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how many BOOKS do you read (and finish reading) a WEEK, a month?
Posted by archiegottlieb • 4/20/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: books, reading
it obviously depends on the book, so specify if you like.
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Depends how busy I am but at the least one a week and at the most two. -
Usually one or two a week. Last week I read "Chicago: A Novel" by Alaa Al Aswany. I'm reading "The Sublime Object of Ideology" by Slavoj Zizek now.-
i still need to get around that zizek book. it's such a major piece, but the title makes me very weary, probably because it has "sublime," "ideology," and "object" all in one. hahaha. i'd be curious what you think of it. i'm always around formalists, so i rarely ever meet anyone willing (or anyone who has the capacity) to discuss more contemporary theory.
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I read/skim a lot of books... don't finish many
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awww jeeez....hmmm about 4-5 books a month I suppose. It depends how big the book is. A book that's about 800-900 pages takes me two weeks to finish, a book less than that takes me about a week. It also depends how much time I put aside to read
I always manage to read at least 2 times a day though for an hour or half an hour. -
Starting when I was about 12, I read one book a day. Made my father crazy, he was just busy getting books for me from the library. These days, I spend too much time on the internet to be able to read as much.
But I still read quite a lot, not one a day, but one a week. -
on average I read two or three. I always seem to read two at the same time and I always have a back up book in case I don't like one I'm reading. I step it up more this time of year because I pick up more books at flea markets and garage sales than I do when I have to pay full price. -
I could lie and say I read a book a week...but I am not that disciplined because I am from America. I do, however, read The Gospel of Thomas and PD's Mystical Theology quite regularly amongst other religious works. -
About one a week-- depends, though, on how much reading I have to do on the novel I'm writing myself. Sometimes that has to take precedence. -
I read two to three books a week, unless I just don't have anything I want to read at the moment. Then I read crappy magazines, frequently mocking them to my husband. Eventually, he gets tired of this game and sends me off to get more books. -
It takes me months to finish a book lol! I am not a big reader or a fast one, which isn't to say I don't enjoy reading, but my priority is working on my art. -
I read before I go to bed for about an hour. Typically two books a week sometimes more sometimes less. Right now I am reading a book called "Lights Out" Its pretty crazy stuff. Its about how the light bulb has effected our health. -
I read a lot of books and documents online now. I have to slow down because I take more time to evaluate what I read to see if it is worthwhile. 2-3 books a week, with one free creative commons or public domain book online added in. -
I constantly have 3 or 4 four books on the go...maybe finish a couple a week. -
Im still getting through the "great and secret show" by clive barker. Its pretty epic but either way im the sort of person who doesnt have much time for reading and when i do I read a page or two and fall asleep. -
With three kids seven and under plus a job with a long commute, I'n only doing one or two a month. It used to be a couple a week. -
I go through periods where I will read 1-2 novels a day. Fiction - Grisham, Robert Parker, Dick Francis, Jenet Evanovich, Patrick Robinson, Clive Cussler, etc...
so...400-1000 pages a day if I happen to have nothing else to do.
Nonfiction I take much more slowly.
It's been about a month since I have read anything at all though; busy busy. -
I read text books and academic journal articles all week. So reading fiction is a pleasure and a luxury. I might finish only one novel a month during the year, more on holidays. -
I am not one to read fiction. Probably get in about 10 pages and be bored. I do read a lot but it has to be informational. If I am not going to learn from it I will be bored with the book. I read my investors newspaper religiously and usually at least one more local newspaper a day. All the books I finish are to learn. No I am not a boring person I actually have a lot of fun in life but my mind gets bored reading if it is not thinking and learning. -
Of course, it depends on the book and my free time. If I'm not very busy at work and not much occupied with family matters, I read one or even two books a week. But usually I am too busy, so I read one book much longer. At present I've just started reading "Angels and Demons" by D.Brown. A few months ago when I was very ill for one month, I read it in Polish very quickly. Now I'm enjoiyng the original version. -
A few a week usually. -
When I was young I read a lot: one book per day like one Sherlock Homes per day. Of course some may take a lot more time like Tolkien which I read in 5 days.
Now adult I mostly read technical books because of my job. -
well I think in 2 weeks depending on the time and on the contents of the book itself. I do like books with pics on it like pictures of lovely foods. ; )
Fried pal - friedpal.blogspot.com -
Depends on the size of the book , I usually finish reading a meduim book in less than a week , according to how busy is the day , I'm reading now the ' Ibn Battuta Travels ' -
5 or more per week, 20 or more per month -
2 or 3 in 21 years. (excluding magazines & textbooks) -
im busyy i dont have time to read...
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On my most recent vacation, I read 8 books in seven days (some of which were quite lengthy - even surprised myself_. I just couldn't get enough.
With real life figured in, I read from an average of two or three books to as few as one if it is lengthy and meaty. I am currently reading Ray Bradbury's 100 greatest stories and generally finish 3 - 5 per night. In other words, it varies greatly but is always an important part of my life.
This thread makes me think of the old Twighlight Zone story "Time Enough At Last" where the reader is saved and alone after a nuclear event and comes upon the ruins of a library. He is comforted that he will have "time enough at last" to do what he really enjoys - read... then he breaks his glasses. Very sad story. -
I read a lot of news and tech articles, but not so many books. I have astigmatism in my right eye which makes it difficult to read for long periods. My eyes get tired. -
I always have a book 'on the go'. Can't say how many as it depends on how long they are, and how caught up in the story I am. But as soon as I finish one I'm ready to start on another.
I've probably failed to finish no more than 2 or 3 novels.
I re-read a lot as well.
And I do proof reading on Project Gutenberg, but that's pages rather than whole books so probably doesn't count.
I'm pretty sure I'm not doing my eyes any good with it all!-
i love the gutenberg project, btw.
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I usually have at least 2 going at once and finish at least one a week.
I need to get my library card because I can't afford the book store habit anymore.-
that's when you hit the garage sales and flea markets. I stock up for the wintermonths and rarely pay more than $2 for hardcover and $1. for paperback
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Nice! Great suggestion. I was also told that Ebay is a great source for used books. Rarely more than 1 -2 dollars a book.
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if you like some of the book/authors I read I'll send you a book package when I finish some. I usually give my books away after I'm done with them. All I ask is that people pass them on when they read them.
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Not that many recently. So far this year, I've only read one book. I'm half way through another book. I do try to read a few manga's once in awhile too...I can easily fly through those -
Varies wildly. When I am busy, maybe only one or two a month. I'm on my third so far this week. -
Seeing as how I am a political blogger, I try my best to stay as informed as possible about what is going on in the world. Therefore a great deal of my reading is article length reading. I read between 5-7 news magazines a week and several business magazines. Then as for books I usually read 5-6 a month.
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I usually read before I go to bed, sends me off nicely. Although I do get crazy dreams ... -
About 2/3 a month. -
You guys are making me feel bad, I read about 2 a month. If they are easy reads, like romantic novels, I finished them in a day or 2. But, other books take a little longer. In my defense, I must say that I read in English which is my second language. -
In a month, three. I tend to take time to digest the books I do read, and that usually makes for longer reading periods. (mainly because I seldom to "light" reading) -
Now I only read aphorisms, and they're few and far between. I've practically become illiterate, and am enjoying my blankness and obtuseness very much. -
I've been reading teenagers books that i borrowed from my cousins and that time i read 3 book in a week ......
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