me a lot because I absorb information faster that way.

yes studying over the internet or digitally with videos is relatively new as it came with advancement in technology and is designed to make it 'easier' and sometimes faster for people to study but it has its own drawbacks.

you wont be able to properly assimilate the way words are stringed together or spelled in most cases and then there is the issue of not being able to see a wider picture of the subject you are studying at a glance like in videos where you rewind/fastforward to see stuff you missed (plus you cant slow down a video tutorial effectively ) unlike paperbacks that you can just turn a few pages back and slowly read whatever you really missed at a pace which is suitable for your own particular brain to process.

notwitstanding, both forms of reading is nice but videos are generally made at a universal speed which many people cant keep up with unlike reading words which you take in at your own individual pace.

siofra:
I've noticed that Nigerians don't read novels and I wonder why.

And when I asked some of them they said they only read self help books and motivational books

First paragraph sounds like a hasty generalisation at best...

If I can chirp in...

Personally, I don't read novels but I know a whole lot of souls who do, most of them female folk(cousins, friends, ex-classmates etc etc etc). They're sure Nigerians, you know?


Novels still get a lot of the girls.

Conner44:


yes studying over the internet or digitally with videos is relatively new as it came with advancement in technology and is designed to make it 'easier' and sometimes faster for people to study but it has its own drawbacks.

you wont be able to properly assimilate the way words are stringed together or spelled in most cases and then there is the issue of not being able to see a wider picture of the subject you are studying at a glance like in videos where you rewind/fastforward to see stuff you missed (plus you cant slow down a video tutorial effectively ) unlike paperbacks that you can just turn a few pages back and slowly read whatever you really missed at a pace which is suitable for your own particular brain to process.

notwitstanding, both forms of reading is nice but videos are generally made at a universal speed which many people cant keep up with unlike reading words which you take in at your own individual pace.

The environment I grew up didn't give me access to a lot of books but I love exploring and so in the time of BlackBerry phones, I got a Curve 2 and downloaded most of Dan Brown's books on it and that was the start of reading electronic books for me. I had hundreds of books I could never have accessed.

However, I prefer hardcover textbooks or course materials to soft copies while I mostly read all other books on my device. And it's not really because I'm lazy to read hardcover but anywhere I go, I can always read from my phone and yet, it hasn't turn me to using 'am' where I should have used 'I'm'. It all depends on you.

Nothing will resolve my library

Unputdownable novels still dey exist? Will I get paid to read them? I still wonder where some folks get inspiration to compose/read novels in this depressed naija.

traihit:


The environment I grew up didn't give me access to a lot of books but I love exploring and so in the time of BlackBerry phones, I got a Curve 2 and downloaded most of Dan Brown's books on it and that was the start of reading electronic books for me. I had hundreds of books I could never have accessed.

However, I prefer hardcover textbooks or course materials to soft copies while I mostly read all other books on my device. And it's not really because I'm lazy to read hardcover but anywhere I go, I can always read from my phone and yet, it hasn't turn me to using 'am' where I should have used 'I'm'. It all depends on you.

sir, in your case at least you realized a passion in actually reading novels albiet in an unconventional manner (ie. on an electronic gadget) and in that moment you will start making grammatical corrections in your everyday writing vocabulary as a reflex because you have read the proper use of words and their spellings too on those same novels. it is also a fact that people who read novels have greater imaginative abilities than those who do not.

why i like paperback novels is because once you start reading any one and it is an interesting book you will immediately get pulled into the plot and it would feel like a new surreal experience for you as you would even mimik the characters speech and your imagination will be fired up in waysbyou never knew before.

take for instance, the difference between the paperback versions of popular movies like harry potter, lord of the rings etc, if you took out time to actually read the books you will find out that the movies were a bit disappointing as many scenes and major cameos were cut out just to make the view time under 2 to 3 hours for cinemas.

i love paperbacks a lot, i prefer it to digital copies because that phone, pc or kindle you are using to read have other apps that can distract you. i can read a 1,000 page novel under 48hrs so far it is an interesting title.

but that is just me

I still read a lot! ...coolval and youngicee are still my best companion s

michael77777:
I still read a lot! ...coolval and youngicee are still my best companion s

Good for you sir please keep it up. I can't be feeling like the only one who still reads novels in this country.

Makes me feel old.