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How many books have you read so far? (1 Viewer)

nerdsforever

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Average number of books most people read in a year is 50. (source: reader's digest) That means from January 2005 to June 2005, most would or should have read about 25

So far in the year..... If you've read:

5 or below : must not like reading
5 - 10 : aint good
10 - 15: below average
15-20: read a bit more to catch up
20-25: average. doing well
25-30: above average
30-35: must love reading
35 + : superb...that means over 70 books a year! :rofl:

Let me start first. I've read:

Oliver Twist, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Digital Fortress, Mansfield Park, Book of Lies, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, My Place, Feeling sorry for Celia, The Child Called It

That means I read 11. Below average. Multiply that by two and that means I read at least 22 books a year . .
 

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Number of books I've read in the past 2 years = 0.

No joke, I don't read (except for the newspapers).
 

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Ive probably read about 25ish... I have a job and I dont have as much time to read :(
 

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nerdsforever said:
Average number of books most people read in a year is 50. (source: reader's digest) That means from January 2005 to June 2005, most would or should have read about 25

So far in the year..... If you've read:

5 or below : must not like reading
5 - 10 : aint good
10 - 15: below average
15-20: read a bit more to catch up
20-25: average. doing well
25-30: above average
30-35: must love reading
35 + : superb...that means over 70 books a year! :rofl:

Let me start first. I've read:

Oliver Twist, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Digital Fortress, Mansfield Park, Book of Lies, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, My Place, Feeling sorry for Celia, The Child Called It

That means I read 11. Below average. Multiply that by two and that means I read at least 22 books a year . .
I really hope you succeed in HSC English :)

Due to my course, i'd read (on average) 2 books a week, plus 'supplementary' readings. I don't always finish though.

Also that finding from reader's digest is quite interesting. 50 books seems a lot from a prole's perspective ;)
 

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There is no way the average bogan reads 1 book a week.
 

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Do textbooks count? Only thing I read this year was 1984 lol.
 

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withoutaface said:
There is no way the average bogan reads 1 book a week.
Seriously. My dad reads like, alot, and only manages like 6-7 books a month.
 

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well i cant remember the exact number of books this year, but around 25. I havent been able to read as many as a did last year because now i have a lot more homework and assignments to do:angry:
 

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In a good year, I'm well over 100/year...but I've had other stuff this year, most notably school to contend with.
Maybe just 5-10 books in the last half year?
I'll catch up to the quota after HSC. :p
 

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JFK said:
LOL I LUV ReaDIng I ReaD heApz OF BooKz LyK aLL t3H Time. GiRlfrieNd, VoGue, soemTimeZ FHM wiF my BoooO. ummm. I lyk GoOSeBumpZ hehehe and um I reLLy Lyk JanE AusTen"s BooKSz. I hAveN't Read anY but I sAw thE movie CLuEless wHich is Lyk BasED on heR bookZ someoNe tolD me hehehe. I <3 AliciA siLveRsTonE, HEaps OF pEoplE telL me I loOK likE her But I Don'T see IT hehe
LMFAO! Just LMFAO! Are those 'books' you read heaps, like, InTTerEEstInG?
 
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There's no chance the average person reads 50 books of decent length per year. I'd even dispute half that.
 
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emma
my place
king lear
chronicles of narnia (all 7)
the amulet of samarkand
the golem's eye
ptolemy's gate
twilight
escape
gossip girl (x2, can't remember the titles)

overall 17.
 

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if there's saying that the "average" "person" reads 50 books per year then they must have only surveyed pensioners/elders. or reader's digest subscribers...
 

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no idea, probably a couple of thousand. I am a pretty quick reader and i have been reading big boy books since i was pretty young, like 4 or 5.. at about 12 i had read just about everything that interested me in the local library so i had to move on to the bigger libraries in other suburbs..

If we include non-fiction, assigned readings, textbooks, journal articles....well i have read a shitload.... it was pretty much my only hobby before i became an internet addict, and i still read maybe an hour a day minimum, if i have the time then much more.
 

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Serius said:
no idea, probably a couple of thousand. I am a pretty quick reader and i have been reading big boy books since i was pretty young, like 4 or 5.. at about 12 i had read just about everything that interested me in the local library so i had to move on to the bigger libraries in other suburbs..

If we include non-fiction, assigned readings, textbooks, journal articles....well i have read a shitload.... it was pretty much my only hobby before i became an internet addict, and i still read maybe an hour a day minimum, if i have the time then much more.
What are you, Matilda?
 

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veloc1ty said:
There's no chance the average person reads 50 books of decent length per year. I'd even dispute half that.
It's difficult to find 50 books worth reading, ever.
 

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No, what I said is actually true.

Far too many books are published each year. Most are a waste of time for all involved.
 
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Even if 99% published each year were a waste of time, that's still a hell of a lot of good books left.
 

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