I knew a German lit student and looked at his summer reading list (to prepare for grad school). It contained about 100 books, and he aimed to grind through a s

I knew a German lit student and looked at his summer reading list (to prepare for grad school). It contained about 100 books, and he aimed to grind through a substantial fraction of them that summer. I read a lot (back then), but not at that level. That was one of the experiences, besides the time I took French and had my ass handed to me by people who were also simultaneously studying other languages, that brought home to me the linguistic workload that can be part of a humanities degree.