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I'm going to sound really illiterate but who reads two books a week? I read a ton, as most programmers do but I read perhaps one or two [fictional] books PER YE
by aforty 15y ago
I'm going to sound really illiterate but who reads two books a week? I read a ton, as most programmers do but I read perhaps one or two [fictional] books PER YEAR.
- Lost_BiomedE 15y agoYou may want to reconsider when you read. When reading non-fiction, I find reading for just enough time to get a clear idea of a concept that is being described to me allows for better integration and aha! moments during the day. So, I find it beneficial to read them when my life is busy. The fiction books seem to be needed, for me, to not exhaust myself on non-fiction. The best time for me to read these is when I am less busy and have down time.
- aforty 15y agoI don't find myself exhausted by non-fiction and I also don't consider coding text books/articles/tutorials/documentation to be "books". When I say books I mean fictional texts. I find myself exhausted by fiction while I read, it feels like such a waste of time to me to read something that holds little to no value to me in the real world so it really needs to be an author that I like, thus only one or two books a year. I know many people are going to disagree with me but I just don't see the value.
- cincinnatus 15y agoI'd shoot for at least one a month if you can manage it. You're missing out for certain.
- arethuza 15y agoI have day job and a side project that I probably spend at least a couple of hours a day on and I still read on average two books a week. On holiday I usually take seven or eight books for two weeks - depending on the type of books.
- GFischer 15y agoI usually do, but then again, I don't have a TV or watch movies. It's a matter of choice. It also depends on the writer and genre - for example, I could read several Terry Pratchett books in a week, but slug through a heavy novel. I know I'm missing lots of good entertainment, but TV series, for instance, always seemed like a huge commitment of time for me.
- jacques_chester 15y agoI manage 1 or 2 a week -- much easier since the Kindle came along. My father, who goes down to his library each week, knocks off between 3-5 every week like clockwork, fiction and non-fiction. I find talking to him enormously educational. In so many episodes of history, for example, he's read about it from multiple perspectives and can talk about them.