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Thoughtful Thursday: How many books do you read at a time? Hosted by Reading Is Fun Again

This Week's Topic/Question

My Answer:

Waaaaaaaaay more than I should these days, lol. For most of my life, I read just one at a time. Over the past few years, however, I made the astounding leap to about 3-6 at a time - sometimes more. The culprits: (1) doing reading challenges on Goodreads and the like, and (2) all the different formats of books I now read (audiobook, e-book, etc).

With the latter, it's really hard to not want to jump into new books when I've got so many wonderful ways to read multiple stories. It's a rare thing for me to not listen to an audiobook whenever I'm in my car, whether it's something new or revisiting a beloved series. At lunch, during my work week, I'll read something else via the various apps on my iPhone (iBooks, Nook, Kindle). So -- I'd even say I read from at least 2 books on any given day. Sounds like a lot, but I've been doing it so long it feels normal.

Additionally, now that I've started a blog I felt compelled to read even more books to keep it fresh. Which has only led to me reading even more books at a time. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, because I feel more excited than overwhelmed :)

The speed in which i finish books, however, has slowed considerably. Which you might think would lead to me actually wanting to read fewer books at a time to finish more. But alas, I cannot. The unread books call to me and resistance, it appears, is futile. Posted by Page at 10:07 PM