Who here can read more than 4 books in a month?

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

How do you do it? It takes me sometimes 3 months to read one book. I will set it aside for weeks at a time sometimes. It all depends on what I'm doing. I would like to be able to read at least 2 books a month. I do consider myself an avid reader, but I don't spend a lot of time reading. Plus, I read 2 and 3 books at a time. Usually it's 1 fiction novel, 1 book on writing and 1 spiritual book. Anyone else do this?

 

[yo moms]

dont have the attention span to read books anymore

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

how long the books gotta be

i read the first harry potter when it came out in one sitting..stayed in the car and read coming back from Borders to the house and until I finished. Didnt read another book in the series though.

 

[JAY?]

U could read a James Patterson book in a day or 2 easily

 

[Desirous]

I was an English Literature major, so I couldn't avoid it...our reading lists were insane sometimes....it was especially hard to get through all the novels you didn't even like. I like reading at my own pace now though...I don't feel like I'm rushing through.

 

[ltheghost]

Did a lot of flying the past year. 13 hour flights. So at the beginning of the year I was reading maybe 4 or 5 books a month. American Gods, Game of Thrones, some old Iceburg Slim novels. Tom Clancey. Anything fun to read to get me through those long ass flights.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Yeah if you're in the right situation. I don't have any music player so if I take the bus I'm murdering my books since there ain't shyt else to do. Plane flights are another good way, gotta have minimal distractions so you can sink into the book.

 

[nineteeneightysix]

Non-academic books are out dated...What's the point of reading...? To develop an imagination...? hahahahaha...We have video games, the internet, movies, TV Shows and etc...

I only read academic material such as school texts, and research articles...If it's a good fictional book or semi-fiction (autobiographies), I will just wait until they make the movie...

Movies >>>> Books

 

[mbewane]

Yeah I'd say I'm around 3-4 books in a month. Don't own a TV, I usually read like half-an-hour before going to bed, in the metro, lunch-breaks, more on the weekends. If you want to, there's always time to read, depends what your entertainment priorities are.

 

[The 2020 New Member]

Did a lot of flying the past year. 13 hour flights. So at the beginning of the year I was reading maybe 4 or 5 books a month. American Gods, Game of Thrones, some old Iceburg Slim novels. Tom Clancey. Anything fun to read to get me through those long ass flights.

neil gaiman is pretty damn fluid tho. loved the novel, you references. them robert beck books are hard to put down as well. i think it comes down to the material but i could most definitely read 5-6 GOOD books.

 

[Rawtid]

How do you do it? It takes me sometimes 3 months to read one book. I will set it aside for weeks at a time sometimes. It all depends on what I'm doing. I would like to be able to read at least 2 books a month. I do consider myself an avid reader, but I don't spend a lot of time reading. Plus, I read 2 and 3 books at a time. Usually it's 1 fiction novel, 1 book on writing and 1 spiritual book. Anyone else do this?

That's my biggest issue with reading...I've always got 2-3 books going at once. If I focused on reading one book at time, then I could probably do 2-3 books a month. 4 doesn't seem feasible.

 

[KushSkywalker]

Non-academic books are out dated...What's the point of reading...? To develop an imagination...? hahahahaha...We have video games, the internet, movies, TV Shows and etc...

I only read academic material such as school texts, and research articles...If it's a good fictional book or semi-fiction (autobiographies), I will just wait until they make the movie...

Movies >>>> Books

the act of reading and using your imagination without any visual assistance helps create stronger neural pathways for a faster/smarter brain

 

[trick]

Back in school, I read 3-4 books a month. Now, I can barely finish one in a month.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I was an English Literature major, so I couldn't avoid it...our reading lists were insane sometimes....it was especially hard to get through all the novels you didn't even like. I like reading at my own pace now though...I don't feel like I'm rushing through.

English Major? How many books you read a month now?

Yeah I'd say I'm around 3-4 books in a month. Don't own a TV, I usually read like half-an-hour before going to bed, in the metro, lunch-breaks, more on the weekends. If you want to, there's always time to read, depends what your entertainment priorities are.

Half an hour goes by face for me. I do that sometimes before bed. But like, after reading for 2 hours I'll only have covered like a chapter...that makes me mad. There's really no reason to speed read, esp because I'm doing a lot of analyzing while I'm reading, but I'd love to be able to finish 3-4 books a month; mainly because there are so many things I want to learn about and figure out. I have a goal for myself in terms of knowledge and I'm definitely not where I want to be right now.

And you're right about priorities. The internet and videogames take up a lot of my entertainment time. I'm an aspiring writer, so I like to write to, but I don't do that consistently. Now that I'm back in school, I have to do a lot of school and shyt so I don't have the time. I can make time, though.

Why don't you own a TV? I had an older friend who told me that in college he didn't own a TV either and got a lot of reading done. He suggested that I put away my TV as well. I don't watch TV really; I only use it for videogames and sports. Maybe I should think about putting it away though, in order to get more reading and writing done. Doesn't feel good that my ultimate goal of being a published fiction novelist is so far away from me...I have to work harder.

Yeah if you're in the right situation. I don't have any music player so if I take the bus I'm murdering my books since there ain't shyt else to do. Plane flights are another good way, gotta have minimal distractions so you can sink into the book.

You're right--minimal distractions is key.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

Yeah I'd say I'm around 3-4 books in a month. Don't own a TV, I usually read like half-an-hour before going to bed, in the metro, lunch-breaks, more on the weekends. If you want to, there's always time to read, depends what your entertainment priorities are.

Free time = pr0n

I need rehab...