What are we reading?

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MIGMaster

How many books do you guys read (and finish) a month ??? I average about 4.....

TheCommandTent

Quote from: MIGMaster on April 16, 2012, 08:23:34 PM
How many books do you guys read (and finish) a month ??? I average about 4.....

You are doing better then me.  I have always been a slow reader.  So I usually get in about 1 book and a couple magazines a month... maybe.  But I usually only read in the evenings before I fall asleep.
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Silent Disapproval Robot

I recently switched from working straight days back to shift work (I guess I'm weird, but I love shift work.  And I get a week off every month).  On nights, as long as nothing goes haywire, I can get the majority of my work done about 4-6 hours into my 12 hour shift.  That leaves lots of time for reading while waiting for alarms to pop up so I'm averaging about 5-7 books a month.

Staggerwing

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 17, 2012, 12:56:06 AMThat leaves lots of time for reading while waiting for alarms to pop up so I'm averaging about 5-7 books a month.

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Gusington

SDR PLEASE let me know if there are any openings!

Even with more time to read on the commute, I still average 1-2 books a month because I pass out asleep most of the time. If they are easy reads, like War of the Worlds or Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, I can get in 4-5 month.


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MIGMaster

QuoteEven with more time to read on the commute

I take it that you don't drive to work - at least on your own  :)

Gusington

I used to car pool at my old job. Now it's a 75 minute train ride. As well as a 10 minute car ride, 10 minute ferry ride, and 20 minute walk.


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Barthheart

Quote from: Gusington on April 17, 2012, 10:05:50 AM
I used to car pool at my old job. Now it's a 75 minute train ride. As well as a 10 minute car ride, 10 minute ferry ride, and 20 minute walk.

Wholly crap! Each way?!? Man half yer life is passin by just commuting......

MIGMaster

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LongBlade

Quote from: MIGMaster on April 17, 2012, 10:44:54 AM
Once they devise a transporter unit imagine all the free time people will have.

IIRC that's what they said about computers. And cars. And airplanes. And telephones...
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Gusington

I spend 25 hours per week commuting. At my old job it was 10 hours per week. It's the price I pay to live in the woods and work in the city.


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Silent Disapproval Robot

We have 3 openings Gus.  Two are almost guaranteed to go to our two temp staff, but the third is still open.  Of course, you'd have to move to Vancouver where 1200 sq ft crack shacks sell for $1 mill+ and every single thing you buy is taxed at 12%.


Arctic Blast

Quote from: MIGMaster on April 16, 2012, 08:23:34 PM
How many books do you guys read (and finish) a month ??? I average about 4.....

I normally go through about a book a year, but this year has been insane. I don't know why, but I'm flying through books every time I sit down to read. I track my reading on Goodreads. My goal for the year was 50 books. When I finish Galaxy in Flames, I'll already be through 25.  :o

MIGMaster

Whoah - you are well ahead of schedule ! I better get my ass in gear !