Statistics on Americans, Canadians, and Brits are out.
But I thought I'd conduct our own poll here.
Please state your sex and nationality with your answer (I'm not making any assumptions...).
But I thought I'd conduct our own poll here.
Please state your sex and nationality with your answer (I'm not making any assumptions...).
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Wed, April 16, 2008 - 11:37 AMMale. USA. I don't know--more than ten? Okay, more than 12. How many is a lot? In the past week or two I've read at least seven or eight. But, that's a lot for me recently. So, gee, I guess more than 20? 20-30. ? I mean, I don't count technical manuals for computers and software, etc. If I counted that, maybe 50? Do books in PDF format count? Do filings in political cases count? What about reading newsfeeds almost every day? Now, wouldn't it be cool if one wrote as many books as one read? I suppose that's kind of true anyways, although not in a true sense...
Uh oh--spillage.
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Thu, April 17, 2008 - 4:57 PMFemale, American, and I'm guessing 20. I subscribe to too many magazines and that eats into my book reading time. -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Thu, April 17, 2008 - 9:56 PMThat's a good point, Timbo.
I was reading this study about how many books people read, but it was done by counting how many books they BUY. And I know I read a hell of a lot of stuff I print off places like Project Gutenberg, or borrow.
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Sat, April 19, 2008 - 1:56 AMJm,had to go through my library to determine that,,and my best estimation is about 25 books.
I am female, White/American Indian.
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Wed, April 23, 2008 - 5:19 AMFemale. Dutch. My guess would be about fifty, if I include speed-reading through thrillers (it helps me sleep, okay), audiobooks, comics, and the art and management books (which both have a lot of pictures). I tend to read a lot when I'm on holiday too, I'll get through five books in a week or so. -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Fri, April 25, 2008 - 3:49 AMAmerican, male.
I keep a list, with notes, just to remember, and think I average about 2 a week, but there are gaps for last summer and autumn, and I only come up with about 60. -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 7:12 AMAs a rule I will read one a week but last year sucked so, I probably only read six max.
I is a little black girl living in the low down south and I is only 21 years old yesday -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 9:46 AMI hear ya, Bren. I don't read as much as I'd like because sometimes I just can't concentrate and that's frustrating. I'm also a slow reader. It takes me a while to digest what I've read. -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 12:23 AMI've never understood how people could read fast, anyway. -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Thu, May 8, 2008 - 11:51 PMAmerimale here, read several dozen, half them being chips the others mostly thick as molasses thinking cap material. Maugham, Collier, Flannery O’Connor, Sherman Alexie, Bilge Karasv and P.K. Dick being the more interesting writers of the lot. Just picked up ‘I Am a Cat’ by Sōseki Natsume which looks interesting.
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Fri, May 9, 2008 - 1:13 AMHow did you like Sherman Alexie? -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 12:28 AMCulturally charged images both sad and humorous. Great characterizations though at times I feel subtly complex compared to the blatantly rehashed cultural issues presented. I wrote the poem “Play with me” with his writings in mind:
people.tribe.net/lutesarou...371381957e
The “balls” line in the poem refers my questioning of his motifs as a writer. Still in all I enjoy his works and find lines viscerally potent as porcupine quills shoved up a dog’s nose.
His writings seem chips compared to the denser Karasv “Garden of Departed Cats”. Apples and oranges when reading such items though. Hell, I can get off reading about quilts just as easy as Nin. Go figure my trash can, eat what you find, taste.
I’m still shivering over John Collier’s “His Monkey Wife”. Now that man can slug language about as well as Shakespeare ever could. -
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Re: How many books have you read in the past year?
Tue, May 20, 2008 - 10:14 PMI started reading a book about three months ago that was so funny that I was dishing it up one chapter at a time to make it last.
THen, I forgot about it until yesterday. The name is "Bless Your Heart, TRAMP and Other Southern Enderments" by Celia Rivenbark.
I scream with delight at some of the funny things she says.
She also wrote "We're Just Like You, Only Prettier"
No joke.....
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