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Originally Posted by issybird
Right now I'm reading six, which is more than I'd like. One is rather a slog and it's going slowly.
My ideal is four. One audiobook and three books on the Goldilocks principle: one hard (generally serious history, etc.), one medium (a memoir or travel book, say) and one easy (a novel). But there are ramifications with all of these and it doesn't (frequently doesn't) work out. I'm especially susceptible to not feeling in the mood for anything I'm in the middle of, so I start yet another. But I always, in the end, will either finish a book or do an official DNF.
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I also read about 4-6 books at a time. For me, the reason is that I read in many different languages. I like to combine my main two hobbies, reading and language learning.
If I'm in the mood for something in particular then I'll choose to read that. Otherwise I'll choose based on a difficulty principle, as well. I'll start with the most difficult book in my weakest language and then work my way down the list.
If I'm too tired to read something relatively simple even in my primary language then I know it's time to sleep
I also read comics/manga on the side in the languages I learn.