That's one of the other advantages to e-books, they all weigh the same, whether it's physical edition is a hardcover, paperback, or trade paperback.
How much do you read?
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Great thread. I am presently on a reading binge and I balance being locked into a certain goal with not stressing out about the fact that I am "only" reading. In August, I took the gigantic step of getting back into treklit after a long absence. I think I had read a total of 5 or 6 novels since 2006. Partly because of Discovery being on the horizon (the horizon keeps getting further away, it seems) I made a personal commitment to get back into the books and catch up.
Holy shit.
This is the most serious sustained reading effort/enjoyment of my life and I am still countless novels behind. I try to read 100 pages a day and have comfortably been able to do that since January of this year. I read A LOT between August and December and it was great, but the decision to try and lock in 100 pages a day is fun. And I don't do it just to do it, most of the books are well enough written that I am interested in the story, not worrying about how much I have read.
I'd love to be able to sustain this for a calendar year and have shared the effort with my students, and some of them are on board....they are trying varying reading goals as well.
That said, there are only a couple of occasions where I ever sat down and read a trek book in one day. The best example was Peter David's Q-Squared. I started at 5:00 in the evening....and finished after a couple of small breaks at like 4:00 in the morning. That was twenty years ago, and I look forward to summer vacation when I might try something like that again.
Holy shit.
This is the most serious sustained reading effort/enjoyment of my life and I am still countless novels behind. I try to read 100 pages a day and have comfortably been able to do that since January of this year. I read A LOT between August and December and it was great, but the decision to try and lock in 100 pages a day is fun. And I don't do it just to do it, most of the books are well enough written that I am interested in the story, not worrying about how much I have read.
I'd love to be able to sustain this for a calendar year and have shared the effort with my students, and some of them are on board....they are trying varying reading goals as well.
That said, there are only a couple of occasions where I ever sat down and read a trek book in one day. The best example was Peter David's Q-Squared. I started at 5:00 in the evening....and finished after a couple of small breaks at like 4:00 in the morning. That was twenty years ago, and I look forward to summer vacation when I might try something like that again.
I try to read daily for at least 15-30 minutes. As a shift worker, my days off are staggered, but on those days I try to get in a good hour. I usually have two books on the go at the same time - one fiction and one non-fiction.
Voraciously.
Voraciously enough that I was able to squeeze in a re-read of Spock: Messiah! between The Long Mirage and starting the KJV (including the Apocrypha) for Lent, voraciously enough that I'm between Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (I got up this morning over a full day ahead of quota), and voraciously enough that I got through about a quarter of the March issue of Model Railroader.
Voraciously enough that I was able to squeeze in a re-read of Spock: Messiah! between The Long Mirage and starting the KJV (including the Apocrypha) for Lent, voraciously enough that I'm between Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (I got up this morning over a full day ahead of quota), and voraciously enough that I got through about a quarter of the March issue of Model Railroader.
I don't read as much as I used to. Mainly on the weekends. I have a demanding job with a lot of counseling, coaching and paperwork.
I commute almost 2 hours a day on public transportation so I pretty much read a couple hours a day. Just about all fiction. Sometimes I think I watch too much TV when I get home but then I remember I've probably already read for 2 hours so I guess I'm good.
For the last few years I've set my reading goal on Goodreads to be 100 books a year but I'm pretty loose with what a book is, it's really 100 titles. I include audio books, graphic novels, novellas, like the Trek Ebooks, etc so I hit my goal. As a side note, that's how I'm able to get the list of Star Trek books I've read in the last year for that other thread. I call a Goodreads API with a script I wrote saying give me all the books on my Star Trek shelf I've finished reading in the last year.
For the last few years I've set my reading goal on Goodreads to be 100 books a year but I'm pretty loose with what a book is, it's really 100 titles. I include audio books, graphic novels, novellas, like the Trek Ebooks, etc so I hit my goal. As a side note, that's how I'm able to get the list of Star Trek books I've read in the last year for that other thread. I call a Goodreads API with a script I wrote saying give me all the books on my Star Trek shelf I've finished reading in the last year.
Most of my reading is done during lunch at work, for 45 minutes. Just me, lunch and a book. Everyone else can STFU and GTFO.
Then, I try to sneak in an hour or so on saturday and/or sunday. We used to read a lot before sleaping, but my girlfriend has a new job with very early hours, we so we usually try to go to bed as early as possible.
