How often do you read?

[capper42]

I used to read all the time, but got out of it whilst at uni, 'cos there was just too much else to do. I planned on getting back into it over Summer, but have failed dramatically.

I might spend a while reading later though because you've now got me in the mood to.

 

[universaltraveller]

I read whenever I get the chance and I normally have a book on me, just incase I have nothing to do. Obsessed with Dick at the moment...

haha, couldn't resist phrasing it that way, but before I get a warning I mean Philip K Dick... awesome Sci-fi, also Arthur C is another king of the genre..

 

[FamoFunk]

Everyday, always reading something on-line or in a paper, occasionally a text and things in shops.

Oh, wait, a book? oh, god, never.

 

[Laurents van Cauwenberghe]

i read alot because i often need to stop playing games for a while cuz i get bored for some reason , so i read alot

 

[charda11]

I read a lot of books, usually two or three a month, depending on my work load. I'm pretty sure I'm legitimately addicted to books though. I don't feel comfortable going anywhere without carrying one in my purse.

 

[ABLb0y]

Every single night.

 

[Turigamot]

Some would say I read too much.

Of course, those "some" read nearly not at all.


A book a week is what I average. These can range from thousand-page epics like The Crippled God, to the 300-page adventures from Magic: the Gathering.

 

[Turigamot]

[...]I've also recently bought books 2 and 3 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series[...]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. More folk should discover Malazan Book of the Fallen.

 

[Kiwilove]

all the time.
Wait, does fanfiction count?
but seriously, I love books. I can spend hours browsing second hand book shops. I can (and have) stayed up all night reading the Arabian Nights. I have reread books so often that they have literally(no pun intended) fallen apart in my hands. 1/3 of my wall space is dedicated to bookshelves, and I still don't have room for all of them. Screw e-readers, I want to read in the bath!
So yeah, three or four a week, including rereading.

 

[Dimitriov]

I read quite frequently. I just finished reading the Odyssey and have just started reading a condensed history of Ancient Greece; the one seemed to follow the other quite well.

I must admit, however, that I don't read as much as I once did, but of late I have been reading more than I was over the last couple of years...

At least 'til Skyrim comes out

 

[KariDean]

I read pretty much everyday, usually at night. But I always have about 5 books on the go at once to fit whatever mood I am in, also have several at my boyfriends house for when I am there.

 

[ho Huios tes Moiras]

Not as often as I used to, or probably as often as I should. Back in high school, I used to read at least a book a week, more often two or three (fiction), plus I always had a few nonfiction books on the side to peruse a bit of now and then, finishing them at a rate more like one every month or so. (And by "nonfiction," I mean actual informative things like Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism or Hyperspace, not nonfictional stories like Julie and Julia, which I include with the fiction since it reads similarly.) Now I have something like five times the nonfiction books in progress, but I finish them less often, and I have trouble getting into fiction beyond short stories lately. I probably only actually sit down and read a book with intent to finish it about once or twice a month.

 

[manic_depressive13]

But what do I know, I though the Catcher in the Rye was bad. Actually bad. I would discourage anyone from reading it, it's a story about nothing.

But that's what makes it brilliant.

OT: Not as much as I used to. Maybe an hour or two a day.

 

[Aiedail256]

When I was a kid reading was almost the only thing I ever did in my free time. Just as I was getting towards completing the entire works of all my favourite authors, I got my first game platform, a Gameboy Advance. After that, I didn't read nearly as much. If I find a good book I'll still read it to the exclusion of all other activities until it's done (when I got my copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I immediately shut myself in my room and literally did nothing but read, eat and sleep until I was done it about 24 hours later), but I don't seek out good books anymore.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

And here i was thinking that this thread wouldn't do very well, i retract my previous statement.
Thanks everyone, and i'm suprised no-one picked up on that actually...

 

[mandaforever]

I used to read 1 book a month, but now, audiobooks! Hunger Games anyone? :>

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

I used to read 1 book a month, but now, audiobooks! Hunger Games anyone? :>

Ahhhh... audiobooks, if only you were all voiced by Morgan Freeman, his manly voice carrying me through my life...
...
Sorry i was trailing off there.
Anyway, i've always had a mixed relationship with audiobooks.
(i'm sure i did something there, but i'm not sure what...)

 

[Xealeon]

Pretty much every night as well as whenever I travel. I like reading.

 

[Rin Little]

I try and read at least every other day. I'm a total book fanatic and I'm currently reading the second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles: The Wise Man's Fear. I love Kvothe.

 

[IndianaJonny]

I get through 2, maybe 3, books a week, with a variety of genres and topics. Though I'm not prepared to continue reading books I've lost interest in (when I could be reading something that is interesting) so I chop and change till I find titles that suit me; there's no point in making such a leisure activity painful or wearying.

I should point out that I don't buy many of these books but rather I use local libraries an awful lot. Library provision in the big cities of the UK is generally ok but I'd like to know what others' experiences with their local libraries are.