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I'd be interested in hearing if people share my habit of always reading 3ish nonfiction books in parallel. I have a pretty hard time sticking to one. It's usual
by kriro 10y ago
I'd be interested in hearing if people share my habit of always reading 3ish nonfiction books in parallel. I have a pretty hard time sticking to one. It's usually a programming or related book, some science book and some pop-science or selfhelp or marketing related stuff (or something like outdoor living, fishing etc.). And usually fiction during the commute. Oftentimes I'll also have random collections of stuff (Lovecraft collection) or comic books lying around for a "quick read".
- arethuza 10y agoI tend to be listening to at least one audiobook, reading at least one book on Kindle and dipping into a few old favourite physical books.
- ludovicianul 10y agoForgot the audiobook I listen while driving.
- arethuza 10y agoThe main problem I have with audiobooks (and to a lesser extent books on the Kindle) is the ease of dipping in and finding a good bit to read again. I know it should actually be easier - but it never seems to work that way.
- andai 10y agoOne of the reasons I am teaching myself to read spectrograms is so that I can skim through audio. You might see something about my progress on HN in a few years :)
- ludovicianul 10y agoOh yeah! I'm always reading more than 2, 3, 4 books in parallel. It usually is 2 fiction books, 1-2 non-fiction books, not necessarily programming. And this in a combination of sources: physical books, play books, kindle, safari... Plus random collections of magazine and comics sticking around :))