Do you read more than one book at the same time?

[Victoria]

Valerie wrote: "I am much more successful with one book at a time. I sometimes try to read more than 1, but I often find myself getting too busy to manage them. It is so sad but I work so much. My time for reading..."

Being able to read and process that quickly would be fantastic! I mean, I get through a lot of books, but it would be wonderful to actually be able to read all those books on my to read shelf. Plus, if I could read that quickly I could also read those ones I didn't add; I could read every book in the world!

[Irish]

I do! Hehehe :-)

[David]

IC wrote: "I do! Hehehe :-)"

And you're making no apologies, are you? :~)

[Sophia]

Ahh, it's a wonder why I hate nonfiction. I only read it when I have to do it for school. Otherwise, I don't.

I can't read audiobooks, being partially deaf. I'm not sure if it's changed now though. I'll probably focus on the voice than anything else then, XD.

[Alana ~ The Book Pimp]

Sophia wrote: "I can't read audiobooks, being partially deaf. I'm not sure if it's changed now though. I'll probably focus on the voice than anything else then, XD. "

I'm legally blind in one eye, and I've always been fearful that something might happen to my one 'good' eye left... so it gave me some incentive to finally give audiobooks a try. I have been listening to one non-fiction audio... even narrated by the author. Not bad, but the subject matter makes me an emotional mess.

[Victoria]

The main reason I do a lot of listening to audiobooks is because of my lack of sight, so I can sympathize. I have a kindle with text to speach, but if it wasn't for that I'd be stuck with just audiobooks and braille books now.

[chucklesthescot]

I was always a 'one book at a time' person but recently that has changed. I like to have at least two totally different books ready to go ie an urban fantasy and a historical fiction, or a horror and a history non fiction. Then if I hit a temp slump in one I can switch straight to the other so I don't lose reading time. I also have an old favourite on standby. My tbr is at 992 so I can't risk not continually reading coz if I get tired of a book and don't have something else to dive back into instead, I can go into a full reading slump for weeks!

[[deleted user]]

I read 2-3 books at a time this does not mean I read themallthe same day just that I dont finish one of themaka reading at the same time.
I have one book I read in bed,one book I read in my living room and one book I read whenever.
I do this because I like to mix it up,by reading high fanrasy one moment and history next.

[Brigid ✩]

I try to only read one book at a time, but I always find myself getting distracted and wanting to start something new even if I'm already reading/enjoying something else. I've found that a lot of the time I'm reading two books––one physical book and one book on my Kindle. But sometimes I'm reading like 3-4 books at a time, although I try to avoid that.

[Sophia]

Oda wrote: "I read 2-3 books at a time this does not mean I read themallthe same day just that I dont finish one of themaka reading at the same time.
I have one book I read in bed,one book I read in my living ..."

*high fives* I'm just like you! ^_^ Well, in my case it's one review book, one whenever and one or two (usually one) required.

[David]

At the moment i'm doing a beta read for a friend, and other than that I'm not finding time to read anything at all. Rather disappointing as there are loads of books that I want to read, many of them recommendations on here.

[Victoria]

Even with how quickly I get through books I have a long list of books I want to read (many of which I haven't even brought yet, but quite a few that I have copies of and just haven't had time to read yet).

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

I seriously have no idea how many books I'm reading right now, but its a LOT!!

[Rose (The_Calm_Reader)]

I'm reading two books right now but want to start a third as I'm almost finished with my first book!

[Mkittysamom]

I read different books at the same time because some are really hard to read like Psycology I'm reading
Some books I am reading to review: , , I have scribed and oyster so I have books half read on there too like: , , , , , and this is a netflix for books subscription. Sometimes I get bored, distracted, something new arrives or I regularly hunt for discounted books. I borrowed from lendle. And then I am in therapy so I read meditation,dbt, borderline and trauma books , , , and . I have kobo, kindle, iBooks, watt pad, B&N apps so it gets crazy and then today I found some great stuff for a dollar @the dollar store , signed copy of , , all hardcovers and more. Lastly I love classics but they are really long: , and . I think that's it..most of the books I am reading now. Helps to have lots of time and ADHD but the only thing that confuses me are fantasy series because I've read so many they get all mixed up in my head. I tend to not stop when I start a series like the warriors I just started :) hope you enjoy my answer. It comes easy to me and I read in all formats, oops I forgot the open book library I had something checked out lol. My mom nurtured my love of words when I was a toddler and could read and write way before kindergarden. I'm a super reader... (From Super Why on PBS)

[Kritika]

I usually read 1 book at a time, but sometimes I might be reading a paper book and listening to an audiobook at the same time. I feel like that doesn't really count as two different books because I listen to the audiobook when I wouldn't normally be able to read (i.e. walking around, while doing physics homework, etc). So if I do read multiple books at the same time, they're different formats and I have certain times when I'll read one as opposed to the other.

[Colleen]

Yes I actually read more then one at a time since I can mentally bookmark where I have left off in each novel. Also enjoy to keep my friends guesses what's next.

[Kaylani]

I am legally blind.. my distance vision corrected (with glasses) is 20/450 combined. Probably less right now as I need a glasses adjustment.

I have retina problems. I decided to register for the library for the blind because my main issue with audiobooks is there is no way to adjust speed... which the library for the blind fixes because you can adjust speed on the books and there is a huge online downloadable section as well. CAN'T. WAIT :D

I might ACTUALLY like audiobooks :3

[Crystal]

I typically only read one book at a time. I like to give the book I'm reading my undivided attention.

[[deleted user]]

I Can Read One Book at a Time:)

[Victoria]

Kaylani wrote: "I am legally blind.. my distance vision corrected (with glasses) is 20/450 combined. Probably less right now as I need a glasses adjustment.

I have retina problems. I decided to register for the..."

After a while you get used to the faster speeds. When I first started using a screen reader I had it really slow, but now I have it faster, and the same goes with listening speeds in general.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Interest level for me really. Sometimes I'll start a book and it'll be really good but then it'll peter out and I'll start another book that has that level of excitement I want again.

It can be the opposite too. Sometimes a book is TOO exciting and I have to put it down for a bit and detox with a lower excitement book.

[Donna]

Yes! I never thought i would read more than one at a time but then in May i started walking Three to four miles every morning and listening to an audio book. So now I always have one I am reading and one I am listening to. And like someone else said, if a book is going too slow I will go to another book that has the level of excitement I'm looking for.

[Tommy]

I used to. I also used to read much, much faster. A few years ago I forced myself to slow down and spend more time with each story and I've honestly loved reading so much more since I did.

So no, if you're talking strictly novels. But if we're talking comics, short stories and scripts then yes, I'm pretty much always reading multiple things.

[M.J.]

I agree that reading more than one book at a time can be good. If one book is slow or serious, I need another one that can make me excited or smile.

[These Violent Delights]

I am currently reading 2 books:

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I usually read multiple books at a time if I am currently participating in a Read-A-Thon and/or the books I am reading are in different mediums.

[M.J.]

I like the idea of different genres. You can easily separate them in your mind. How many books do you have to read in the read-a-thon and in how much time?

[M.]

Yes, the idea of reading two separate genres simultaneously is a good one and would probably cull my DNF list!
I usually read one book at a time, though I have a bad habit of leaving books I've taken an indeterminate break from on my "currently reading" shelf so it usually looks like I've got three or four on the go.

[M.J.]

Leaving those books on the currently reading list is helpful to the rest of us. We can see how many are still there for you, even if you are taking a break from them! So, thank you for doing it!