Comments on: Books/ Magazines Read in 2004

By: Books/ Magazines read in 2006 « Rough Notes :: By the Rambling Librarian (Singapore)

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:47:13 +0000

[...] Finally, my list of books and magazines read in 2006. I’ve included the summary figures for 2004 and 2005 (the list for 2003 has been excluded, as that wasn’t complete). Later, I’ll [...]

By: Ivan Chew

Ivan Chew — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:47:00 +0000

Hey, don’t ask me if I remember all that I read. If you have to take the MRT to work each day, with 1hr travelling time per trip, then I’m sure you can read 1 book every 3 days too.

Nothing wrong with abandoning a book! It’s like watching TV — if it starts getting boring, we flip to another channel.

By: KnightofPentacles

KnightofPentacles — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:15:00 +0000

Correction: That should read one book per 3 days.

Still an amazing rate to me!

By: KnightofPentacles

KnightofPentacles — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:14:00 +0000

Wow! A hundred books a years works out to an average of 3 a day.

Notice you *finished* most of the books you started. I tend to abandon (or skim the rest) a book when the author starts losing my interest.

If you like Pirsig’s Zen, check out his second book Lila: An Inquiry into Morals.