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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 read very fast--when I read paperbacks, it was about 100-150 pages/hour; I suspect it's slightly faster now because page turns don't take as long on the ebook reader.
I read on the train going to work. On lunch at work. In the evening, while the rest of the family watches TV. During commercials when I'm watching TV. While walking to the train. While waiting in line at the bank. While slow web pages are loading.
If you have never said "Excuse me" to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time. ~Sherri Chasin Calvo