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how many books have you anons read this year?
i feel like I'm falling behind

>> No.13428755

55

>> No.13428761

>>13428739
0 if manga doesnt count

>> No.13428762

>>13428739
5 or 6 I think

>> No.13428770

>>13428739
58 so far

>> No.13428775

Just one for me this year, I don't think reading is my thing

>> No.13428776

>>13428755
>>13428770
wtf

>> No.13428779

>>13428739
it's not how many books you read a year anon

>> No.13428797

>>13428739
Only 39, but some of them have been hefty. Last year I read 143. Looks like I won't be reaching that number this year.

>> No.13429563

>>13428797
What do you mostly read?

>> No.13429571

>>13428739
about 60 or so. about 47 books in i've sat down and listed them all because i was afraid to over/underestimate myself. but i haven't updated it in a month or so. probably should digitalize it
i mainly do it because i always forget the titles while remembering the contents

>> No.13429577

I think around 20. If I had more $ I would be hitting high numbers cause I tend to spend 90% of my free time reading if I have material to, usually just try to read anything less than 400 pages in a single session. I can't stand reading on a screen or else things would be much easier.

>> No.13429588

>>13429577
buy a kindle bruh. the "paperwrite" one with e-ink that doesn't emit its own light. it has the same wear on eyes as regular paper.

>> No.13429594

4. I just got into reading again in April after a long period, and they've all been fairly lengthy books as well.

>> No.13429611

>>13429588
We have one, but I have so much trouble focusing on pdfs on PC/mobile I was foolhardy in writing it off, but I hear you can save a lot of money with it, and the idea of being able to sleep deprive myself reading without needing to sit upright and kill my back, letting me read hours more a day is very appealing to me. Whatever I find supremely meaningful or exceptional I can also just buy hardcover later. I'm considering it now.

>> No.13429623

>>13429611
pdfs are inconvenient to read even on good ereaders, try converting them to mobi. it can fuck up the text a little, but if the initial pdf is in high resolution, it would be far more readable in the end.

alternatively, go to secondhand bookstores or browse sites where people sell their stuff. there are men selling whole home libraries for cheap.

>> No.13429745

>>13429611
>>13429623
Just turn your kindle or phone (use an app that saves your page) to landscape and scroll down. I’ve read 500 word books this way.

>>13428739
More than in previous years. I’m focussing on only reading what I find interesting; no forcing myself to read certain authors or finish a book before moving on. I’ll have 4-5 philosophy books on the go that I’ll dip I n and out of, reading chapters out of order usually to solve a problem or answer a question. Usually this leads one down a rabbit hole and you eventually realise you’ll have to read around the author to understand what they mean — biographies, secondary literature and so on.

>> No.13429750

>>13428739
Falling behing what?
For now I've read 25, I hope to get to 29 by the end of the month. But that's only because I'm trying to restore the habit, I might not be so tryhard next year.

>> No.13429757

15, which is less than I’d like. My summer vacation just started, but I’m gonna try tackling Les Miserables so I won’t be plowing any crazy numbers this summer.

>> No.13429920

Maybe 20? Anti-Ödipus keeps throwing me back again and again though.
I really want to grasp it but it just keeps eluding me so I have to go back in secondary sources, videos and podcasts on it.

>> No.13429938

>>13428739
25. However I did a lot of traveling by train the last week so at the end of June I had only read 20.

>> No.13430134

23. I had a reading drought from April to the beginning of June, but been picking up the pace lately cause I was dating a girl who's reading a lot and inspired me to do the same. Going to be working as a receptionist on a tiny rock of an island up north, so I think I'll have plenty of time to read and write for the rest of the summer. My goal is 60 books by the end of the year.

