Poll of the Day > How many books have you read in 2017?

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Surprisingly, I've managed to hit 15 books. One or two may be from last year, I can't remember.
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Just like most years.
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What's a "book"?

25+ is more than 2 books a month! You legends!
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I read a lot because I both really like to read, and if I get halfway through a book and realize I don't like it, I will put it down forever and move onto something else.

shadowsword87 posted...

I read a lot because I both really like to read, and if I get halfway through a book and realize I don't like it, I will put it down forever and move onto something else.

I'm the opposite. I will read through any amount of hot garbage because I don't like to leave things unfinished. I disliked some of those books, but gosh darn it, I read them all.
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Eight, which is far more then usual. Since I'm looking to build a career as a professional author I decided it was time to finally start reading again. Well, in my case its listening but the point still stands. Have a membership with Audible so I'll be getting a free audiobook pretty much every month plus a nice 30% off every audiobook I purchase.
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Do my textbooks count?
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Not enough

EclairReturns posted...

Do my textbooks count?

Why not?
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Then I have read at least ten books this year: three textbooks for spring semester, one textbook and three novels for the summer semester, and three textbooks for the fall semester.
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Just the Holy Bible.
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How was The Scarlet Letter?
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I think I only read one book. edit: just remembered another two that I read earlier in the year, so three!

This is going to be my new year's resolution for sure. At least one book a month--I already have my first book picked out, starting tomorrow!
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jramirez23 posted...

How was The Scarlet Letter?

Boring, with no pay off. I would say anti-climactic, but there was no build-up to anything spectacular anyways. Just a bland book.
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Most of one. I should really finish it. A friend loaned it to me in April and I read almost all of it on the flight back from seeing her, but didn't quite finish and haven't touched it since.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

I already have my first book picked out, starting tomorrow!

What book?
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supergamer19 posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

I already have my first book picked out, starting tomorrow!

What book?

The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. Recommended by my therapist.

I started reading It months ago and hope to finish that soon as well. Been enjoying it so far.
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One every two or three days, so 150 or so this year. Just finished rereading David Drake's Cinnabar series, on the fourth volume of Debra Doyle's Magewars series, have Warhammer 40K Ultramarines omnibus coming from Amazon next week.

Not counting tech manuals and such. Rebuilt my turbo Celica, just got the big pieces back on my Supra before the freezing weather hit.
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Like 4. Which I'm not happy about. So my "resolution" this year is to make sure I read much more than that.

I made a reading list and put The Winds of Winter at the top of it. A man can dream...

I'll probably start off with the Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb. I really liked the rest of the books in that series, so might as well keep reading them.
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If anyone needs books to read next year, I got some recommendations!

Dynalo posted...

I made a reading list and put The Winds of Winter at the top of it. A man can dream...

So can a woman. Goddamn GRRM...
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I've been at the gym for about an hour and a half, and I have close to 2 hours of working out left. Thanks for keeping me company guys.

How do you gentlefolk get your books?

I have about 5 Free Little Libraries around my house. If you haven't heard about them, there these tiny little huts people build and leave on their front lawn. It's filled with books, and the idea is for every one book you take out, you put one back in. So every time I finish my pile of books, I take it to one of those little huts and exchange them all.
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I hit 24. Usually try to do at least one every 2 weeks, but there have been some extenuating circumstances this year.
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Can't recall an exact number -- partly because one year blends into the next -- but not enough. Not that the ones I've read (or listened to, since a few were audiobooks) were necessarily great. I wound up binging this absolutely horrible hack fantasy novel (Dragon Weather) because I had become emotionally invested in the story by that point. And, if the sequels were more readily or cheaply available (because it's not something I feel like paying much for -- the first I picked up for something like a buck), I would probably have binged them too, given my emotional investment.

