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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?
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I read very fast. I can complete up to 3 easy-reading (non-demanding fiction, romance, that sort of thing) novels a day. I read on the bus on the way to work, at lunch time, on the way home from work (I have a long, 1 hour+ commute), and the evening after my kids go to bed. Most of the books are novel length (200+ pages) although some are novellas and others are bookstop-sized fantasy novels. I don't count picture books or short stories outside of a complete anthology. I have a family. I have other hobbies, but they get shorter shrift in years when I am on a reading tear (and I have
years where I don't read nearly as many books as 200-300; I tend to indulge in other hobbies in those years). I also read some heavy nonfiction from time to time and my pace is much slower on that and on classics than it is on the easy-reading fiction.