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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

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.)[/quote]

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