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Ask Slashdot: How Many Books Do You Read a Month?
joshtops writes: Hi fellow readers. I wanted to ask you how many books do you read in a month on average? Also wanted to understand if that number has changed over the last five years. Also, what are you reading this month?
This seems to have gotten misplaced, /. polls are on the right.
My number for the former is respectable, probably 6-8. The latter? Not so much.
I read a lot. I read on a large number of topics. I'm constantly reading. I never stop, in a practical sense.
I do read books. I'm now reading The Smear by Sharyl Attiksson. I just don't have the time to dedicate to reading a set or large number of books every month.
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I'm at around 90 or so each month right now. The kids love em and it only takes a few minutes for each one.
Switches over to Audiobooks on Overdrive last spring. i'm not 'reading' anywhere from 5-10 books a month. Depends on the length, some books at 8-10 hours, others are 30+. listening at 1.4x i can get through an 8 hour book in a day.
Right now i have finished the "Robots" series by Isaac Asimov, and now on book 2 of the Foundation series.
Overdrive really changed my ability to get through books, i probably read more now in a month the i used to in a year. I highly recommend it to anyone who's local library is a member. The best part is that is completely free.
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Currently reading the SFWA's "Greatest Sci-Fi 1928-1964" edited by Theodore Sturgeon that I found in a used book store.
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So yeah, I see clearly how this could have been formed as a poll. Yet here it is. As of writing this almost all of the posts modded up are complaining it's not a poll. With a whole bunch of score 2 or less making the same complaint. It's here, it's on the front page, a done deal. As such all of those complaints should be scored offtopic. Maybe by the end of the day they will. Stop being a bunch of wet blankets and have a discussion already. I gave my response plus context for discussion. With all of the heavy topics we engage in here, this should be a fun subject to discuss.
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