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Take the Poll: Your Summer Reading Challenge
As the sun stays out longer and the weather warms up, the season for summer reading is almost here! As you plan out your summer Want to Read list, get inspired by recommendations from fiction and nonfiction authors, book groups, editors, and more!
So whether your summer travels take you on the road, to the beach, or places like Narnia or Middle-earth, be sure to tell us how many books you’ll be enjoying this summer in the poll and then share what book you're most looking forward to reading in the comments.
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Here's how I do it: I don't watch television. All the time that I used to waste sitting in front of the tube I now use to read. I got out of the habit of watching TV when I moved away to attend university and couldn't afford cable, and the little university town I lived in was too far from any major cities for reliable analog transmissions. Also, I have different formats of books for different occasions. I have treeware books for reading during the day, MP3 or CD audiobooks, mostly checked out through the library or downloaded for free from LibriVox, that I listen to while driving or doing the daily puzzles in the paper (Cryptoquote, Daily Jumble, Sudoku, and the New York Times crossword in syndication), and I have e-books for nighttime because my e-reader has a built-in light in its screen that I can adjust. So I'm always reading at least three books at one time and often more. That's how I can finish roughly two books a week, irrespective of length (right now I'm reading my longest book yet, The Count of Monte Cristo at 1276 pages in treeware format and I'm halfway done). Also, I normally read between 2-4 pages a minute and can read between 6-8 pages a minute if I'm speed reading, while the average is—or so I've been told—a page a minute. However, listening to audiobooks moderates that rate a bit, since you have to follow the pace set by the reader.
Nullifidian wrote: "Here's how I do it: I don't watch television. All the time that I used to waste sitting in front of the tube I now use to read. I got out of the habit of watching TV when I moved away to attend uni..."Thanks for the advice.
Audiobooks seem to be a good alternative when you can't read, for example when you're cooking. I might start listening to audiobooks.
And watching less TV is also a great idea.
My goal will probably be a book a week. Since I have a lot of free time during the Summer it may be more, especially for the long plane and car rides during vacation.
i was planning to read like five, but my summer vacation has just started and i've already read 20, so just goes to show...
I hope to read one book every 2-6 days. Finally have a break from college so I'm gonna take advantage of the time I have to read fun books.
21 or 30 more books that I'm going to read
James wrote: "I am in the summer reading program for Adults where we get free book for so many books read. They have a drawing at certain times of the summer for a prize. I try to read around 8 or nine books in ..."Sounds like a great way to get books for summer.
I usually like reading long books between 800 and 1000 pages, but then I am happy when I finish it in a month. 14 books a year was my maximum. And then I read shorter books in between.
How can someone read that many books AND still have a job and friends/family, other hobbies etc? Maybe I am just a slow reader.