>> No.13430136

~1/4

>> No.13430146

>>13430136
I read only during the rides in the metro tho

>> No.13430174

40

Deciding to reread Les Mis and War & Peace probably put an end to any dreams of reaching the century this year

>> No.13430243

>> No.13430263

>>13429757
This is why just counting based on number of books is stupid.
Somebody can read 10 hundred page novellas and another person can read a thousand page doorstopper, both reading the same amount of words, but the novella-reader sounds more impressive.
It would make more sense to count by page number or word count but that's not convenient at all with paper books and is only practically possible with ebooks and cataloging. There's a stat page on goodreads that counts page numbers but not everybody uses that website.

>> No.13430306

I'm at 73 books. Do you people even read?

>> No.13430320

>>13430306
whats the average page count? If its <300 pages then its not impressive.

>> No.13430342

>>13430320
It's 314 and I don't think I'm doing anything impressive. I read books because that's what I enjoy and that's how I get those numbers.

>> No.13430500

>>13428739
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5jBrrsS0

>> No.13430572

>>13428739
41. I try to read two a week, but I've missed a few. I mostly read fiction though so it's not exactly hard to keep up the pace.

>> No.13430610

18

>> No.13430655

>>13428739
Like 5 where I nailed the topic I wanted to research. The rest is masturbation.

>> No.13430745

>>13428739
A lot of numbers in this thread seem inflated. On the other hand, I've only read 9 books so far, and doesnt feel like I'm reading that much this year. My goal this year was to read 40 books since last year I read 35, but I was a NEET at the time.

>> No.13430782

If you've read less than 50 books this year I don't you should be allowed to post here. You're like a "movie buff" who only watches 3 movies a year. I don't even know how you people read so little, like are you just reading a few pages at a time once every few hours?

>> No.13430792

>>13430745
The higher numbers are pretty normal for people with reading as their primary hobby. That's becoming harder and harder to do with so many modern distractions, but it's not really a remarkable feat.

>> No.13430796

67

>> No.13430867

>>13430745
i just read a couple of hours a day, in 2 hours you can easily go through 100-120 pages, especially if it's not a dense read and in your native language.
also, i read something when bored and lacking any energy or will to do things i planned, this way the time doesn't feel wasted.

>> No.13430896

I don't read. I just have lit as my first page on clover so trap porn isn't the first thing to pop up on screen

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13430905

You know, I haven't really been keeping a list. But I gotta assume it's 30+ at this point. I've slowed a little lately as the weather has gotten nicer.

>> No.13431085

Maybe if you actually read instead of playing video games all day you wouldn't be falling behind

>> No.13431116

48 with about another 10 half-finished.

>> No.13431174
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13431174

20 so far

>> No.13431176

>>13430146
same, I've read more than 1/4 but we might have different travel times

>> No.13431209

In 2018, I read one or two a week. In 2019? Barely over a dozen, it's embarrassing.

>> No.13432195

Only 28, I resent being so lazy

>> No.13432990

>>13428739
around 19

>> No.13433049

>>13430782

we like to think about what we've read you simpleton

>> No.13433084

>>13428755
you absolute unit

>> No.13433093

>>13428739
many many books but none finished, just like the first chapter or so

>> No.13433109

Around 18 or so, but I'm slowing down... I'm reading bigger novels like the brothers Karamazov.
I feel like I'm more interested if the novel is at least 300+ pages after I've finished the brothers Karamazov, now i feel something weird towards short novels idk why, just feels like I'm gonna miss something u know.
Do you guys feel that way too?

>> No.13433252

>>13428739
Don't bother yourself with quantity, make it about quality instead. If you've read 2 books and really dwolve into what they were saying - like, if those 2 books touched you in a way even you Uncle wasn't able to - they meant more than 30 mediocre ones. But of course you gotta read good stuff and dig deep.

>> No.13434218

>>13433049
Oh that's what it is. You're not reading books because you're too busy thinking about reading.

>> No.13434256

3

>> No.13434262

>>13428739
None. Cinema is better.

>> No.13434266

I'm on my 64-67th. I'm having a tough semester.

