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How many books on the go?

cabrasopa

cabrasopa

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Just wondering how many books you all read at once, i sometimes have two on the go one at home one at work.
Anybody read more than two?.
 
Nope - I usually read only one. If I do have two going at a time, it is always one fiction and one non-fiction. That way I won't get confused. :eek:
 
It varies. I usually have at least two started at any given time. At the moment, I've got 3 going. The two listed above plus the 2nd book of His Dark Materials trilogy (soon moving onto the Amber Spyglass).
 
I generally have more than one on the go, especially if i've started a book and then lost it (I'm that kind of person), then I'll start another and suddenly find the old one again - I often have more than one book on the go, I never had a problem reading that way.

Phil
 
I normally have one book at hand, one in the car (audiobook), and one ebook in my PDA for no-car-and-no-books-at-hand moments.

The one at hand is the one I pursue everyday.

ds
 
I usually read only one at a time unless I leave that at school or someplace. Then I'll start another one and have two going after I find the one I've lost/left.
 
I've tried reading more than one at a time, but I usually end up spending too much time on one book and stop reading the other or something. It's too much of hassle so I just do one at a time now. :eek:
 
I try not reading more than 3 at a time.

Now I'm reading only one book, but that'll change within the week.
 
I try to stick with just one. When I have two going, I tend to lose interest in one and never get back to it.
 
I typically have on the go - a long/classic/"difficult" book which I might take months over, a lighter novel, an audiobook and maybe an item of non-fiction. I pick up whichever I'm in the mood for at the time. Occasionally, this means some things are never picked up again.

There are practical considerations too. A fair chunk my reading is done on trains so hardbacks are likely to be read more slowly because they don't come out with me so often.

I'm also a member of a face to face book group, so sometimes for practical reasons I have to break off from something so I can read that month's choice, irritating when the group book turns out not to be to my taste :( .
 
at this moment i read 6 books!! whenever i'm in the mood for one, i pick it up!! one for school, one for home, one "hard" one, one funny one...
whatever i feel like reading!! :D
 
Currently reading: An Instance of the Fingerpost, Accounts Demystified, Lolita, Jesus Lived In India, and the Good Business Guide. I do pick up others on other occasions; such as short stories when heading to the throne room. :rolleyes:
 
Normally read just the one book at a time. I like to concentrate on the story of one book and have that world in my heart and mind. I find if I read more than one it just distracts
 
when i first saw the title of this thread, i thought, "omg, two books at once? who can do that?" and then i realized i was reading a book club pick and an old reliable of mine at the same time. however, one was a short story collection by salman rushdie and the other was "the princess bride"--it would be vewy vewy hard to mix up those two. ;)
 
I don't think it's fair for a book if you read more than one at a time. Just think of the book's feelings, it might be thinking "am I not good enough, can't I satisfy all the reading needs?"

Shame on you people who read more than one book at a time. :D
 
hay82 said:
I don't think it's fair for a book if you read more than one at a time. Just think of the book's feelings, it might be thinking "am I not good enough, can't I satisfy all the reading needs?"

Shame on you people who read more than one book at a time. :D
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come on!! if this book can't give me the story i want, but a combination can, why should i stick to one book at a time let the other ones lying around until i'm not in the mood for them anymore!! if i toss it then in the corner, what will it feel then??
 
hay82 said:
I don't think it's fair for a book if you read more than one at a time. Just think of the book's feelings, it might be thinking "am I not good enough, can't I satisfy all the reading needs?"

Shame on you people who read more than one book at a time. :D
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If one book could satisfy all reading needs, then we would read only that book and never ever bother to read any other book, right? ;)
 
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