How many books have you read over the

[royalfan5]

course of your lifetime. For me, I would peg the number at somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500 to date.

[SoonerInKCMO]

12.

[JohnnyMack]

I dunno, a thousand? 750?

[yermom]

maybe a hundred? maybe?

[soonermix]

17

[SoonerInKCMO]

I've only been keeping track of books I read over the last 9-10 years (and not all of those years) and I've averaged about 50/year over that time. Probably didn't read at that rate previously. I spent a lot of reading time in my teens reading car and music magazines. Before that it was whatever random encyclopedia article grabbed my interest. So maybe 1000 lifetime.

[soonerboomer93]

3

[soonerbrat]

wow, that's tough to figure out. I was a real bookworm from about age 7...and I had to read a LOT of books in high school...the past few years I haven't read very much, but I still love to read. I can't even make a very good guess, I don't think.

[Whet]

geez, probably between 1 and 2. One of those was the instruction book for the laptop..

[soonerbrat]

you read instructions?
that's a first

[soonerboomer93]

what's an instruction book?

[John Kochtoston]

Outside of the Koran and the Anarchist's Cookbook? None that I can think of.;)

[Whet]

you read instructions?
that's a first

Well. I actually just looked at the pictures!

[okieslp]

wow, that's tough to figure out. I was a real bookworm from about age 7...and I had to read a LOT of books in high school...the past few years I haven't read very much, but I still love to read. I can't even make a very good guess, I don't think.

Same here. Used to get in trouble for reading after I was supposed to be asleep. Nowadays I really only read for pleasure during the summer. Over the past 7 years, I have averaged about 20 books a summer. I would say lifetime would be around a thousand, give or take :)

[SicEmBaylor]

I'd probably say around 1,200 but that's a wild guess.

[dolemitesooner]

1 and a lot of halfs

[OUDoc]

Do school books count?

[StoopTroup]

I just finished Handy Magazine.

They have a paint stick trick that will help you empty almost every little bit of paint from the bucket with less to the bucket with more paint.

You tip the bucket with less so that it is draining into the bucket with more...you then align the flimsy metal handles so they are together on one side.....then you stick the paint stick through the handles and it keeps the top bucket in place while the remaining paint empties into the bucket with more paint.

It's a real time saver...while the paint is emptying you can go relax in a park.

[royalfan5]

Do school books count?

sure

[GottaHavePride]

A lot. I can remember going through Asimov's entire Robots, Foundation, and Empire series (what, 10 or 11 fairly large books?) in about two weeks one summer.

I think the fastest I've ever gone through a book was Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in about two and a half days. I probably need to re-read that one.

I don't have nearly as much time to read now, unless opera scores count.

[OUHOMER]

I count each thread in the SO as a mini novel. So I have read thousands.

[Curly Bill]

I'm gonna say somewhere around 500.

[Lott's Bandana]

[QUOTE]I just finished Handy Magazine.

They have a paint stick trick that will help you empty almost every little bit of paint from the bucket with less to the bucket with more paint.

You tip the bucket with less so that it is draining into the bucket with more...you then align the flimsy metal handles so they are together on one side.....then you stick the paint stick through the handles and it keeps the top bucket in place while the remaining paint empties into the bucket with more paint.

It's a real time saver...while the paint is emptying you can go relax in a park.QUOTE]

And try to keep cool?

So, does reading The Lord of the Rings 5 times count as 15? Oh, did I just admit that...?

[Blue]

A couple hundred or so? Most should have been left un-read.

[CORNholio]

Besides school books, probably 3 or 4. Like someone else said alot of starts very few finishes. Must be the short attention span. Even in HS I would make educated guesses based on hearsay when tested about the assigned reading material (worked pretty well at that level.) Never even attempted to read an entire book until I was out of HS was too busy playing sports and the like as a kid.

[Blue]

I must add hardly ever fiction. I hate it for some reason. I guess I haven't found a writer that keeps me interested.

[Tailwind]

Around 5000 give or take. When I was a kid I read almost every book in our town library, alot of the books n the HS library and all my mom's PI novels. As an adult, if I don't have a book to read handy, I go nuts. NUTS!!!!

[Vaevictis]

At least a few thousand.

I read about 5 books a week from 7-12th grade. One a day during the school week, because it was more enjoyable than paying attention in class.

And probably 3 a week during the summer months.

I've slacked off since then, but mostly because I'm an author-reader, and when I find an author I like, I'll tear through every book he's ever written in a month or two. I spend most of my time waiting for books to come out that I want to read.