>> No.13434379

>>13428739
It’s not a competition faggot, that’s why you lose at everything, change your mindset and stop coming on 4chan if you want to read. Why are you comparing yourself to other people, are you in high school?

>> No.13434423

>>13428739
The other day I saw a guy at the grocery store with the fucked up doomer haircut. it was like OP pic, taking up a huge amount of space but still pretty thin, tangled and shit poofing everywhere. I can't remember what the guy was buying but I had a hard time not laughing at him. He was fat so I doubt he was a meth head.

>> No.13434431

31

>> No.13434443
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13434443

8

>> No.13434458

>>13428739
104. About 57k pages.

>> No.13434470

Ones I've completed: 2. If I add up the segments of books I haven't finished, like 8

>> No.13434474

>>13434443
How’d you like Slaughter house 5,

>> No.13434479

>>13434458
That's like 500 pages a day since we're only midway through the year. How many minutes does one page take you?

>> No.13434484

>>13434470
Different monkey. Same boat.

Either i'm dull or the book's a bore because I can't seem to stick to one. I'll start multiple and read the one i feel like.

>> No.13434504

>>13433109
Short novels are in many ways harder to execute because of that feeling, but it makes it all the better when an author somehow manages to cram a masterpiece into 200 pages

>> No.13434521

Over 20 pages or so.

>> No.13434543

>>13434474
I enjoyed it. It was for a class so perhaps my reading perspective was not the same as it would be otherwise, but I still thought it was written in an interesting way and had a thought provoking message. Might need to re-read it in the future to cement my feelings on it.

>> No.13434563

I'm on my 17th at the moment. I just started getting /lit/ around the end of last year, but have had periods where I've been busy and had a hard time committing to a good reading schedule, even taking breaks for weeks. I'm just coming back to 4chan today after taking a 7 month break and developing my social life and some other personal stuff (and finding that others around me often just don't have the same interests and I'm still deeply lonely).

I'm inspired by the numbers these anons are reaching. Impressive stuff. /lit/, and most of this website, get pretty monotonous in their conversation variety, but at least there are some interesting discussions occasionally.

>> No.13434577

I'm so far behind I'm fucking demolished

I've read like two and a half, not including college books

ADD and apathy do not get you very far

>> No.13434608

On number 3 now

>> No.13434627

I think the only book I finished this year was Crime and Punishment. I keep buying cheap books at an op shop or similar and never touching them.

>> No.13434657

>>13434543
Lovely response anon, my first at reading it I got to 95 pages and dropped it, I’ll pick it up again because every written literature requires tremendous amount of patience.

>> No.13434684

I have read 107 so far this year. i finished high school last year and didn’t feel like going to college yet so i’ve been sitting around at home, reading all day, usually between 4 and 6 hours, and watching art film in the night time, and writing a little bit. this task is made easier by adderall and Autism Spectrum Disorder. i read philosophy (a lot of postmodern philosophy lately) and fiction

>> No.13434685

>>13434627
I just got to part four of CaP today after taking a break and reading The Hobbit and The Stranger. Good stuff

>> No.13434689

30. My "goal" is 50, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to reach this.

>> No.13434694

>>13434684
So have you developed a novel and compelling philosophical system if you've read that much philosophy in one year, or what?

>> No.13434712

>>13434694
it has the opposite effect, for me at least. reading lots of philosophy and going on twitter to see the droves of people who have all also read it all just kind of makes me realize how many people are much smarter than me and discourages me from doing any of my own work in philosophy. i do want to have novels and poetry published though.

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13434720

>only read 7
>too depressed to read anymore
i just want a job

>> No.13435304

>>13428761
Yah I'm on 2
i have read at least 50+ volumes of mangas

>> No.13436503

>>13430306
Quality matters more than quantity. Do you even read?

>> No.13436737

About 14 or so, could be better, could definitely be worse