Thread: What exactly do you call "reading a book" ?
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Old 11-04-2011, 08:26 AM   #111
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I've always been one to read every word but no more. I keep a list of books I read each year and I've started noting what parts I skip.

This past year I've read several non-fiction books that had a lot of repetition, others that should have been magazine/journal articles but were padded out to book length. Skipped a lot (for me). Fernandez-Armesto's 1492. The Year the World Began - skipped a chapter. A books on the evils of marketing - ended up skimming since the author overstated his case in.every.chapter.

Still, there's that nagging feeling that I've missed something and should go back and read it. Then I remember that life is too short. That, and my massive TBR pile.
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