I just don’t absorb audio books the way I do looking at it on paper (or screen). I’m just a more visual person.
I can sometimes read a book a day, but it depends on the material and the writing style. I can get through a lot of light fiction that fast, but not something on history, which is my favorite subject. I read a lot of historical fiction as well, and while I don’t fly through it, I am faster than with a non-fiction book. Right now, I’m reading a book on the flu epidemic of 1918. It’s 500+ pages (our monthly book club selection). It’s taking me forever! Not because it’s boring, but because it’s just so full of concepts I’ve never read before.
I’ve been a bit slow this summer on my reading, but we’ve had a death in the family, a major storm that caused a lot of damage, a large garden to tend and canning to do, and my father-in-law had a triple bypass just over three weeks ago. I’m hoping after the oldest three kids start school on Wednesday, my days will improve time wise ;)
My 14 year old has read something like 18 books this summer. I can’t remember seeing her read like this before!
What book on the pandemic are you reading? I listened to an excellent one about a year ago, and was blown away by how utterly unprepared we are for a repeat performance.
We think intensive care and modern medicine will always be there when we need it. But the system won’t (can’t) handle many millions of people needing intensive care.
My dad was about 7 at the time, and he told me about watching his father and uncles carry seven bodies out of the neighbors’ home. The whole family had died.
They lived just a few miles from Ft. Riley, where it appears the epidemic first hit large numbers of people.
I just finished listening to a truly excellent book on the Founders, and their accomplishments and failures.
Managed to avoid the Demigods vs. Dead White Slaveowning Males idiotic dichotomy so many historians fall into when dealing with them.
Unfortunately, I have a terrible time remembering the names and authors of books. :)