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how many books have you read so far this year, anon?
i'm currently at ten, that's a book a week.

>> No.21764895

>>21764890
30
git gud

>> No.21764900

How long was the page length of each book and how dense were they

If you're speed reading easy shit to hit an arbitrary number you're a pseud

It's better to read a few books a year that are very dense and a 1000 pages long than dozens of empty nonsense pop

>> No.21764913

>>21764895
i'm a slow reader, also pics or it didn't happen
>>21764900
they were relatively short books with an average of 200 pages. no big books yet this year, although i considered starting the second volume of world as will today, which would take me three weeks to a month

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>>21764890
1 and it was pirate latitudes by Michael Crichton.

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>>21764922

>> No.21764928

>>21764922
based

>> No.21764952

Half of one

>> No.21764964

>>21764890
24. I’m a bit behind schedule but I was reading a bunch of doorstoppers (600-1000 pages).

>> No.21764968

I've read 9 books so far
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
Dubliners by James Joyce which was a re-read
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I read the Harry Potter books in the last 2 weeks so I haven't really been reading much this year

>> No.21764999

>>21764890
two
Don Quixote
A time to every purpose under heaven by Knausgaard
reading the old testament at the moment. I have made it to 1st Kingdoms

>> No.21765016

>>21764952
>>21764964
>>21764968
lies
>>21764999
nice trips friend
have you read the old testament before?

>> No.21765025

>>21765016
Wrong.

>> No.21765290

>>21764890
Zero.

>> No.21765326

Three novels, but one of them was War and Peace.

>> No.21765357

>>21764913
>book
>200 pages
Lol. What are you, in middle school?

>> No.21765360

10 (this includes one novella)
How do I read more bros? Are 100 pages a day really possible for a sex haver?

>> No.21765383

Started re-reading one of my favourite childhood series. Only read one of them so far and it's the only book I've read from beginning to end this year. I'm currently reading a doorstopper and it takes me months to read anything over 500 pages and this is 700, but I started it just after the new year so I hope I finish it because God knows I have a problem with long books. The beginning of the year is usually slower than the latter, personally. Not necessarily less reading, but fewer books finished. Anyways, it's one. One measly YA book. I should pick up the second in the series just to boost my morale.

>> No.21765659

>>21764890
I finished 7 books, but I also read 700 pages of The Bible (I never went to church before or learned about christianity) and 700 pages of The Journey To The West (I read some chapters between other books)

>> No.21765673

>>21764890
Books I've read this year
Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
Warbound by Larry Correia
Spellbound by Larry Correia
Ex Captivitate Salus by Carl Schmitt
Hard Magic by Larry Correia
The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt
Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe
Theory of the Partisan by Carl Schmitt
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
The Iron Dragon's Mother by Michael Swanwick
Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail
The Art of Writing and the Gifts of Writers by C.S. Lewis
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick
Sun & Steel by Yukio Mishima
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
The Pastel City by M. John Harrison

>> No.21765768

>>21765360
It's not a competition retard. If you want to read 100 pages a day then dedicate the time required. If you're not willing to treat it like work then just stop asking.

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>> No.21765775

>>21764890
Friedmanesque pace. Very impressive
One of my favorite humans I'm glad you exist

>> No.21765786

How do you force yourself to read consistently when all you have is a phone? I have to live in a remote dorm and cannot afford an e-reader (it would get stolen anyway)

>> No.21765790

>>21765786
Turn off the wifi

>> No.21765810

>>21764890
I just finished 9

>> No.21765825

>>21765790
There is no wifi. I physically struggle to read on the smaller screen, my eyes burn after a few minutes and the words start to get all loopy. I find myself rereading one page half a dozen times because I keep missing its meaning.

>> No.21765834

1. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov right now, not planning to finishing soon. I want to ruminate this book for months.

>> No.21765928

>>21765825
Get a second hand paperback

>> No.21765971

>>21764890
8

>> No.21766004

I feel kinda down this year so I targetted less books than last year. I was on target until October and then hit a wall. Feels bad. Need to get in the habit of picking up a book no matter what instead of my phone.

>> No.21766012

>>21765016
No, this is my first time to make it this far. Last time I only made it to Numbers

>> No.21766068

I have finished zero books but i have probably 1.500 pages read in 2 relatively long novels

>> No.21766075

I've finished 10 but that's frankly too many. I should've cut that in half and spent the time writing essays on the other ones instead.

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>>21764890
8
however 3 of them were novellas
and 2 were Kurt Vonnegut novels

>> No.21766131

Just 5 but I blame The Fountainhead (which I'm almost done with) for slowing me down

Look Who's Back - Timur Vermes
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
The Maverick War - Duane Schultz
Stoner - John Williams
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu

I could read more desu and I'm going to have to take drastic steps to allocate more reading time and do less wasteful activities (like /lit/)

>> No.21766290

>>21766105
So 3

>> No.21766445

>>21765659
>The Bible
cringe
>Journey To The West
based

>> No.21766449

>>21765786
read e-books on your phone

>> No.21766454

>>21766012
a lot of it is boring af desu

>> No.21766460

>>21765357
>>21766290
short books > long books. they're sexy

>> No.21766922

>>21766445
I read the Bible before going to sleep. I'm not christian but I'm curious in other people's beliefs

>> No.21766927

>>21764900
>It's better to read a few books a year that are very dense and a 1000 pages long
Name five books that meet this criteria that are worth reading over the countless classics that are <500 pages.

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21766998

a lot have been pretty short but there were a few big ones in there too

>> No.21767016

>>21766922
everyone should read the bible in its entirety, as it's so central to western civilization

>> No.21767022

>>21766962
good
>>21766998
impressive. how many pages do you read a day? i just read 50 pages most days

>> No.21767049

>>21767022
depends on the day. i had a day off today and was really into the books i was reading, so i read about 350 (so far). some days i won't read at all.