I usually have two stories in progress at one time.
I listen to audiobooks/podcasts, usually podcast short stories (EscapePod, PodCastle, StarShipSofa, Lightspeed Magazine, NPR's Selected Shorts, ...), when doing chores and when cooking (I'm the family cook). At other times I read, mostly ebooks but the occasional printed book.
I very rarely have two non-audio books in progress at the same time unless they are compilations or collections. I often read one short story in a collection and then switch to another book, returning later to read the next short story. I currently have 3 such compilations "open" on my Kindle in addition to the book I'm actually in the middle of along with the audio story that was left in progress when I finished the dishes last night.
I'm off to each lunch (wife is at work) now so I'll resume the ebook I was reading last night and will resume the audio when I go back to the repair work on the porch I began yesterday.
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