How many books did you read last year?

[FDG]

I am always, um... "simultaneously" reading several books at once. I find that, with history books, I retain more information if I am able to casually pick one up, read ten pages or so, then set it aside, than I do if I stick with just one book. It probably has something to do with ADD, because while it works well for me it also bothers me and offends my need to always neatly complete everything I start.

Yeah I usually do that too, although 5 years ago I've said to myself "no more than 3 books", and thus far I've been able to stick to that. I always finish them tho, sooner or later.

[Absurd]

Voted none because I don't remember.

[discojoe]

Yeah I usually do that too, although 5 years ago I've said to myself "no more than 3 books", and thus far I've been able to stick to that. I always finish them tho, sooner or later.

I wonder if it's a rational type thing (I think you are LSI like me, but we don't need to discuss that here): On the one hand, we want to finish everything we start, but on the other hand we don't think it's rational to read something we aren't fully enjoying, so it leads to a building up of unfinished books.

EDIT: I should have said "I wonder if it's an IJ thing."

[pinkcanary]

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[jessica129]

I started two. I don't know if you'd even consider them worthy of being called books though. They're all specific information reads with a specific purpose for reading them. I dont see the fun in reading. Zero time, zero patience. Much rather be doing something.