How many books do you read in a year? - Page 11

Ravensknight · 07-19-2010, 07:33 PM

120 in '08.
160 in '09
and I'm about to pass the 100 mark this month.

Brookstone · 07-19-2010, 10:46 PM

I have read many posts in this thread. most members read more than 100 books in the past years. Wow, that is great for you!

So that really gives me great pressure to speak out my experience. I read 3 -5 books and about 10 -15 magazines every year, that is also my target.

I mainly focus on history and economics and my books & magazines are about these topic. I like to chew my books (they are my aborative selection) and give a glance on those magazines because I have not much spare time to read them completely after my job.

So reading of 15 -20 books/magazines every year is too little?

rxkslash · 07-20-2010, 04:40 AM

i'm not sure, but maybe around 100, cause every day when i'm on the train, i like to use my ipad to read ebooks, but most of them are novels and comics, haha

pdurrant · 07-20-2010, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brookstone

So reading of 15 -20 books/magazines every year is too little?

Not at all. If that is as much reading as you enjoy, it's right for you.

m-reader · 07-20-2010, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brookstone

So reading of 15 -20 books/magazines every year is too little?

So long as you're not like a friend of mine, you're fine.
When I asked him how many books he'd read his answer was "Last year - one, this year - not as many

".

m-reader · 07-20-2010, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rxkslash

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iPad ebooks download -- unlimited novels, comics, movies...

Is this legit?

pdurrant · 07-20-2010, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m-reader

Is this legit?

That web page seems to be a scam identical to the mypadmedia.com scam

See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85587 for details. Essentially it wraps feedbooks.com and charges you for it. It also mis-leads with the promotional quotes, implying that, for example, the twilight series is available for free.

Alexander Turcic · 07-20-2010, 05:35 AM

I edited the posts to remove the scam url. No need to give them any more attention than necessary.

Sweetpea · 07-20-2010, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brookstone

So reading of 15 -20 books/magazines every year is too little?

Nah, as long as you enjoy the reading, and are comfortable with it, who cares what others think? Personally, I'd love to be able to read 100's of books each year, but my work schedule won't allow it (nor my sleep schedule, but maybe when I find a book again I just can't put away...)

m-reader · 07-20-2010, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

I edited the posts to remove the scam url. No need to give them any more attention than necessary.

Fair enough. I didn't want to report it as spam, as I wasn't 100% sure.

Ravensknight · 07-20-2010, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brookstone

I mainly focus on history and economics and my books & magazines are about these topic. I like to chew my books...

I mainly read scifi/fantasy, so I just rip through them. Glad there are people like you to balance me out :-)

matt314159 · 08-07-2010, 02:40 AM

Holy COW, y'all blow through books like nothing I've ever seen before!

I read between 25 and 35 books a year, I'd say. I know, I know, I'm a lightweight. A lot of them recently have been on the long side, ranging from 125,000 words on the low end, to 230,000 on the high end, so i don't know if I get any kind of a weighted score or something ;-)

pdurrant · 08-07-2010, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt314159

Holy COW, y'all blow through books like nothing I've ever seen before!

I read between 25 and 35 books a year, I'd say. I know, I know, I'm a lightweight. A lot of them recently have been on the long side, ranging from 125,000 words on the low end, to 230,000 on the high end, so i don't know if I get any kind of a weighted score or something ;-)

It not how many you read, but how much you enjoy reading that counts.

Of course, if you only read 30-odd books a year, it does make your selection of your next book that much more important.

Valmore Daniels · 08-07-2010, 09:39 AM

As a teenager I would read between 100 and 200 a year easy, but now, with full time job, wife, kids, pets, (and any other spare time writing my own), I'm down to between 20 and 30 a year. Mostly SF/Fantasy peppered with the odd Jeffrey Deaver or Dean Koontz.

hgwlackey · 08-08-2010, 11:13 AM

I've generally averaged about 3 books a month, maybe getting up to 40 books in a good year. This is hard copy and ebook (on Palms, iPhone and Kindle) combined. I got an iPad this year, though, and my reading has doubled. I'm on book #45 already. I don't think I'm reading particularly faster; I'm just making time for reading more often. I read roughly a page a minute with my current font settings (Palatino, second size from the smallest) in iBooks. Some books are slower, some faster, but they don't usually get too far off the page-a-minute rate.

07-20-2010, 04:40 AM	#153
rxkslash Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: ipad	i'm not sure, but maybe around 100, cause every day when i'm on the train, i like to use my ipad to read ebooks, but most of them are novels and comics, haha Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 07-20-2010 at 05:27 AM. Reason: removed scam url

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07-19-2010, 07:33 PM	#151
Ravensknight Serpent Rider Posts: 1,123 Karma: 10219804 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 350; Nook STR; Oasis	120 in '08. 160 in '09 and I'm about to pass the 100 mark this month.

07-19-2010, 10:46 PM	#152
Brookstone Banned Posts: 2 Karma: 100 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	I have read many posts in this thread. most members read more than 100 books in the past years. Wow, that is great for you! So that really gives me great pressure to speak out my experience. I read 3 -5 books and about 10 -15 magazines every year, that is also my target. I mainly focus on history and economics and my books & magazines are about these topic. I like to chew my books (they are my aborative selection) and give a glance on those magazines because I have not much spare time to read them completely after my job. So reading of 15 -20 books/magazines every year is too little?

07-20-2010, 05:35 AM	#158
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	I edited the posts to remove the scam url. No need to give them any more attention than necessary.

08-07-2010, 02:40 AM	#162
matt314159 Groupie Posts: 198 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: High Desert, SoCal Device: KSO, NookColor (CM7.1), Samsung Mesmerize	Holy COW, y'all blow through books like nothing I've ever seen before! I read between 25 and 35 books a year, I'd say. I know, I know, I'm a lightweight. A lot of them recently have been on the long side, ranging from 125,000 words on the low end, to 230,000 on the high end, so i don't know if I get any kind of a weighted score or something ;-)

08-07-2010, 09:39 AM	#164
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	As a teenager I would read between 100 and 200 a year easy, but now, with full time job, wife, kids, pets, (and any other spare time writing my own), I'm down to between 20 and 30 a year. Mostly SF/Fantasy peppered with the odd Jeffrey Deaver or Dean Koontz.

08-08-2010, 11:13 AM	#165
hgwlackey Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 9550 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tennessee, USA Device: Kindle Touch, HTC Thunderbolt	I've generally averaged about 3 books a month, maybe getting up to 40 books in a good year. This is hard copy and ebook (on Palms, iPhone and Kindle) combined. I got an iPad this year, though, and my reading has doubled. I'm on book #45 already. I don't think I'm reading particularly faster; I'm just making time for reading more often. I read roughly a page a minute with my current font settings (Palatino, second size from the smallest) in iBooks. Some books are slower, some faster, but they don't usually get too far off the page-a-minute rate.