How many books have you read?

refugee wrote: omri wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Mr ProgFreak wrote: BaldJean wrote: Jimbo wrote: ^ You read three books a week? That's pretty impressive. quite normal.. I usually read a book a day. it depends on size and difficulty though; there are books I need 2 or 3 days for. but a 300 page novel usually is only fodder for one day. when you have learned to read a page in half a minute or even less it is quite easy I try not to do that with books - or with music, as a matter of fact. I find that it takes the magic out of it ... making literature/art/music a routine thing. I don't know if this is the case with her, but some people can just naturally read at 1000WPM or something ridiculous like that. I don't understand it, since I don't think I could comprehend words that quickly, but there you go.   It seems I started a small discussion here (never happens when I intend to) and since it's about one of the things I prefer to do most I'll add few words. I have never been taught fast reding but I read about 50 pages an hour (double side) when I read literature. For me the story is most important (few years ago I bought a book of Munch's paintings and the seller asked me why I chose Munch. My answer was that his paintings tells stories). For me usualy the day is not completed without some reading and if it means I sleep less then it's fine with me. I read mainly fiction cause the story is much better when not limited by facts. However, when it's a good book I keep thinkink about it long after I finished it so I don't think I read more than I can digest. However Jimbo, don't feel too frastrated cause on the other hand I did not have sex for quite a while Maybe that explains why Ghost Rider reads less nowadays Oh I called you Raff by mistake on another thread today but again, for me you will allways be Ghost Rider ! Sometimes I find that the literature itself demands you to slow down. Reading for instance Kafka, Proust or Joyce (where the story is less important than the way it is told) takes a lot more time than reading Wodehouse or Rowling.

Between 30 and 60 I think, closer to sixty. Favourite author is Haruki Murakami. I'm only 17 and school keeps me reading so much that I never really feel like picking up a book for myself... except in vacations (which is when I easily read three books a week or so). 

Raff wrote: Far too many to count... Like Jody, I started reading at an early age (I was self-taught, and went to elementary school already knowing how to read), and for most of my life I was a voracious reader. Unfortunately, I must admit that my reading rate has slowed down considerably in the past couple of years or so, probably due to an accumulation of stress. An interesting fact about me, anyway, is that nowadays I'd rather read nonfiction than fiction.

I read in spurts... when Raff introduced me to the Wheel of Time.. I literally had a book of that series in my hand in every spare moment.. at work and at home till I finished it.   I read 'The Road' Friday in a single day..litterally a day long sitting broken only by the the drive home after work .  I love the feeling of having a good book that you just can't put down..  it is very relaxing and with the stressful job and nutcases I work with, it is needed at times hahaha.

I'm being put on bifocals.  More of a non-fiction type here.  Probably read more political stuff than anything, but I got stuck on a Noam Chomsky book and a Kevin Phillips one.  Made it through a few good cartoon books in the meantime.  Currently working on book called Dreams And Their Meanings.

Edited by Slartibartfast - September 08 2009 at 19:32

Honestly, if I had to estimate, I'd say over 150.

Like Micky, I read in spurts. If I don't find anything interesting at the library or I'm still waiting for a book from one of my favorite authors to come out, I may just re-read a book.

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Vompatti wrote: I fear the man of 1-5 books.

 

Easily over 100! I've been reading about 10 books a year, sometimes more, for 35 years or so.

It depends... does Green Eggs and Ham count as a book? 

Seriously, I must've read at least 100 over the course of my life so far...