How Many Books Do you read per year

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Post by Norma_Rudolph »

I don't keep count either, and I hate to think how many I read. It's a bunch.
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I'm an avid reader and book collector . In a year I read 24 books.
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Post by Greeneyedphotogirl79 »

I had set a goal for this year at 50 however with working full time I don't think I'll be reaching the goal. I should be proud that I will be making at least 30 this year.
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This is a really hard question to answer, but I've always wanted to know. Because there are only 2 more months for this year, I'm going to start counting how many books I read next year, starting on the first. But usually it just depends on how busy school is keeping me, some weeks I don't even get to look at a book that isn't a text book. Although, there are also weeks were I have read up to five books, so it's really hard to say.
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Post by Greeneyedphotogirl79 »

hollirm wrote:This is a really hard question to answer, but I've always wanted to know. Because there are only 2 more months for this year, I'm going to start counting how many books I read next year, starting on the first. But usually it just depends on how busy school is keeping me, some weeks I don't even get to look at a book that isn't a text book. Although, there are also weeks were I have read up to five books, so it's really hard to say.

Have you ever heard of Goodreads? They have an app that if you set up a goal it will keep track of how many books you've read. I realized lately that it tells me how far behind I am on my book goals as well. I used to just write them down in a notebook however this is easier.
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I'd say I read at least a hundred and fifty books a year, often two hundred or more.
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That's crazy! Last year I read just over 70. This year I'm trying for 100. Good luck to me!
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I don't really count, but I estimate at least 150.
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Post by KristineNicole »

I've never really kept count.
But last year, I felt like I could have read a lot more, so this year I'm making an effort to read a book a week.
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I probably read round about 55-60 books a year ranging from non fiction and fiction and all genres.
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Post by mmccartylhs14 »

In 2015 I am planning on doing the 52 book challenge with my 11 1/2 year old son. He has already jumped ahead of me by 3 books!
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I average 2 per week. So that would be 104 per year. I know there are some years I have read much more than that.
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I read all my books on kindle, so I can go to Amazon and look at my account and see the list of all books that I have downloaded to the kindle. Last year I read 77 books of which 55 were downloaded from the library to my kindle. I am reading many more books since I got the kindle.
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I read all my books on kindle, so I can go to Amazon and look at my account and see the list of all books that I have downloaded to the kindle. Last year I read 77 books of which 55 were downloaded from the library to my kindle. I am reading many more books since I got the kindle.
I can't count on my amazon account to tell me how many I read because I actually check out many from the library that I end up not reading (after the first few chapters). But the kindle does help keep track of what you have read so you don't make the mistake of the same book twice!
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Post by Jolyon Trevelyan »

Not that many really

somewhere between 15 and 30.
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