[Sn@ke]

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[ALIEN ANAL]

i havnt read a book in yrs

[screamingskull]

8 or 9, mostly in the summer though. I buy them or get given them throughout the year and they sit on my bed side table, then in the summer when i am out of college i read them all. I have 14 waiting to be read right now.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Sn@ke

I think I'm not reading enough...something like 20?

Sometimes I think I'm wasting time doing useless things.

So...how many books do you read in a year?.

I read for pleasure and so would never think I'm not reading enough.

At the moment I have a young family and so the only opportunity I get to read is on the train going to work. Depending on the size of the book, it takes me 1 to 2 weeks to finish. I suppose that's between 30 and 40 a year.

[Iain]

20 isn't that small of an amount, depending on how long they are. That's about on every 2 weeks which isn't that bad if you have other obligations.

I have no idea but it varies a lot. A couple of years ago I probably read about 50+ in year quite easily. I go through phases...

[Glice]

About two years ago I read about 3 or 4 a week - that was literally (arf) doing nothing other than reading and going out to by wine and food. These days it's about one a fortnight, but I dip in and out of academic texts/ poetry anthologies/ porn magazines.

[Washing Machine]

Too many to count. I love reading. Its something im almost constantly doing.
20 isnt too bad at all really...nothing to be concerned about

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Sn@ke

I think I'm not reading enough...something like 20?

Sometimes I think I'm wasting time doing useless things.

So...how many books do you read in a year?.

i used to read maybe 2 books a day when i was happy and undocumented...

ha ha (that was a g.g.m quote btw); no, well i used to read a lot before graduate school.

graduate school perverted me & made me dread reading. i mean i had to. but it was a chore & it took the pleasure out of it.

so after that i quit reading for a while & started watching movies-- 1, 2, 3 a day maybe. these days 1 on weekdays, more on weekends.

now i've been slowly picking up books again but i don't read too many. most of the stuff i read is work related and not necessarily fun (not "boring" either, but just practical stuff).

so, books, these days,that are NOt work-related-- about one a month maybe? it's all i got time for unless i change my habits or win the lottery & suddenly have all the time in the world.

but if i had time i would write one. some times i feel it difficult to read something, it's like i'm a bit jaded and i've seen it all or something. (i haven't-- but it takes quite a bit these days for a book to get me interested).

anyway, blah blah blah, etc.

[Rob Instigator]

I read between 50-80 books a year

[Hip Priest]

A lot. I really don't know how many.

I generally have more than one book on the go (almost exclusively non-fiction), that days' Telegraph, a couple of magazines, some journals and newsletters and whatever else I can get my hands on.

If I'm not reading, I'm usually to be found in an antiquarian bookshop looking for something to read.

[pantophobia]

i have a hard time sitting down and reading work of fiction for what ever reason, like i started up a book less then 200 pages, and i haven't finished it besides the fact i started it like two weeks ago

non-fiction however i am better at, stuff like history and biographies

i have come to the conclusion based on my past learning disabilities, i need a frame of reference to get imagery in my head, although in a state of revelry i have some of the most vivid saturations of things past, precognitive thought (some of which has been very acurate, like when my house caught on fire, saw it in a dream 15 years prior) and such.....

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by pantophobia

i have come to the conclusion based on my past learning disabilities, i need a frame of reference to get imagery in my head, although in a state of revelry i have some of the most vivid saturations of things past, precognitive thought (some of which has been very acurate, like when my house caught on fire, saw it in a dream 15 years prior) and such.....

awesome! (scary, but awesome). well no, not scary, just awesome.

[Danny Himself]

I struggle to find books that interest me the these days. Fiction doesn't grab me anymore like it did when I was younger- for a few years all I read was those 'Life In Hell' books by Matt Groening.

Recently I either read books by or about musicians/famous people. I just finished reading a Michael Stipe biography, and I'm reading Richard Pryor's autobiography right now. So far my favorite book I've read in a long time is 'Drugs Are Nice', Lisa Crystal Carver's memoirs.

I own a few of Lee's books too.

[sonicl]

I generally read books in fits and starts, apart from when I'm on holiday, when it's just a week long literary binge. Probably about fifteen a year.

[jon boy]

not as many as i would like. when i am in berlin i read lots but never seem to find enough time in england.

[Katy]

20 is quite a lot.

Most people hardly read at all. 20 in a year is more than most people read in a lifetime.

It depends on who you are comparing yourself to. Anyway, I would say it doesn't matter how many books you read as long as the ones you DO read are good ones and you read them thoroughly and enjoy them/get something out of them.


My mother reads hundreds of books a year, but most of them are trash.

[cuetzpalin]

i read about 4 books a month, but not regularly.. in summer i travel a lot and i don't have so much time for reading. so that's about 30 - 40 books a year

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by Katy

My mother reads hundreds of books a year, but most of them are trash.

I go through phases of where that's all I want to read. sometimes it's more enjoyable than having to think.

I think I read less than 10 books last year...and that's a crime. usually I read a lot more than that. then again, 5 of those books were gigantic....so maybe it evens out. I really need to start reading more.....that might help with my boredom issues.

[SynthethicalY]

I used to read at least 3 books a week.

[Rob Instigator]

read more.