Books In A Life

[poliphilo]

How many books can you read in a single lifetime? Christopher Howse (writing in the Telegraph) has been doing some calculations. If you reckon on a book a week (which seems reasonable) a person who lives to be 80 wil achieve a total of 4160. It's not many, is it?

All I can say is, choose well. 

Comments

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

Must be slow readers.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think you need to make allowance for all the times when you weren't reading much- and I guess even the most eager readers among us take a rest from books every now and then.

[redatt.livejournal.com]

Yes, I go through voracious book reading periods and then periods when I can't imagine wanting to ever pick up another book.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Me too.