Then, I try to sneak in an hour or so on saturday and/or sunday. We used to read a lot before sleaping, but my girlfriend has a new job with very early hours, we so we usually try to go to bed as early as possible.
Since I started co-hosting the Literary Treks podcast, I read a Star Trek novel each week. It's hard to make the time between my job, family and producing/co-hosting another podcast. Luckily, I have a very supportive wife who helps to make sure I get the time in to prepare for each show. That being said, I read 2-3 hours on both Saturdays and Sundays. Then maybe 30 minutes to an hour on some of the weekdays. When I travel on business, I can get a lot of time in on the plane and in my hotel room. So for each week, I read 7-10 hours.
12.6 books per month during my adult life; 16.1 per month for the past year. This counts single codices (so a bound 30-page novella and a 1000-page omnibus count the same), ebooks, and collected comic editions, but not audiobooks or individual comic issues.
I take public transportation to work, so I usually get about 90 minutes of pleasure reading per day. Additionally, I always read a comic book with breakfast, and I usually read in bed. And then wherever else I can squeeze in reading.
I'm an English professor, so I also read a lot for work, for either teaching or research. Semesters where I teach a new literature class usually inflate my numbers. (This semester, for example, I'm teaching eleven books in my YA lit course.)
Across my adult life, 12.4% of my books read have been Star Trek ones. Over the past twelve months, only 2.8%. I sort of fell behind on Star Trek fiction after Destiny. (I blame grad school.)
I take public transportation to work, so I usually get about 90 minutes of pleasure reading per day. Additionally, I always read a comic book with breakfast, and I usually read in bed. And then wherever else I can squeeze in reading.
I'm an English professor, so I also read a lot for work, for either teaching or research. Semesters where I teach a new literature class usually inflate my numbers. (This semester, for example, I'm teaching eleven books in my YA lit course.)
Across my adult life, 12.4% of my books read have been Star Trek ones. Over the past twelve months, only 2.8%. I sort of fell behind on Star Trek fiction after Destiny. (I blame grad school.)
I am so jeleous of the high numbers so many people are posting.
I'm such a slow reader compared to what other people here seem to average. I'm very distractable, even though I love to read, so a lot of my reading is in stops and starts. The best measurement is in page count, I average about 20 pages a day. 12-15 pages is a book I'm struggling with, 30 pages in a day bodes well for a book if I'm hitting that. I recently discovered Stephen King, and was averaging 50-60 pages a day, which is really not normal for me; so I'll be reading more of him in the near future. I once maxed out on over 100 pages one day while reading a Tom Clancy, long time ago. Right now, I'm plodding through Bram Stroker's Dracula, very slow going. But the average media tie-in novel will see me at my usual reading speed of about 20 pages.
I have a 45 minute commute to and from work. At the moment I am reading Trek novels on the commute.
I have just discovered the Literary Treks podcast. I have listened to the last 3 released and am listening from the beginning at work each day. The podcast is great to get an insight to the novels from the authors.
I have just discovered the Literary Treks podcast. I have listened to the last 3 released and am listening from the beginning at work each day. The podcast is great to get an insight to the novels from the authors.
Yeah, I went to all-digital, when I got my Kindle Paperwhite in 2012.
As for my reading habits? Right now, I'm not reading many books, per se, but when something catches my interest, I've been known to spend 12+ hours at a time reading (on days when I have that kind of time.) I was really bad about that before I became an adult.
(I'm a read the back of a corn flakes box type of a person, I always like to be reading something if I'm not actively thinking or having a conversation - another area where the smart phone is really helpful)
Me too.
I'm one of those annoying speed readers. I didn't know until I was an adult that this was a thing. I thought everyone read this way. I honestly cannot read any slower. I've tried. I normally read several books at one time so I have no idea how much time I spend reading and to be honest I never thought about taking the time and find out. I do know I'm behind logging all my info on Goodreads.
I try to get in about an hour a day but it is usually split up into 15 minute chunks due to being busy/family, etc.
When I was younger and single I would read 2 or 3 hours a day when possible.
When I was younger and single I would read 2 or 3 hours a day when possible.
I read in spurts. I will read 5-6 books back to back and then not read for a few months. But when I am in a reading mood, it's usually fifty pages a day or so. I like to read on my lunch break and before I go to bed or when I'm in a nice long bath after work on the rare occaion.
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