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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
I chose the second option, although for most books, it's more true for the first. But if I'm reading a romance with way too many sex scenes, I do start skipping over those.
I do a periodic re-read of the JD Robb "Eve Dallas" series, and I regularly skip the Eve-and-Roarke sex scenes in those.
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wow. I don't read romances, but everything else you wrote is spot on for me. The Eve-and-Roarke sex stuff I always skip.
I get really uncomfortable reading the "inside the serial killer's mind" stuff in thrillers, too.
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As far as how fast or how much I read, I retired last year and I finally can spend serious time reading. I have read one book in a day, but average one in three days.
That average includes fiction and non-fiction books. I like reading history books, for example, Winston Churchill's WWII books. I do not read the appendices, though. I usually skim those. I consider that those are not part of "the book" proper, but added information to support the conclusions in the book, or additional details, or supplementary information for those interested in more.
I think audio books are books that just go into my brain differently. I rarely do audio books though, because they are often read too slowly and too poorly for me to retain interest. An exception are the Trader Tales by Nanthan Lowell (I listened to 3 of them because he hadn't yet put them out in written form and I wanted to finish the series.) He reads his own books and does an excellent job maintaining interest. It still takes more concentration for me as it is a different medium than pbooks or ebooks.