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NFT: How many books do you read a year?

BrettNYG10 : 8/27/2015 11:17 am
Mean is 12, median is 5 according to The Atlantic.
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Route 9 in LEH : 8/27/2015 11:19 am : link
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25 to 30  
section125 : 8/27/2015 11:19 am : link
maybe a bit more.
hard to say for certain but it's probably around a 20-40 range  
GMenLTS : 8/27/2015 11:24 am : link
in any given year.

Ideally I'd finish a book a week. Which can sometimes be hard when you're regularly working on 700+ pages books. 400 pages and under books usually gets done within a week.
might be missing some readers  
bc4life : 8/27/2015 11:25 am : link
by not asking how much do you read, not how many books - books does not include news magazines, periodicals, etc.

although I agree with general premise that people do not read enough
Upwards of 30...  
okiegiant : 8/27/2015 11:26 am : link
Sometimes I get in to a series(like Grimes)and will read one of these a week while still reading something more ponderous.

Ok, so so far we have one person telling the truth.  
GiantFilthy : 8/27/2015 11:27 am : link
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Close to a 100  
kicker : 8/27/2015 11:27 am : link
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RE: Close to a 100  
Randy in CT : 8/27/2015 11:29 am : link
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Was looking for this post!
RE: hard to say for certain but it's probably around a 20-40 range  
BrettNYG10 : 8/27/2015 11:31 am : link
In comment 12438089 GMenLTS said:
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in any given year.

Ideally I'd finish a book a week. Which can sometimes be hard when you're regularly working on 700+ pages books. 400 pages and under books usually gets done within a week.


Do you usually focus on one at a time or juggle multiple books at once? Sometimes the content is 'heavy' and needs more digesting, so if it's one of those types of books I tend to spread it out over a longer period of time. I'm in your range as well.
wonder if there is a correlation  
bc4life : 8/27/2015 11:31 am : link
between reading and dementia?
RE: Close to a 100  
BrettNYG10 : 8/27/2015 11:31 am : link
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Nerd.
30ish  
Torrag : 8/27/2015 11:33 am : link
The Nook makes it so convenient and I regularly polish of a chunk of pages in bed before lights out.
I play MMO's.  
GiantFilthy : 8/27/2015 11:34 am : link
You know. Social interaction.

You guys probably wouldn't understand that.
Whatcha readin there  
YAJ2112 : 8/27/2015 11:35 am : link
a book?
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BrettNYG10 : 8/27/2015 11:36 am : link
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You know. Social interaction.


Gross.
Roughly 50-60  
Ash_3 : 8/27/2015 11:37 am : link
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Torrag  
bc4life : 8/27/2015 11:37 am : link
I'm old school...cannot develop an appreciation for the Nook. Need something I can carry around and mangle, mark up, etc.
RE: 30ish  
section125 : 8/27/2015 11:39 am : link
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The Nook makes it so convenient and I regularly polish of a chunk of pages in bed before lights out.


exactly....fantastic on a plane
RE: I play MMO's.  
okiegiant : 8/27/2015 11:42 am : link
In comment 12438115 GiantFilthy said:
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You know. Social interaction.

You guys probably wouldn't understand that.


I still play online multiplayer games and even have time to work out! The key to having time for all this is I've totally given up TV(except for the Giants). Heck, I'm even on BBI less than I used to be.
okie,  
GiantFilthy : 8/27/2015 11:45 am : link
I too gave up TV. Replaced it with alcohol. It's working out well.
Usually between 8 and 12  
mfsd : 8/27/2015 11:54 am : link
I've had years where I read over 20, but that was when I had an hour commute each way on the train.

I'll have a month where I read 2-3 books in 4 weeks, then I won't read anything except newspapers and magazines for 2 months. No rhyme or reason.

Read somewhere recently that the average CEO reads 4 books a month. Impressive.
Around 50 or so  
Bluenatic : 8/27/2015 11:54 am : link
But I acquire and edit books for a living.
Probably about  
Mike in Marin : 8/27/2015 11:57 am : link
30, though a couple of big ones can drive that down by a lot.
0  
Csonka : 8/27/2015 11:58 am : link
Not proud of it. Just honest.
RE: okie,  
okiegiant : 8/27/2015 12:01 pm : link
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I too gave up TV. Replaced it with alcohol. It's working out well.


I think I'm going to try this on Saturday!
Do children's books count?  
RC02XX : 8/27/2015 12:01 pm : link
If so...I would say upwards of 1000 books a year...;)

Probably not enough compared to many of you...:(
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OC2.0 : 8/27/2015 12:03 pm : link
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I too gave up TV. Replaced it with alcohol. It's working out well.



