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Do you read one book at a time, or switch books between readings?

>> No.11927829

>>11927827
Book wheel with a motor.

>> No.11927840
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>>11927829
OH HOLY FFFFFFF

>> No.11927848

>>11927840
I use prism glasses too.

>> No.11928968

I have a minimum of one fiction and non-fiction always in the works. More realistically I have 5+ books I've started and progress through slowly.

>> No.11928974

>>11927827
One fiction and one non fiction.

>> No.11928980

I read three or four books at once

Can't afford a book wheel though

>> No.11929740

two is my max.
i’m starting to aim just for one for the sake of concentration amd digestion

>> No.11929759

>>11927827
I read a fiction book, a philosophy book, and a history book at the same time.

>> No.11929763

I don't read

>> No.11929775
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>>11928974
>>11928980
>>11929740
>>11929759
>he doesn't read 3 books and 4 musical pieces simultaneously

>> No.11929776

>>11928974
this. Between the chapters of the novel it's good to read some collections of essays, reportages or some shit like that

>> No.11929794

>>11927827

When I was young, I read whatever (simple fiction, odd non-fiction). I can clearly remember a time-or-two when I had four books going. This was (is, read on) my natural way to learn. This continued of necessity during secondary and tertiary education (harder stuff), but with less joy. During later 20s (hateful work) a long period ensued in which I completed almost no books, and felt scummy about it. I tried limited times to focus ideally on some single work, and nothing got done.

Happily, over the past four years or so I've really started reading again. Unironically, /lit/ has had a lot to do with this. I do best when I bounce back-and-forth between two-to-four things at various intervals. This, because I build unexpected connections, which reinforce memory and understanding.

I provide a very simple example. "The Coming Insurrection" was probably written by the Tarnac Nine. This same group of defendants cited Lautréamont (a /lit/ namedropper) multiple times in one of their documents. I had a vague awareness of both, but now that I've read both, I can relate them.

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>>11927840
why do they have a little man stuck inside there

>> No.11929883

>>11927827
One book in print, one audiobook for the car/doing chores

>> No.11929985

>>11929868
If someone has a bad taste in literature, that's where you put their head. Just give the wheel a big spin like it's The Price is Right, and crunch. Problem solved.

>> No.11929997

>>11929868
>he doesn't have a library goblin
Who else would pick up all of the discarded dustcovers?

>> No.11930969

>>11929763
the only honest anon in this whole board

>> No.11930974

>>11927827

Two books on the desk, one eye for each,
Two separate earbuds for each ear, with two audio books
Mummy taps my shoulder with mores code to read me another book

>> No.11930983

>>11930974
t. Helen Keller

>> No.11931013

>>11927827
I only start another book when i'm nearing the end of the one i'm reading or I also do what >>11929883 said and have one in audiobook form to use when doing other things. ADHD stays winning!

>>11930974
>not using both your hands to read additional books in braille

>> No.11931070

>>11930974
>>11931013
How fucking awesome would it have been if the human brain was capable of this?

>> No.11931120

>>11931070
It is kinda
>flip through the pages of a book just glancing at each page
>lucid dream and dilate time
>read everything in your dream
:)

>> No.11931129

>>11927827
A lot of people post this pic and make fun of the guy, but he's just reading a self-help Christian book while checking the Bible for references.

That's a diligent reader, and we should aspire to be like him.

>> No.11931156

>>11927827
one regular fiction
one fiction in the language I'm learning (most likely some stupid shit like Harry Potter; most likely something I've already read in other languages)
up to four non-fiction

>> No.11931236

>>11931013
My hands are occupied with fingering your mom and sister

>>11931070
Yours isn't...?
sad...

>> No.11931336

One book at a time which sits on my desk and is added to my shelf when finished. Then I buy another book.
If you read any other way you are inferior to me.

>> No.11931374

>>11931129
yeah, i mean it looks stupid on a subway, I'll admit, but its completely normal to have a primary text and a secondary text open for consultation when reading. Again, however, this is usually done at a desk and not on the fucking subway, but hey.

>> No.11932591

>>11931374
The way he's dressed doesn't help either.

>> No.11932598

The internet has fucked me in this regard. I read books like how I browse the internet, jumping from one to another like hopscotch.

I do well with poetry, essay, and short story collections for this reason

>> No.11932629

>>11927827
I usually have one fiction and non-fiction book on the go at one time so I can switch between the two depending on how I feel. Sometimes they're complimentary, sometimes completely unrelated.

Am currently reading Magician by Raymond Feist and Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy MacLean.