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emkay99 t1_itqg5yq wrote

I get through ~150 books a year, so about three per week. (And I write and post online reviews of all of them.) But there's no special technique or anything, and I don't skim. I'm just a fast reader, and have been since before I started school. My eyes take in blocks of text rather than individual words and I retain whet I read better than most people. In other words, it's natural talent (which was very useful in school). I can't throw a football worth a damn and I've never been able to read music, but I have this. It all balances out.

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Lae_Zel t1_itqi1ln wrote

That's pretty impressive, I've never read so much in a year. Do you use physical books or e-readers?

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emkay99 t1_itqjyyi wrote

I'm pushing 80 so I'm thankful for the invention of the Kindle, which allows me to enlarge the font easily. It's becoming very difficult to read most paper books these days. And I've never cared for audiobooks. I have to read with my eyes, not my ears.

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Redo-Master OP t1_itt2vnx wrote

>I get through ~150 books a year, so about three per week. (And I write and post online reviews of all of them.)

Damn, that's impressive...

I hope to read that many books a year someday lol. I have like 5 different series on my currently reading list. I have completed 6 books this year...

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emkay99 t1_itu9zdw wrote

Well, I've been retired for 20 years, which makes it easier, but really, I've always read that much. My fixation on books and reading led to a long career in a very large public library system -- but you'd be surprised how much time busy librarians DON'T have to read.

I keep up with a number of series, too, mostly via a directory of checklist text files where I can keep track of whee I am with each one and what's about to be published next. When you read this much, you have to be organized about it, or you miss things.

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