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Originally Posted by StanByk
Just out of curiosity, those people here who read 200 to 300 books a year, how do you manage this? Does your job require that you read the books? Do you read very fast? What is your definition of a book, e.g. how many pages would it have on average as a typical paper back? Are you pensioners? Also, do you have families? Do you have other hobbies?
Sorry, I hope that my questions don't come across as being aggressive - I don't want to be obnoxious, I am really just genuinely curious how you guys manage to read that many books. Myself, I manage to read about 40 to 50 books per year (each having maybe around 200 pages on average). This doesn't include the reading of scientific articles that I have to do for my job. This is just my spare-time reading.
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I haven't watched TV in years. I edit for a living, but I'm referring only to books that I read for leisure when I give my number on this thread. I was an impatient and greedy reader as a kid; I found out during a test for a summer high school program that I had turned myself into a speed reader. I read fast even compared with editing colleagues. Workload-wise, I can produce about double what many do. I'm happily child-free, and my husband and I split chores. I now have more free time than many people, but my reading has stayed consistent through decades.