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Old 12-19-2010, 07:20 PM   #27
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I am at an age where realistically I can't hope to read even a fraction of the books I'd like to in the remainder of my life, so these days I do try to be fairly selective, which is why I tend to stick with the classics, and authors that I know I like.
Everyone who reads is at that age, actually, with 270,000 books being published annually in the US.

On the other hand, you could read everything on Project Gutenberg in 33 years if you would simply quit slacking, bear down, and read 1,000 books a year like a *real* reader.
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