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Nov 25, 2013 07:39PM
I have 368 books in my to-read pile and have read around about 35-40 books since I discovered the book challenge in... I think it was September. I have, on average, been reading one every week, sometimes one a fortnight. So, if read at this same rate I an going at now, it will probably take me about 13 years, roughly... I think... I'm pretty shit at maths. Gulp.
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The math is boggling my mind. I could safely say over ten years! More mind boggling not buying anymore...can't imagine.
counting e books I have to read 100 owned dtb, plus 1900 gr books, 2149 books /12 yr. 179 years. better read faster
If I divide the average number of books read over the past 3 years (since I joined GR) by the number of unread books I own, it would take 2.6 years. That doesn't consider the fact I'm fond of rereads; or that some of the books I own are out of sequence, so I'd have to read a few other books before I could count every single book I currently own as read. (This doesn't count the 100+ ebooks I own, since I collect them [free ones especially] more than I read them; as a matter of fact, I have a ton of classics as ebooks, but I usually buy a hard copy anyway.)
I have approximately 750 unread books in my library. I average 250 books a year which would lead you to conclude that I would finish them in three years. You would be wrong as I will very likely have 750 new books in three years. It is a race I long to run but hopefully will never win. This quirk helps make me me and most likely you you. It is perceived as a handicap for the unknowing and a blessing for fellow maniacs. We are unique and the literary world is growing at the same pace as my need to read. Among my books I find a bit of heaven.
Thom wrote: "I have approximately 750 unread books in my library. I average 250 books a year which would lead you to conclude that I would finish them in three years. You would be wrong as I will very likely ha..."I could not possibly have expressed an answer to this question more eloquently than you did, my friend!
I am with you both! And, though some in this group adore their e-readers, I have still not made that plunge. Most of my TBR shelves are in the room with my exercise equipment- the books are a visual incentive: when I finish my exercise (unless I'm biking, in which case I am reading on the bike), I get to pick one of those lovlies off the shelf and READ!!!!
I have 200 unread books on my shelves (this reminds me, I didn't add all of them to my account yet), and I try to read 40-50 books each year. So it would take me 4-5 years to read them all. But I always buy new books....so I'll probably never finish my pile of unread stuff. ^^ Well, there are just too many interesting books I still want to read!
I just bought a dozen more books so I think I have 211 books on the shelf to read and over 2000 on my Kindle. I don't even want to think about how many years it would take me. Actually I've been thinking about who will end up with my books some day. Interesting thought.
That's a fair number on your Kindle Karen! My to-read pile of paper books is now nudging three hundred after a splurge over the last week or so, but because I have avoided (so far) setting myself a challenge I don't feel guilt about working through my short books to drop it (which I felt was cheating somehow when I read some last year). I have a number of short nature books*, pretty much booklets, on single species that I'm reading along with some other short books, to try to avoid going over that next major mark.
*such as The Sparrowhawk - only 24 pages, but packed with information so these are not a light read.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I'm trying to get through my TBR pile so I can donate them and get the space back. I've got maybe 250 books at the moment so if I didn't buy any more (ha!) I'd be book free by the end of 2015. That would give me an excuse to buy more books but hopefully I'd be able to maintain a smaller backlog.
I think I have 3 months worth of unread books. I'm really trying to hold out on buying anymore until the pile gets lower.
Where's the fun in that? Seriously, though, that is the best thing about your very own TBR shelf: it's yours to do with what you will. My pile spreads over a bookcase and drapes itself over two wooden ladders, and that's just how I like it.
