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@ DrDln
'Interesting. You look for quantity rather than quality in a book.'
I read any book I've bought at least three times before I give it away. But there are exceptions from this rule. Some novels I've read five and more times and they are still on the shelf, waiting for another reading. When looking at it I found:
John Sandford (17 novels), James Lee Burke (12), Michael Connelly (8), Jeffery Deaver (7), Lee Child (7), Jonathan Kellerman (7), John Connolly (5), David. L. Lindsey (5), but also William Faulkner (6) and so on.
This may say something about my preferences, but I wouldn't say, this is quantity instead of quality.
Sometimes it happens, that, when at home and starting reading a new book, I notice that I must have it already in stock, maybe bought a year ago. So it seems that I'm quite sure what I want to read and I don't mind grabbing in a container. And I've never bought a book that I didn't read.
@David Marseilles
'I don't think it's quantity instead of quality, but rather quantity first, and then sort for quality among those longer titles.'
and
'I do pay close attention to length and I like to get a decent bang for my buck not only in the reading experience, but also in cost per hour arena.'
That's it.
George
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