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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
I tend to have one book that I'm actively reading, with one or two others that I'm technically in the middle of. Your example reminds me that I took a couple of years to finish a certain book on politics - it wasn't long, but it was very dense and had hundreds of endnotes, so I had to take it in small bites. While I was technically in-progress with that one, I literally read hundreds of novels, and sometimes I would pause a novel to read a graphic novel or three. ... I also have an almost-completed graphic novel on my iPad that's been "open" for months because it's my emergency backup read. Once I find a suitable replacement, I'll probably finish that up and open a new e(mergency)book in its place.
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I always used to have an emergency book on my phone that I could read in my dentist's waiting room and similar situations. I often took a year to read a non-fic book that way. More recently (two years ago
) I started to read John Ferling's The Ascent of George Washington as my backup book. I changed my phone six months ago, but forgot to transfer Ferling's book to the new phone. Thanks for the reminder - must do that.