Have many books have you read?
Today, I started reading a long book: the near-600 page work entitled “A History Of The World” by Andrew Marr.
In his Introduction, he states: “I calculate that around two thousand books, never mind pamphlets and journals, have been read for what follows.”
As I have kept a diary for 50 years, I know how many books I have read. It is just over 700 – an average of a book a month.
But Marr has read around 2,000 just for this project. Wow!
What about you? Do you read more or less than a book a month?
July 2nd, 2013 at 8:10 am
Hello Roger
I was pretty pleased with myself for finishing a book my husband gave me for Christmas, by 30 June!
I’ve been going to write to you and recommend it:
“Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States” by David Hackett Fischer.
Did any one mention “Rogernomics” while you were in New Zealand?
My excuse at this slowness is I spend much of my reading time on the Guardian Weekly and the New Yorker rather than books.
Another question – do you, in fact, sleep at all? You seem to get so much done!
Cheers
Nadine
July 2nd, 2013 at 11:18 am
Actually, Nadine, I love sleep and I make sure that I get around 8 hours a night.
But I do try to use my waking hours productively which involves a good deal of planning and scheduling.
I’ll check out the Fischer book.
Never heard of Rogernomics.
Roger