Speed demon
Today’s Los Angeles Times features an interview with Sarah Weinman, the blogger who writes their Dark Passages column. She began keeping track of every book she reads in in 2005, and in 2008, read 462 books, the longest beng about 900 pages, and the shortest being just under 100. I enjoyed this interview because it seems that I read the same way that she does, and she found a way to describe the way her brain works that makes a lot of sense to me (and apparently, it’s a shared sentiment, as some of the comments left on the Times’ website are from people who feel much the same as I do). As much as I read, and as many books as I go through in a year (not 400+, but probably 150 or so), my husband’s often said (only half-kiddingly, I beleve) he thinks I’m just pretending to read, and really just flipping pages. Untrue, but I can see how that probably looks to him.
Weinman has already read nearly 11 books already this year. So, in the spirit of her record-keeping, I’ve decided to keep track of the number of books I read this year. So far, it’s five, and will be six by the end of the day. I don’t have a goal with this, trying to speed through to hit a certain number, but I’ll be curious to see how I do by year’s end.
