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So how many book do you read a month on average, /lit/?

>> No.1563770

Between 0 and 4 (max is 10). Depends on how much uni/general life is up I'd say.
Stuff to do: 0
Unemployed, everyone else has to work: 10

>> No.1563787

Last month I read seven. This month will probably be around five, but mostly because this month I'm reading some large Victorian novels.

>> No.1563790

I don't know. I don't count them because I don't see books as chores to be finished.

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>>1563790
Just because a person keeps track of how many books they read doesn't mean they view them as chores.

>> No.1563799

>>1563795

They either view them as chores or accomplishments. Either way, they're wrong.

>> No.1563802

>>1563790
Doing the dishes is a chore and an accomplishment. I have no idea how often I did that the last week.

>> No.1563808

>>1563799
If you don't view finishing a book as an accomplishment then maybe you're reading the wrong books. The books I read, when I close the back cover, I feel like I actually did something. I feel a little bit of pity for you, since you apparently don't experience that. Maybe read something more challenging.

>> No.1563810

>>1563802
you must be very forgetfull or very fat

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eleventy-seven!

>> No.1563825

It has been almost a week and a half and I'm half way though a 500 pages book. Would you say I'm a slow reader?

>> No.1563827

I don't count how many books I read, that's a stupid thing to do IMHO.
But I read a lot.

>> No.1563828

During college: ~3 per month
During break: ~10 or so.

>> No.1563840

>>1563808

You're responding to a socialization surrounding books that you've most likely been exposed to since you were a small child.

>> No.1563839

Around ten, depending on the size.

>> No.1563858

In the past week I've read something like 3 books and finished half of Catch 22. I'd say it can differ from zero to as much as 8 or 10, depending on the length. For instance, The Brothers Karamazov took me multiple months.

>> No.1563873

0.4 in a good month.

I'm a fast but lazy reader.

>> No.1563890

I don't read fiction.

The books I read take time to read and understand, so probably around 3-4 a month. A book a week is a good rule of thumb.

I probably read 7-8 journal articles a month.

>> No.1563892

>>1563769
WHY THE FUCK ARE HALF OF OUR THREADS ABOUT READING SPEED, FREQUENCY OR AMOUNT. WHO GIVES A FUCK, AS LONG AS YOU DERIVE SOMETHING GOOD FROM A BOOK.

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>>1563890

>I don't read fiction.

why would you do that?

>> No.1563897

>>1563892
this.

>> No.1563900

>>1563892
Slow reader detected

>> No.1563928

>>1563890
7-8 journal articles a month?

lol, what a failure.

>> No.1563933

>>1563928

Scientific journals ain't literary journals son.

>> No.1563940

>>1563933
oooh 200 pages a month (if i'm being generous). And I know what scientific journals are.

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>>1563940

Just stop it while your behind.

>> No.1563962

>>1563770
This.
Lately zero. Sucks man.

>> No.1563974

lets fight over who spends most time looking at words on paper