I find opening books really boring. Solution?

You aren't going to be able to play best main lines and openings without learning at least a good bit of theory. You can't have it both ways. You will be trying to reinvent the wheel, even GMs can hardly do that on their own in mainstream openings. You could take an early detour away from main lines in a top notch defense. That's a kind of compromise that even some GMs use. For example, in the Ruy Lopez instead of main moves 3...a6 or 3...Nf6 play something like 3...Nge7. The early detour can be done in just about any main opening of your choosing. It won't be best play and there will be some theory but can be good (if you choose a good substitute move/variation) and will dodge the bulk of theory that too many people know all too well. 

The OP wants to continue his navel gazing.  He's trawling for friends, apparently.

For whatever reason, he's too lazy to study the opening phase of the game.  Whatever.

Nice crying photo above.  Suits him well.

I did say I was done with this thread. You don't have to keep commenting \. I'd say that photo fits you better thwn me.

Do fix your avatar photo, then start another thread.

Wow, I didn't even notice I made a typo, new galaxy, sorry :)

What's wrong with my avatar photo. Looks good to me.

@Badoggno: Even when you play AGAINST an engine (HIARCS in your case), the engine shows evaluation scores and you can take back moves. This is consulting CHESS-PLAYING software and it is forbidden.

No.

I think you're confusing chess.com with Hitler. You really think they'd ban users from playing against engines? Or that they CAN? No offence intended, but you've gone from misunderstanding of the rules to plain out ridiculous.

@sammynouri : You are WRONG:

What are the rules?

• No chess programs or engines (e.g. Chessmaster, Fritz, Houdini, Stockfish, Chessbase with any active UCI engine, etc.) can be used to analyse positions in ongoing games.  
• In turn-based chess, you may consult books or databases (including the Chess.com Explorer) for opening moves.  "Tablebases," which are specialized databases of particular endgame positions, may NOT be used.  FROM: http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/124/0/cheaters--cheating-what-you-need-to-know

You can't use them during games, you can play against them and analyse finished games.

People can use their engines for analyzing games not ongoing at Chess.com. For instance, I have games going here but also at the same time will have my engine looking at a game from Zurich 1953, or have it looking at a position in a line I can't decide about (but is not part of a game I currently have going on here at this site), or have it reviewing a game of mine that I've finished. Chess.com can't ban all use of engines just because of playing here. They are only referring to ongoing games, the engine can't analyze those games while those games are being played. 

book for openings? ..i have never touched one. if i do then it would make this interesting game boring for me.

In response to the OP:

Don't try to read opening encyclopedias.  They are called encyclopedias for a reason.  ECO, NCO, MCO, FCO, etc.  They are for reference.  Look something up after a game.

To learn openings, I recommend picking up books that specialize in the opening you are studying.  In addition, knowing the reputation of the author and the type of opening book plays a big role.  Some authors squeeze in every legal move possible with reams of lines, little analysis, and everything appears to be one big database dump.  John Nunn falls in this category.  These tend to be books that stop at move 10 to 15 and give an assessment.  Next you might have books that give 50 to 100 complete games with some notes.  Not suitable for a 1000 player as all the "simple stuff" it is assumed you already know.  For example, move such-and-such fails because after blah blah blah, White get's Lucena's position and wins.  It is assumed you'd know Lucena's Position (a very very VERY basic R+P vs R position that if you are 1400 or higher and don't know this already, go an read up on it).  Lastly you have the "Starting Out" and "Move by Move" series.  These are more for people learning the opening for the first time, or maybe have done some very light reading on it but don't know the theory.  Don't expect a novelty in these on move 24.

Some authors, like Cyrus Lakdawala, add humor to their writing to make it a more enjoyable read.  This must be considered as well.

In your specific situation, I'd first figure out what openings you want to play, then pick up a book on it that includes complete games, whether it be a Starting Out book, Move by Move book, or "Play The" book.  The fact that they are repertoire format is fine.

Once you have played the opening for a couple of years, and are looking to expand on it, only then do you pick up a highly theoretical book on it (like the ones by Quality Chess) and hit up the databases, and go researching for that novelty on move 24.

Hope this helps.

It does, thanks. I read up on some of the starting out series and they're quite good.