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Re: How Many Books Do you read per year

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I read about 20 to 25 books a year and sometimes more. It all depends on my raiding schedule.
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I read a book every week, so in a year I guess I read about 52 books.
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about 200 books.
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Last year I read 890 books.
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Not so much - about 15 - 20. I used to read much more and faster, but now I'm more picky about what I read, and prefer to savour the book word by word. If it has 600 pages, it can take a few weeks to read it. Although if I included also the stories and fanfiction I read online, the count would probably double.
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It really depends what I have on my workload (work commitments and night studies) but I try to read at least a book a week (or book a month if its a bit of a stretch, so I would say between 30-50 books.
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Thesaurus Rex wrote:Last year I read 890 books.
Wow. you read 2.5 books every day? :shock: How did you manage that?
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I guess it all depends on work and other commitments... Also on the length of the book! I used to be like Thesaurus Rex and be able to read two books a day but working fulltime as well as studying at night means that my reading time is somewhat limited. I only get to read about three books a week now, although as I said, it all depends. I went to the library recently and finished seven books in three days, but in the last week I've only read one! Although I am writing exams at the moment so that's probably a good thing... I read pretty quickly, and often get through a book in one sitting. Hmm, it would be an interesting exercise to try keep track of how many I do read in a year!

-- 11 Jun 2015, 09:31 --

I must add that a lot of those are rereads.
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My goal is to read 50 books per year, but I do not always meet that goal. It depends on my schedule, which is always pretty busy. But there is always time for reading.
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Depending on my mood I can read about 2 books a week and to me that is pretty good. It generally depends on the subject matter of the book and how long of a book it is. I never get tired of reading!
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Post by Ams1957 »

Usually around 35 a year but less this year because of eye surgery. I tried listening to a book but it just was not the same. Maybe it just wasn't the correct book to listen to.
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Post by zanderlyrose »

Anywhere from 10 to 100. As a stay at home mom its hit and miss when I have free time.
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20-30 a years
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Post by kjsoccer »

I've read 35 books so far this year. I'm hoping to read 100 books this year.
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I am a quite fast reader and read a lot of books, so I guess maybe between 100-200. It depends on how much time I have.
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