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Inspired by the fiction/non-fiction thread, how much do you guys read?

It's reading for pleasure only, any book you read cover to cover outside working hours.

Not really sure.

I read quite a bit and can read novels rather fast, often in less than a week. But right now I am reading a biography of Deng Xiaoping and that takes longer.
So I selected 21-25, which would mean one book per two weeks, which feels like a realistic estimate.

Yes, it differs a lot depending on what you read. I read a Dutch novel for the first time in years (it sucked), and I was surprised how much faster I still read Dutch, given nearly all my reading is in English.

This year I'm making an effort to reduce my TV time even further, enjoying the extra reading time a lot.  :cool:

I try for one a month.

My unread pile is well over a hundred dead tree books.

If I read 5 books per year that's a lot. :Embarrass:

250-400 pages a week, which amounts to 40-55 books a year depending on what I'm reading (generally two thirds fiction, one third non-f)

In 2013, I've read 28 books. Plus the couple I've started and dropped.

I'd guess around 15.  Don't really keep track.

Quote from: Gups on April 29, 2014, 07:00:04 AM
250-400 pages a week, which amounts to 40-55 books a year depending on what I'm reading (generally two thirds fiction, one third non-f)

That's what you can do, instead of posting on Languish ?  :hmm:

 :hmm: I read plenty of Languish posts.

Quote from: mongers on April 29, 2014, 07:47:29 AM

Quote from: Gups on April 29, 2014, 07:00:04 AM
250-400 pages a week, which amounts to 40-55 books a year depending on what I'm reading (generally two thirds fiction, one third non-f)

That's what you can do, instead of posting on Languish ?  :hmm:

I only post on Languish at work, it's easier to get away with than reading!

I'm on the train for an hour or so a day, so get it a decent chunk of reading then, plus half an hour before bed...

Define book.

Quote from: Gups on April 29, 2014, 07:00:04 AM
250-400 pages a week, which amounts to 40-55 books a year depending on what I'm reading (generally two thirds fiction, one third non-f)

Probably pretty similar here given the amount I read in a week.

I remember when I was a Teen I used to get through at least one 3-400 page book a day (pre-internet and a time of long journeys by public transport.)

1-5, but that's probably pushing it.

I havent really kept track.  I binge read and then moderate a bit.  I would estimate 25 or so a year.

I'd guess somewhere between 20-30. But I don't really count.

I've never counted so...no idea. :blush:

Not as many as I buy, lately.  :sleep:

Yeah...my new year's resolution several years ago was to quit buying books until I get my "to read" pile to a more manageable size. hasn't happened. Everytime I'm near a book store I HAVE to go in and ...then, we all know the result.

I know for a fact I have finished 1 book this year.

I also know that I read at least 1 entire book last year.  It very well could have been more, but I can't think of what it was.

I used to read non-stop; then I discovered the internet and PC games.  :blush:

Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 05:11:06 PM
Yeah...my new year's resolution several years ago was to quit buying books until I get my "to read" pile to a more manageable size. hasn't happened. Everytime I'm near a book store I HAVE to go in and ...then, we all know the result.

:D

I am with you!  My youngest son has also picked up the habit.  We are both very happy spending time in a book store adding to our "to read" piles.

 :lol:

It can be an expensive hobby though.

Between one hundred and two hundred a year, not counting comic books and graphic novels.

I have no idea.

I have my books, and my poetry to protect me.
I am she-e-eilded in my a-a-armor.

Probably roughly one per week or two.

Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 05:11:06 PM
Yeah...my new year's resolution several years ago was to quit buying books until I get my "to read" pile to a more manageable size. hasn't happened. Everytime I'm near a book store I HAVE to go in and ...then, we all know the result.

:yes:

I somehow managed to break even last year, but this year is a lost cause already.
And then there's the upcoming trip to London  :ph34r:

Still, if you're going to spend your money on stuff, I can't think of anything better.

Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2014, 07:00:54 PM
Between one hundred and two hundred a year, not counting comic books and graphic novels.

Er..what?  :wacko:
You read a book every two days?

One per month usually, although that's now falling since I moved to a new apartment and I have shorter commutes.

Quote from: Maladict on April 30, 2014, 04:50:03 AM

Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2014, 07:00:54 PM
Between one hundred and two hundred a year, not counting comic books and graphic novels.

Er..what?  :wacko:
You read a book every two days?

I used to be able to do that. USED TO.  :(

Doesn't reading "Good Night, Moon" three times a day run the numbers up a bit?

I usually have two fiction books (one on a tablet for my commute, one paper by my bed), one non-fiction and a handful of magazines on the go at any one time. It takes me ages to get through them these days, though, because I  skim-read hundreds of thousands of words a day for work. As Giles Coren so rightly put it: "without question, journalists are the least well-read people you will ever meet (unless you regularly meet chefs)."

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/apr/14/giles-coren-thetimes (http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/apr/14/giles-coren-thetimes)

Quote from: Maladict on April 30, 2014, 04:50:03 AM

Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2014, 07:00:54 PM
Between one hundred and two hundred a year, not counting comic books and graphic novels.

Er..what?  :wacko:
You read a book every two days?

I generally read about five books at a time, cycling between them. I have to read a lot of academic work and religious texts. So I plow through loads of Victorian adventure novels, and biographies to give myself a break.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 30, 2014, 08:36:53 AM
Doesn't reading "Good Night, Moon" three times a day run the numbers up a bit?

:lol:

Quote from: Scipio on April 30, 2014, 08:45:09 AM
I generally read about five books at a time, cycling between them. I have to read a lot of academic work and religious texts. So I plow through loads of Victorian adventure novels, and biographies to give myself a break.

How do you remember what was going on in each book as you cycle between them?  Why do you have to read a lot of religious texts?  And you read Victorian Adventure novels?  WTH?