How many books?

[AUG]

I usually only have the time to read about one or two at a time. Sometimes if I get bogged down in a certain book I'll put it aside for awhile and read something else. Unfortunately I have never been able to master the art of speed reading.

 

[John Davison]

Was having a conversation with a friend of mine and we were discussing how many books we read at one time; we was a guy who can't read more than one because it would confuse him he says. I have four going right now and have at times had more. I just find that sometimes I need to just change gears in the middle of a book and start reading other things. Curious as to how many you guys normally have going at a time?

Unless I've grabbed hold of a page turner, I usually have several going -- some I don't finish and some I read for a couple of key passages that interest me. Pity is, I've so many interests and hobbies, and to top it all off, AADS.

 

[mphstteach]

I usually only have the time to read about one or two at a time. Sometimes if I get bogged down in a certain book I'll put it aside for awhile and read something else. Unfortunately I have never been able to master the art of speed reading.

practice with this website and copy/paste internet articles. It has helped me tremendously http://spreeder.com/

 

[KansasFreestater]

And then there's stuff I download and print out.

This is one of the reasons I love Kindle. Anything that's too long to read on a computer screen, I save as a PDF, then email it to my Amazon Kindle email account. Then I can read it on a small, easily readable screen at my leisure. This works great for really long articles, white papers, Congressional committee reports, etc.

 

[AUG]

practice with this website and copy/paste internet articles. It has helped me tremendously http://spreeder.com/

Thanks for posting. I think my average reading speed is around 300 wpm, though it usually depends on what I am reading of course.

 

[Lnwlf]

I tried reading more than one book at a time but lost interest in both rather quickly. After concentrating on one I was able to regain the interest, and finished both. So my answer is one at a time. Being slow witted, I am better off doing it that way. I remember things better concentrating on one subject.

 

[bsmart]

Four

I have one book at home I read at night (Right now Glory Road), One on CD in my car I 'read' when I'm by myself driving (Right now an age of sail nautical fiction), one in the CD in my wife's car that we both 'read' when driving together (usually a mystery, currently Stuart Woods 'Stone Barrington' series). I also keep a 'kill the time' book in her car in case I have time while she is shopping (Battle of Antietam by Ted Alexander) I used to keep a book in my car to read at lunchtime at work but since I'm retired now I've cut that one out

I learned a while ago not to try and read two books on the same subject at the same time. I get my time lines confused if I try (for example) to read two Gettysburg books at the same time in two different locations

 

[W. Richardson]

2 is about all I can do at one time. My mind just isn't what it use to be....lol
I guess I am getting a case of the Southern slows............
When I am doing research it isn't uncommon for me to have 10 to 15 books down at once.

Respectfully,

William

 

[rickvox79]

I am one of those poor souls who only ever reads one book at a time. Reading a book is like drinking a cocktail - it's not a good idea to mix them up.

I'm the same way. I like to focus on one book at a time. That way I can give it all of my attention and then once finished I can move on to another and give it my undivided attention.

 

[nitrofd]

At the moment I am reading four.not really related so your mind does' the clash between the different titles.one of them is the 10 volume history of Lincoln which is online at the century magazine which is published monthly over about 5 yrs. A chapter at a time.i am also reading the Maryland Campaign by Ezra Carman,The I am reading the Battle of Kurt by David M.Glantz because since the fall of the Soviet Union so much new real information has come out, but it is a slow read with all these Russian names, and the last one is The Origins of the Final Solution which is a slow read also because in the first 30 pages there already 117 footnotes.sometimes tough to follow,