Posted by Ron Price Perhaps how much one reads is as important as what one reads. Given the fact that we all have different tastes, perhaps the essential question/comment under “Recommended Reading” is not “what one has read” but “how much” and “when.” I offer this as a tangential remark for this part of the site. It is impossible for me to make an accurate record or even a reasonable guesstimation of what might be called my reading record since 1956, some 50 years, from puberty to the early years of late adulthood. I have made a start at such a record, though. And here it is. For the most part my reading is in the social sciences and humanities—a vast field to say the least. A. Books Read : 20,000 C. Poems Read : 4,000 E. Articles Read: : 50,000 G. Advertising Read(words on surfaces) : inestimable
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on 10/7/2006, 4:58 am, in reply to "Re: Literature & media studies"
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A RECORD OF BOOKS READ OR PARTLY READ FROM 1956 TO 2006
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B. Books Partly Read(20 pages or more): 40,000
_____________________________Total: 60,000
D. Poems Partly Read : 10,000
_____________________________Total: 14,000
F. Articles Partly Read(1/4 or more) : 100,000
____________________________Total : 150,000
H. Pamphlets, Leaflets, Brochures, etc. : inestimable
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I. Total Words Read : Too many to count
___________________________ (one day I may try)
Ron Price
3 October 2006
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