At any rate, I've got a massive book queue atm that I need to get through. Some I started reading then got distracted (Through a Howling Wilderness and The Devil in the White City, for instance) and countless others I've just meant to read but haven't gotten around to it. In general, I probably add 35-50 books to my ever-growing library each year, but I tend to read fewer than 10 in that same time-frame.
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supergamer19 posted...

I've been at the gym for about an hour and a half, and I have close to 2 hours of working out left. Thanks for keeping me company guys.

3.5 hours at the gym? What are you doing?

I sometimes spend that much time at the gym as well, just curious as to what you do for that long.

Catching up on workouts since I've been a flabby, lazy, fat-butt this holiday season.

Doing legs, shoulders, cardio, and abs, in that order. Just finishing up shoulders.
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Do Archies and pals count?

Far-Queue posted...

Just the Holy Bible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-we4rMdHJIw
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1

but it wasn't for pleasure, it was for school
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i read manga and comic books
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7-9 sounds about right.
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I just recalled another book I read this year so nine in total. Probably could have made it more since I do have the first two A Song of Ice And Fire books from Audible, but I'm a binge reader/listener so I've kinda put them off since I know I'll lose like three whole days to each book, lol.
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If graphic novels count (which is about all I have time to read nowadays), then around 50. I read about 1 every 1-2 weeks, but depending on the size I also read more then that. Depends how wordy they are.
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You know what, I actually ready through Watchmen. The full version with all the extra things. My number might actually be higher.

I highly recommend Watchmen, although I think the movie handled the ending better.
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supergamer19 posted...

You know what, I actually ready through Watchmen. The full version with all the extra things. My number might actually be higher.

I highly recommend Watchmen, although I think the movie handled the ending better.

I think the movie was better overall
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I don't really keep count, but I think I average one book every two weeks, though some take longer than others. I'd guess somewhere between 20 and 25.
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

i read manga and comic books

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None.
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Just picked up the first three books of the new year including the first in the Stormlight Archive and holy shit I'm gonna lose a whole damn week to that one, lol. And people say GRRM writes ridiculously long books. O_O
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i think you meant "did you read"
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0 i think. Will reread a series now and again but dont think i have this year.
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TheFalseDeity posted...

0 i think. Will reread a series now and again but dont think i have this year.

last year?
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Nearly one
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Byron808 posted...

TheFalseDeity posted...

0 i think. Will reread a series now and again but dont think i have this year.

last year?

Well technically its true either way i suppose.
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1-3. I've been really slow at it, but been reading the Witcher novels. I read all the short stories and the first novel.
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TheFalseDeity posted...

Byron808 posted...

TheFalseDeity posted...

0 i think. Will reread a series now and again but dont think i have this year.

last year?

Well technically its true either way i suppose.

well if you don't remember this year (1/1/18), then i'd say cannibus killed your short-term memory brain cells xD
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16-18, I think for 2017. I'm disappointed. Shooting for 50 this year. Video games aren't doing it for me at the moment other than Pokemon and occasional Switch multiplayer stuff with my wife + my sister, and her boyfriend who both live 2 hrs from me.

All of my PC time has been devoted to learning more Linux whenever I get the chance. Just got a new job as a Java developer from a database management position, so hopefully learning more of that doesn't eat into too much of my reading time lol.
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Byron808 posted...

TheFalseDeity posted...

Byron808 posted...

TheFalseDeity posted...

0 i think. Will reread a series now and again but dont think i have this year.

last year?

Well technically its true either way i suppose.

well if you don't remember this year (1/1/18), then i'd say cannibus killed your short-term memory brain cells xD

Not that but something certainly has. My memory short or long term is usually garbage x_x Ill forget today soon enough dont you worry. But no books of late.
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Started two books on my tablet (borrowing ebooks from my library is sweet).
Tablet broke. Took a month and a half to get it replaced (from warranty).
Never got back into em.
I hope to change that. I've read a lot less year after year since leaving school about 6 years ago and it bothers me.
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Oh right, just got a tablet this year. I should probably toss a ton of books on it from Project Gutenberg or one of the other free services.
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