That's a good point. When I was a kid (back in the 1970's) I often took part in the "Summer Reading" program through my local library. I'd have to set a goal for how many books to read over the summer. One time I think I set a goal of 150 and I went over. Course books for kids are slimmer than your average Stephen King or Tom Clancy, but I wager the average person could still read more than they think they could in a set amount of time.
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Originally Posted by twowheels
100 books does not equal 100 books. I could read 100 books today if I grabbed some off the bottom shelf in my children's room (the shelf that they migrate to when they're outgrown -- baby books). I read one non-fiction book that was so dense that it took me a month to get through the 293 pages (plus it was a paperback, and I was struggling with having to hold it open and turn the pages :-) ) and then breezed through a young-adult fiction book with 384 pages that my daughter has been pressuring me to read in less than 4 days...
For the first time ever I've been keeping a log. I honestly don't care if I hit 100, but it is interesting to see how many pages I've read... I've been keeping track of the number of pages as reported by Amazon for the trade paperback version and since I got my Kindle in November I've read about 4500 trade-paperback page equivalents.
Counting audiobooks (I drive about 4 hours every weekend) I've read 13 books [about half read and half listened to] and have three in progress... yeah, I'm behind, but given my schedule I'm shocked that I've read as much as I have.
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