I've not done well in 2020 reading-wise and managed a poor (even for me) 9 books this year, down on last year's above average 16.
I know some bloggers devour 200 or even 300 books in a year. I've no idea how. But I do like the fact that I can remember what happened in the books I've read, and I doubt that would be possible if I read ten times as many.
Here's my reading in 2019. I've been doing this a while so you can step back quite a way.
As ever, every headline links to my review of the book on Goodreads.
"I know some bloggers devour 200 or even 300 books in a year. I've no idea how." I am inclined to call BS unless they are all short books. I am allowed to wear headphones at work. I have 40 hours a week minimum that I can listen to books, at double or more speed. 165 is an all time high for me. 200? Maybe. 300? only if they spent nearly their every waking moment speed reading. (PS. I have listened to all of your books. twice.)
ReplyDelete@RichardPF and @BookwormBlues have exceeded 200 by considerable margins on many years - they read from the page (I believe) rather than listening to audiobooks. Speed-readers can consume literature at an astounding rate.
Delete"300? only if they spent nearly their every waking moment speed reading."
DeleteThat's...inaccurate. Average reading speed is 250 words per minute. If someone reads 2 hours per day (instead of, say, scrolling on social media), everyday, they'll read 10980000 words per year. Average fantasy book is around 350 pages long (about 90 000 words). A dedicated reader who prefers reading to asocial media / games / TV will easily read 122 books of average length.Quicker readers (say those naturally reading at speed of 350 wpm) will read 170 books spending 2 hours per day reading.
Speed reading starts at around 500 wpm. If someone spent half their waking moments (say 8h per day) speed-reading at this speed, they would read 966 book per year.
Just my two cents.