Do you guys stick to some monthly reading list?
>>23361690Why are Ariosto and Tasso so expensive in translation?
>>23361700Difficult to translate because it's poetry and especially long poetryAlso obscure so they need to recoup the costs of the translation by increasing the price
Depends on their length of course. 2 or 3 normally but I have kids and a job.I just order 1-2 months worth of reading, seeing the unread pile of books laying around actually motivates me to read them.Not putting a book on the shelf until I finished with it.
>>233616902-3 at a leisurely pace. More if I need to for something I'm working on or get into a fever for words. Less if I am getting filtered, I am very stubborn.
>>23361690In my freetime, I usually read three books at a time. One novel, one educational/philosophical whatever and one light novel or comic or a collection of short stories. I try to read 10-15 pages per book per day, Meaning 30-45 pages in total per day.Number of books is of course hard to say, but with 40p daily i end up at about 1200p per month, so i guess somewhere around two to three books per month.
>>23361690Depends on whether I am taking notes or not. If I am taking notes 1-3; If not 3>
>>23361690Really depends. I generally dont count individual books because obviously lengths vary greatly. I generally read about 1000-1200 pages per month though.
>>23361690I normally intend for about four (one of which is the Bible that I read every day), but I usually end up having time for only one or two
>>23361858This. Educational/philosophy during the day then fiction at night to unwind.
>>233616900.1 book on average
I have about an hour on the train to uni so I can read about 200 pages a day with two hours consistent reading, I try to only read two or three at a time, otherwise it feels like I'm not giving enough attention. one non-fiction, one fiction, and maybe another. I feel like I should slow down though.
>>23361711Obscure?!Maybe compared to Dante, but I can't think of any other pre-1900 Italian poets more well-known.Maybe, just maybe, Petrarcha.
>>23361690Reading for numbers will make you miserable. Read for pleasure, abandon books you lose interest, pick'em later, just read whatever and whenever you want.
>>23361690i once read 20 books in one month yes they were all very short under 200 pages but still i am proud of myself
>>23361690>mountains if history/non-fiction>several of quality fiction>one or less than one if it's material demanding thinking-with the text>>23361711>Also obscure so they need to recoup the costs of the translation by increasing the priceThis is what they get for hiring academics with zero literary capacity or discretion.
>>23361690I have a huge list I rarely deviate from
