How many books have you read this year? What are your practices?

[Anonymous]

Lifted from another thread. How many books have you read this year? What are your reading practices like, if you care to share?

[Anonymous]

I read 26 books so far this year - will probably read one more. I read every night, I read on airplanes and on vacation. Not much else. Probably will get one or two more in before the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

I’ll probably finish the year around 275, but about 10 of those are novellas.

Most of the books I read are hard copies or ebooks from one of the libraries I belong to. I often also borrow an audio version of a book so I can continue with it on my 20 minute commute. I try to read a little while drinking my morning coffee and for 10-15 at lunchtime.

The shows I watch are all streaming ones that release all episodes at once, so I don’t really watch TV that much anymore. I tend to read at night for my entertainment.

I might also just read more quickly than average? 150-200 pages in an evening is pretty formal if the story is engaging.

[Anonymous]

Wow!!! That's a lot.

[Anonymous]

According to Goodreads I’ve read 96. To be fair, most of what I read is fairly fluffy chick lit so they are quick reads.

I read before bed, and for about 20min every morning while drinking my coffee before my family wakes up. For the most part I am not into tv or movies so if my family is watching a show I’ll join them but read instead of watching.

[Anonymous]

*normal

[Anonymous]

Its quality not quantity.

I think I'm hovering around 25. That includes a streak late in the year of about 20 books in the last 4 months. Most have been great. I think I read 5 self help books back in June/July but they were meh. Before that I was reading fiction that was pretty bad and made me want to watch 80s sitcoms.

[Anonymous]

If audiobooks count, too many to count. If we’re talking only books, then about one a month. When I try reading at night (my only free time), I fall asleep almost instantly, especially in winter! But I love audiobooks during my commute.

[Anonymous]

I honestly have not counted this year. I read a lot of poetry, so you can get through the smaller collections very, very quickly. I also read novels, mysteries and sometimes non-fiction that really stands out.

I wouldn't mind keeping track starting in January and a list of what I've read so I know actual numbers. Though I have the sense that I read more at the start of the year - back to back fiction for example until March and then things tend to slope off a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If audiobooks count, too many to count. If we’re talking only books, then about one a month. When I try reading at night (my only free time), I fall asleep almost instantly, especially in winter! But I love audiobooks during my commute.

I'm the poster who will passionately argue that audiobooks are books. Yours count.

[Anonymous]

125, some are kids’ books (middle grade or YA) and the rest adult.

Getting a new Paperwhite and the Libby app has been the biggest help. Most of my list were read in the second half of the year, after I got the new Paperwhite.

I read 2-4 hours most days. A lot of it is redirecting the social media scroll type energy into reading. I think that social media puts my brain in a zone where it struggles to focus. The more I avoid SM the happier I am.

[Anonymous]

Around 40-50, I think. I read during my commute, I read many evenings and almost always before bed, and we sometimes hang out and read on the sofa on the weekends. I uninstalled all social media apps and deactivated my Twitter account, which really helped avoid meaningless time-wasting.

[Anonymous]

Only a dozen.

But I'm current on the New Yorker!

[Anonymous]

42 and I’ll probably get through 1-2 more before the end of the year. If you do weekend meal prep or take daily walks, these are great times for audiobooks. If you read, then you must always have a book/kindle at the ready. Browse overdrive, browse kindle sales on a daily basis, etch

The goal is to always be in the middle of a book that is more interesting and easier to get into than DCUM or Twitter.

I personally want to know about those people reading these thousand page books. How do you sustain your attention?!

[Anonymous]

I don't keep track and I do a lot of rereading and when not super tired writing. New books? Probably 10 or so. Total read/reread/written is a lot more. Although lower than usual because I had a new baby this year and that always wipes out my ability to focus until I wean for some reason.