How many books do you read a year?

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The past four years I have read around 100 a year, but this year my goal is 60.
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I read between 400-500 a year, but I am a very fast reader. Love amazon! SO many free books!


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I haven't been counting, but I'd say a couple dozen.
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I think between taking care of my 2 youngins and my house, I have read about 30 this year. I'm aiming for at least 15 more before the new year.
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I manage to read 50 last year. Aiming for 70 this year.
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Post by shortyblue »

I would guess between 150-200, as I usually read about 3-4 a week.
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Post by azemora »

I read 1-4 books a week. It's impossible to give a yearly number as I have 3 kids under 4 and work from home so it changes from week to week.
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Between 5 to 10 books a year.
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Post by ella_lizzy »

i love to read so i can read 300 books a year
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Post by everafter09 »

I haven't really kept track until this year. My goal this year is to read 50 books and I have now read 62 books and the year isn't over with yet! Yay for being well over my goal already! Have to increase my goal for next year!!
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Post by Evelin_L »

126 in 2011,
98 in 2012,
41 this year so far.. I need to get back in track =/
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Post by dea0045 »

Goodreads has an awesome goal keeper on their website. You can set your goal for the year and as you read books and add them to your profile, they count them towards your goal. My goal for this year is 150 and I am 9 books away from it currently. Last year my goal was 100 and I blew it out of the water so I had to up it this year! :D
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Post by alannah_stone »

Someone asked me this the other day, and I honestly couldn't think of a good estimate.
I guess around fifty. I read about a book every week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
My goal this year was 100, but I lost track by May... Oops.
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Post by cbreithaupt75 »

For the last two years I have had on my New Year's goal list of reading as many books as I can! I have read between 25-30 for the last two years, which is great for also balancing six kids, going on eight! The secret is burning the candle at both ends!
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Post by madeline tart »

I read about 15 books a year, but I read much more than that with news off the web. I'm a big movie fan, so my attention gets pulled to movies and the better TV shows -- oh and I knit & paint too. Not enough time in the day & night.
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