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How many pages have you read today, /lit/?

I managed to read just about 100. Pretty pleased with myself. Currently reading Dune, liking it so far.

>> No.12422676

>>12422665
Not sure because I'm reading on a tablet but I read a 6% of War and Peace.

>> No.12422697

>>12422665
I'm reading book two of the series. Not enjoying it nearly as much, but it is still enjoyable.

>> No.12422708

>>12422665
What's a page again?

>> No.12422717

>>12422665
0(zero)

>> No.12422725

Read 2 paragraphs then decided to browse the web instead. i'll try again in an hour.

>> No.12422726

>>12422665
Read all of Book 2 of the Aeneid. Really just wanting to read half of a book per day (about 12-15 pages in my edition, each book is 30-40 pages). I'm really enjoying it so far

>> No.12422730

>>12422665
i haven't read a book in 8 years

>> No.12422755

About 50 pages of Herodotus.

>> No.12422757

>>12422726
I'm glad to see some normal replies here. I don't normally read 100, and on days when I don't and see these types of threads I feel like a fucking brainlet.

Nice job anon. I definitely will give that a read.

>> No.12422776

I do the tai lopez program, so I ready a book a day. Unless I'm on vacation or something(which is oddly the best time to read). Anyway, however long the book is, that's how many pages I read a day. It could be 150-250 or it could be 500+

>> No.12422778

None so far, but I'm going to read the last 70 pages of the first part of TBK later.

>> No.12422786

>>12422665
I've stopped taking pride in or merely enjoying my reading page counts, quite sadly, OP.

I've been reading a lot all my life and it only made me a boring cunt, so now I'm a bit wary of considering reading 100 pages a day a worthy accomplishment. But you're right, I should keep the habit, if nothing else to stay in mental shape.

Good luck on your long journey as a reader OP, I hope you'll never become as bitterly idle as I have.

>> No.12422814

309 pages

>> No.12422839

>>12422776
You must be 18 or older to post on this site

>> No.12422844

Read?

>> No.12422879

>>12422665
about 80, finished la peste and wanted to start reading another book right away, but figured i should melt the book for a bit and give it some more thought.

>> No.12422893

I read like 24% of this Intro to Derrida summary on my Kindle.

I’m trying to get into him and Wittfenstein before I read broom of the system but damn these niggas go from making no sense to making very obtuse arguments for things which are 1) totally obvious 2) entirely inconsequential to anyone’s life, just for white tower fags 3) should be said in plain english.

but yeah, like 24% of a pdf.

>> No.12423084

10 pages of philosophy. I like read and then re-read.

>> No.12423201

5 pages of Phenomenology of Spirit.

>> No.12423478

Acts IV and V of Taming of the Shrew. Was overall a very good play. Of the Shakespeare I've read it ranks as follows Hamlet>R&J>TotS>The Tempest. Going to be reading 1 play per week for a Shakespeare class I'm currently taking and I'm rather excited for more. So far we've read all of the sonnets and TotS (2nd week of class).

>> No.12423537

>>12422665
Has anyone read Lonesome Dove? I'm early into Part 2 but I read ~ 50 pages today. I love how natural the dialogue comes across between the characters.

>> No.12423551

I read three poems today and 15 pages of a book

>> No.12425031

>>12423478
Sounds pretty great. What year are you?

>> No.12425092

>>12422776
If I read more than 150-200 pages per day I lose focus easily and afterwards forget parts in the book.

>> No.12425096

two hundred

>> No.12425098

>>12423551
You can read more than that anon

>> No.12425115

Why read excessively? Go outside, experience life itself, it's right in front of your face when you put the book away.

>> No.12425145

True literature was never meant to be printed. If you're reading anything other than papyrus scrolls or stone tablets, you're missing the essential pith.

>> No.12425158

>>12425096
How many books do you usually read per year?

>> No.12425178

>>12425031
Third

>> No.12425206

>>12422665
250

>> No.12425218

>>12425158

i don't count but it would be around one hundred i guess

but often i'll re-read the same trash up to three time so it could even be fifty or less

>> No.12425238

>>12422665
Books for pidors.

>> No.12425248

>>12422665
Nice, I am reading Dune too, like it so far.

>> No.12425362

>>12422665
>start reading fiction (Anna Karenina)
>several chapters in ask myself why the fuck am I reading about russian aristrocrats going to balls and shit
>Quit

How do I enjoy fiction again

>> No.12425449

>>12422893
just read Broom of the System man, it's a fun book and Derrida is just an obscurantist. Wallace is a pseud and him saying BotS is a "dialogue" between W and D is just him blowing himself.
If you really insist on "preparing" yourself for BotS just read and understand what W wrote about linguistic meaning in PI.

>> No.12425496

>>12425248
The beginning of Dune bored me. It was like Star Wars Ep I as a novel. But I really enjoyed it when it picked up a few chapters in.

>> No.12425888

>>12422776
I once read a 350 pages book in a day for school. It was atrocious even though the book was good