How many books are you reading?

[caroljenn]

Okay, I must be some kind of book weirdo, because I have 5 books I am reading right now. And I'm excited about the new one I bought this morning at church! I pick one up, read a bit, do school or the dishes or go somewhere, pick a different one up, read it, etc etc.

 

Anyone else that does this or am I truly just weird? Not that it matters, really, I guess... =P

[Dandelion]

I do this too. Currently, I'm reading three. Perfectly normal. :D

[CandaceC]

I am the same way!! Ha!! :) It doesn't seem physically possible for me to read only one book at a time. Usually they are different types - only 1 fiction at a time.

[freerange]

No, not wweird. I'm reading 3 at the moment. Oh wait no, I forgot to count the one by the computer.

[Mnemosyne]

I'm currently reading two books. :) I'm well known for reading many books at a time... But usually no more than one fiction book at a time. This time around they're both non-fiction. :)

[Onceuponatime]

I usually have one non-fiction and one fiction book going at the same time. I read fiction faster, so I might go through 3 fiction to one non-fiction.

[RoughCollie]

I'm reading 4: Nonfiction, thriller, classic, and cozy mystery

[Laura Corin]

I usually have two books on the go at once: one that I listen to in the car that tends to be a little heavier, and one lighter book for bedtime.

 

Laura

[MIch elle]

Yup, I'm reading about 5 books now. And watching Teaching Company in between books.

[Guest]

You are not weird here! In fact, I prefer to only have one going at a time and I am always the oddball in these conversations. :) I actually have a couple going right now, but I prefer to read one or two at a time.

[Susan in TN]

I can only read 1 book at a time. If I start an additional book I'll eventually drop or the other and probably never go back to it. I wish I could focus on more than one at a time, though.

[Parrothead]

Four.... no. Five if you include my yearly perusal of TWTM.

[VeganCupcake]

I have five on the go right now--two audio books, one on Kindle, and three actual books. That's about the usual for me. I have always done it this way, even as a child. My mom thought I was nuts. :)

 

ETA: that adds up to 6. Err, I apparently can't count.

[Julie Smith]

Well I'm into several books. But those are all shared with the kids, and two of them are school books. (SOTW #2, Mr. Q Earth Science) I'm pretty sure that isn't what you mean.

[Giraffe]

Well, let's see. One audiobook, one long term chunkster of a book, and two I'm trying to speed read through in a week. That's four, and doesn't count the one I finished last night.

 

As a child I had one in every room, including the bathroom. That meant at least four at once.

 

You're normal.

[Melissa in Australia]

I am currently reading;

three uni text books ~ for my courses I am currently doing,

Herodotus ~ to improve my mind

Shadow Hawk ~ pre reading ancient history books so I know which ones to assign to which kids this year

James Harriot ~ light reading

plus several other s that I am browsing skimming.

[myfunnybunch]

Five.

 

Quiet: The Power of Introverts....

 

Anna Karenina, which is a completely different read in my forties than it was when I was in my twenties.

 

Little Dorritt

 

Thinking, Fast and Slow

 

The Hobbit (again)

 

I usually have 3-4 books going at once. :)

 

I really enjoy looking book lists to see what others are reading, so this thread is fun to read.

 

Cat

[SKL]

About three, I think.

[Cinder]

I think the most I've read at once--for myself--was three. Most of the time just one or two. That doesn't count audiobooks. I usually have one of those going as well. Right now I'm only reading one and listening to one. And I'm also reading one to dd.

[Donna]

I am currently reading 3. I do this all the time unless one book really catches my attention and I put the others down until I finish it.

[caroljenn]

Well, today at church I bought myself Respectable Sins. We can now add that to:

 

In the Garden of Beasts

Beowulf

I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

I Promised I Would Tell

and...Life in the Year 1000!

 

I've been reading all of these book threads and now my "Books I Need" list is getting pretty long! I really want to read 1066 after I read Life in the Year 1000, but there are a couple listed on Amazon and I'm not sure which 1066 book is the one everyone likes so much - any help on that one?

[mytwomonkeys]

no, not weird. i always have a few books going at once (and that doesn't include the different read alouds i always have going with my kids....i have 4 between the two of them right now too, lol).

[Mom-ninja.]

My usual is 3 at a time. Then throw in magazines I pick up.

[fraidycat]

Hmm. I'm not even sure.

 

I have a couple different parenting/child rearing type books on the go that I read, then "percolate".

 

I'm still only part way through TWTM.

 

I've got an organizing book going on Kindle.

 

Also reading The Happiness Project once in awhile.

 

Plus, my fluff book (romance) that I read when my brain needs a break.

 

This doesn't include the school books like Kitchen Table Math.

 

Or the read alouds I've got going with the kids right now - WE have three. :)

 

Looking at this list - it seems I may have developed some ADD in the past year or two because I always used to read a book cover to cover before moving on to the next - and usually within a day or two. Some of these books I've been "reading" for MONTHS. :bored:

[LostSurprise]

I try to keep myself down to 3-5. More than that and I get really unfocused and it takes too long to finish things.

 

Right now I'm reading:

 

Seventh Son

The Great Human Diasporas

Breakfast with Socrates

Way Station

The Italian Slowcooker