How Many Books Will You Have Read This Year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20 This thread is shaming me!!

I'm the one who said I'm at 37. FWIW - I count books that are over 100 pages that I read aloud to my kids - I decided that is reading so it counts, LOL. I starred the kids' books below. Also - I think if people like to read - more power to them. But I have other interests and hobbies as well

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume*
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
Who Is Judy Blume? by Kirsten Anderson*
Double Fudge by Judy Blume*
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale*
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Kiss and Spell by Suzanne Selfors*
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton*
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

Definitely counts! I don't think I can count the Sandra Boynton, Little Blue Truck books I read to my toddler, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m at 44 right now which is the most I’ve read in years - I struggled to get through 14 last year.

What made the difference this year?

[Anonymous]

Knock it off with the “audio isn’t reading” bs.

So you think blind people and people with visual impairment don’t read. You think people who can’t physically hold a book or reader don’t read. You think people who are running themselves ragged between jobs and appointments don’t read.

Most importantly, it means you have never actually read the full definition or “read.”

Stop the ignorance. You don’t belong in a book forum if you think the ONLY way to read a book is the way YOU read it. Go away.

[Anonymous]

43. No audiobooks. The reason I like to distinguish audiobooks is that you can’t read a physical book while driving for example. So when someone says they read 100 books, I find it useful to know if they read a book or kindle or listened or both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Knock it off with the “audio isn’t reading” bs.

So you think blind people and people with visual impairment don’t read. You think people who can’t physically hold a book or reader don’t read. You think people who are running themselves ragged between jobs and appointments don’t read.

Most importantly, it means you have never actually read the full definition or “read.”

Stop the ignorance. You don’t belong in a book forum if you think the ONLY way to read a book is the way YOU read it. Go away.

Why are you so defensive? It looked like most posters WERE counting audio books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:43. No audiobooks. The reason I like to distinguish audiobooks is that you can’t read a physical book while driving for example. So when someone says they read 100 books, I find it useful to know if they read a book or kindle or listened or both.

Why do you care if they read their 100 books in the car or not? I’ve spent significantly less time in the car in the last year than I have reading or listening to audio books.

If we’re going to make a fuss about modes of reading maybe ebooks shouldn’t count? After all, they’re easier to acquire and access than paper books and you don’t have to turn the page with your finger. Were all 43 of the books you read real physical books or were you only ereading?

(That last paragraph was sarcasm by the way. I mostly read paper books but I think gatekeeping what counts as reading is being silly.)

[Anonymous]

Wow, I am impressed with how many books people on here read while also having full time jobs and young kids!

If you read 40+ books a year, do you buy them all? Or library?

Anyway, I am on pace to finish 22 books by the end of the year, which is great for me - I am such a slow reader. BUT my mix of books is fairly intense - Wild Swans, The Custom of the Country are examples of books I’ve read this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Knock it off with the “audio isn’t reading” bs.

So you think blind people and people with visual impairment don’t read. You think people who can’t physically hold a book or reader don’t read. You think people who are running themselves ragged between jobs and appointments don’t read.

Most importantly, it means you have never actually read the full definition or “read.”

Stop the ignorance. You don’t belong in a book forum if you think the ONLY way to read a book is the way YOU read it. Go away.

Oh lord, the audiobook brigade is out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Knock it off with the “audio isn’t reading” bs.

So you think blind people and people with visual impairment don’t read. You think people who can’t physically hold a book or reader don’t read. You think people who are running themselves ragged between jobs and appointments don’t read.

Most importantly, it means you have never actually read the full definition or “read.”

Stop the ignorance. You don’t belong in a book forum if you think the ONLY way to read a book is the way YOU read it. Go away.

Why are you so defensive? It looked like most posters WERE counting audio books.

I wasn't. I actually read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20 This thread is shaming me!!

It seems most people are including audio books, which isn’t quite the same in terms of effort.

Really? I think focusing on audio books is different but not easier. I cannot listen to audio fiction, for example, but really enjoy audio nonfiction. I both read and listen to a mix of “easy” and “hard” books.

Audio books take more time and effort. It's easier to read.

In what planet...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I am impressed with how many books people on here read while also having full time jobs and young kids!

If you read 40+ books a year, do you buy them all? Or library?

Anyway, I am on pace to finish 22 books by the end of the year, which is great for me - I am such a slow reader. BUT my mix of books is fairly intense - Wild Swans, The Custom of the Country are examples of books I’ve read this year.

I’ve read 40+ books this year with young kids and a job. The vast majority were books I already own and was rereading or murder mysteries or romances that I got from the library or bought a cheap ebook of. I am a fast reader but my taste definitely runs to quick, low emotional/intellectual stakes choices — give me an escapist fantasy any day. Not counting audio books I think I’ve read maybe 5 new to me, complicated and/or very intellectually stimulating books this year. (If I’m allowed to count audio it’s a good bit higher because this was the year I discovered I LOVE science and memoires in audio form. But I also tend to put those on while doing chores or playing with my kids so to your point of where do you find time, I don’t have to find it so much for those. Something always needs cleaning. Also they’re all from the library with insane wait times so I’m motivated to power through them in 3 weeks.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I am impressed with how many books people on here read while also having full time jobs and young kids!

If you read 40+ books a year, do you buy them all? Or library?

Anyway, I am on pace to finish 22 books by the end of the year, which is great for me - I am such a slow reader. BUT my mix of books is fairly intense - Wild Swans, The Custom of the Country are examples of books I’ve read this year.

I am a heavy user of the library Libby app. I always have 10 ebooks/audiobooks on my hold list. When a book becomes available I either check it out if I'll be ready for it soon or select "deliver later." I usually have a book come up as ready every 2-3 days so there's always something ready and waiting to read.

I did buy a few books last year, usually when I'm into a popular series and don't want to wait for the next book to be available or for very new releases that I'm excited to read and won't be at the library soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I am impressed with how many books people on here read while also having full time jobs and young kids!

If you read 40+ books a year, do you buy them all? Or library?

Anyway, I am on pace to finish 22 books by the end of the year, which is great for me - I am such a slow reader. BUT my mix of books is fairly intense - Wild Swans, The Custom of the Country are examples of books I’ve read this year.

I am a heavy user of the library Libby app. I always have 10 ebooks/audiobooks on my hold list. When a book becomes available I either check it out if I'll be ready for it soon or select "deliver later." I usually have a book come up as ready every 2-3 days so there's always something ready and waiting to read.

I did buy a few books last year, usually when I'm into a popular series and don't want to wait for the next book to be available or for very new releases that I'm excited to read and won't be at the library soon.

With a new book in a series or by an author I live, I like to buy it as a way of saying thanks (and avoid the wait on Libby).

[Anonymous]

audiobooks of course count but it’s a slippery slope when you have platforms like Audible producing original works like The Space Within narrated by Jessica Chastain that it classifies as a “podcast” with another Audible original (zero tolerance) narrated by Hillary Swank it classifies as an audiobook that I think is only in this format…the lines can get blurred.

[Anonymous]

Audiobooks are great. I started listening to them during Covid. I actually prefer memoirs, nonfiction and classics on audiobook. Supposedly they stimulate different parts of your brain than written words and may help prevent dementia.