I think I'm going to try this on Saturday!


Lol, me too.
If I had to guess  
RB^2 : 8/27/2015 12:04 pm : link
I'd say Brett colors 15-20 books a year.
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OC2.0 : 8/27/2015 12:05 pm : link
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I too gave up TV. Replaced it with alcohol. It's working out well.



I think I'm going to try this on Saturday!



Lol, me too.


To the question. 1 or 2 a week. It's really slow at work these days.
All of them.  
Jon : 8/27/2015 12:08 pm : link
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oh man, my number is totally cheating  
odunde : 8/27/2015 12:08 pm : link
but has to be several hundred. Of course, I am a youth services librarian, so a ton of those of children's books. If we are talking about pure "pleasure" reading, my number is very low, because virtually everything I read is linked to my job in some way....
About 60  
Watson : 8/27/2015 12:18 pm : link
but retired; family grown and out of the house.
Also read alot more vs watching TV.
maybe 8 or 10 -  
Del Shofner : 8/27/2015 12:21 pm : link
I like to read when I travel, and I typically travel 4 or 5 times a year and read a couple of books each time.

Some of youse guys read a lot!
if you took the tommer thread  
Rocky369 : 8/27/2015 12:28 pm : link
printed, bound it, and gave me a copy - that would be my first for the year. I was actually surprised when I ran across someone the other day that "read the book before seeing the movie." I thought it was all a myth. Usually any of my reading is of the internet variety.
About 30  
cosmicj : 8/27/2015 12:29 pm : link
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0  
Howyadoin : 8/27/2015 12:30 pm : link
Do have time to read for leisure
RE: RE: hard to say for certain but it's probably around a 20-40 range  
GMenLTS : 8/27/2015 12:39 pm : link
In comment 12438107 BrettNYG10 said:
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in any given year.

Ideally I'd finish a book a week. Which can sometimes be hard when you're regularly working on 700+ pages books. 400 pages and under books usually gets done within a week.



Do you usually focus on one at a time or juggle multiple books at once? Sometimes the content is 'heavy' and needs more digesting, so if it's one of those types of books I tend to spread it out over a longer period of time. I'm in your range as well.


I fluctuate between 4-5

And this is also in conjunction with the Economist and WSJ
Not nearly enough  
Dave M : 8/27/2015 12:39 pm : link
Since I had a bad concussion I can't focus on a book for long periods. It takes me forever to finish one.
books suck  
Loluchka80 : 8/27/2015 12:41 pm : link
i only read internet message boards.
I typically have 3-4  
Ash_3 : 8/27/2015 12:41 pm : link
books at a time.

1 Fiction, 1 History, 2 Political Science/Phil/Sociology.

So 3/4's of the books at a time are things I have to read for my work.
3-7  
armstead98 : 8/27/2015 12:42 pm : link
I read newspaper, magazine and online publications constantly but only a few books per year.

I wish I read more books and am trying to make an effort to do so.
props to you for even doing any fiction, Ash  
GMenLTS : 8/27/2015 12:47 pm : link
I have so much fiction I want to read but the non fiction list is just too long with too many important reads that take priority.
At most 3 books at a time, with a "long book"  
kicker : 8/27/2015 12:51 pm : link
always open.
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RC02XX : 8/27/2015 12:52 pm : link
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always open.


So how versed you in the children's book field?...you'll be reading a hell ton of them...if not already...:)
Books? Zero  
Model4001 : 8/27/2015 12:54 pm : link
And I know it's shameful...hell, I was reading when I was three, it's not like I'm bad at it. I just find it dreadfully boring - if a book doesn't grab me right away, it feels like homework trying to get through it.

I'm one of those clowns who rereads the same book 10 times rather than try something new.
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kicker : 8/27/2015 12:55 pm : link
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always open.



So how versed you in the children's book field?...you'll be reading a hell ton of them...if not already...:)


I know the Hungry Caterpillar by heart...
I finished two books this year  
Jackson Ellis : 8/27/2015 12:56 pm : link
The six or seven years prior to this one, I read zero books. Two books is quite the accomplishment by these standards.
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RC02XX : 8/27/2015 1:00 pm : link
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I know the Hungry Caterpillar by heart...


Good man!

You'll graduate to Brown Bear, Brown Bear soon...haha
Yeah. Still in the Eat, Sleep, Shit oneself phase.  
kicker : 8/27/2015 1:02 pm : link
And no sleep for daddy.
I have ready probably 30 or so.  
Curtis in VA : 8/27/2015 1:03 pm : link
They contain many colorful pictures and I always have an audience of one 5 year old curly sue.
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