Arachne said:
Alpo2 said:
I'm probably taking this way too seriously but I've often wondered do people who read much actually read those books from cover to cover and whether they only read fiction. Maybe I'm just lazy or slow reader but reading tens of books in a relatively short period seems impossible.
Cover to cover, fiction and nonfiction. I schedule in at least half an hour of reading time a day. Even if I only make it through 50 pages during that time, that's still a full-length book a week.
Honestly, maybe my peak mental state in the last 20 years was about 9 years ago when, for maybe a year, I was getting about an hour per day. 20-30-ish before bed (fiction or history), 20-ish while "contemplating the deeper meaning of life" (led the reader understand) (history or fiction - whichever wasn't at the bedside), and another 10-15 at work (spiritual). Each attempt to replicate since then has failed - but I continue to hold out hope that it could "take" again soon.
(On the flip-side, because I'm in the car far more nowadays than I used to be, I do get a good amount of audiobook and podcast listening in... but it's not the same.)