*depressed sigh*

[conuly]

I really feel bad. And this is embarassing, because I'm going to sound arrogant.

How on earth can people feel proud of only reading a book a week, or less, even? I can read a book just going to class, and another coming home. It's a sad week when I don't manage to read even one book. High school, I would take out six books from the library at once, return all six within two days. That's not counting the books they gave me, and the ones I read while in the library during lunch. Is it normal to read so little? Is it that people read slowly, or that they have other things to do? I don't get it.

I feel weird now. Like the freak here.

Well, I did tell you not to click. Don't blame me.

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[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I consider myself a moderately fast reader, but not a speed reader. To give a rough example, I managed to finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 11 hours, which I considered impressive until I found out one of my friends managed to finish it in 4, and another guy I know managed to finish it in 2.

If you're just counting books, I definitely don't read as much as I'd like to. Partially that's a time thing, since I'm working two jobs. It's also a mood thing, I tend to go in cycles where I'll a lot, then not as much. I also ironically didn't do much reading when I was in college, since I was too busy doing things for my classes.

Then there's the problem that I frequently start books, then don't finish them, either because I get sidetracked, or because I'm just not getting into the particular book.