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I don't get how some people read so many books in a year. Are you guys reading for several hours every day? Or are you really fast readers? 100 books a year is basically two books a week, how do you have the time???
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Anonymous 7w

I read fast, I dedicate most of my free time to reading, and for a while, I had a job where I could listen to audiobooks at work. I also multitask with reading whenever I can

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Anonymous 7w

I can do two books a week if I purposely try really hard but I don't think I could do that the whole year

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Anonymous 7w

I have a job where I can read at work when it’s not busy

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Anonymous 6w

the last time i did it was when i was in elementary/middle school aka free reading time throughout the day, reading w/ english teachers, and easy hw so i had so much time to read - now im lucky if i read one book during college

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Anonymous 7w

sometimes I can do 2 books a week if they're both easy and/or short, I read way more books than most people but I'll never be able read 150 a year because of the books I tend to choose

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Anonymous 7w

i read 153 books in one year because i was unemployed for two months during the summer and all i did was apply for jobs and read in my backyard - you’d be surprised how much you can read when you have nothing else to do with your time

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Anonymous 6w

I read alot because I have summers off. Even after this year I will have the summers off and would rather spend it reading

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Anonymous 7w

I read a lot of manga as well as novels and one volume of manga takes me like 30 minutes to read

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Anonymous 6w

Hihi! I read a lot, like a lot a lot, about a book a day a lot. It’s a combination of reading during any time I would normally use my phone, reading a lot before bed, and audiobooks whenever I’d be listening to music.

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Anonymous 6w

I read 875 wpm, and set aside at least an hour every night before bed to read. Additionally, I read anytime I’m queuing, at my uni cafeteria, at theme parks, while I eat, etc

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Anonymous 7w

I feel like those people are lying. I encountered someone once who legitimately said that they read three hundred books in one year. There’s no fuckin way man

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Anonymous 6w

Cuz most of the books are glorified smut or other minimal commitment stuff

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Okay yeah, this makes sense. My cousins always go to the library and check out like 7 manga at a time because they finish them so quick

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

The audiobooks are actually huge for finishing a lot of books because you can multitask. I can read at work but only in between customers so I get interrupted every couple minutes

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Indeed. I also listen at 2x speed (can’t focus on them if it’s any slower) which helps greatly. I could finish three short audiobooks in a day at my old job. but yeah my current job I sometimes read an ebook when it’s slow but I can’t get much done if I’m continuously interrupted

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

it definitely happens (but I was also deeply unwell lol)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

Idk whether to be jealous of your reading skills or sympathetic of your mental illness

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 6w

also it wasn’t how some of those people are where they read 50-100 page books, little me was churning through 300-800 page books for fun💀 (we had to keep track of the word count and let me tell you i think i was insane)

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 6w

My Kindle challenges page right now

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