Comments on: Reading in Malaysia http://upperfortstewart.com/ideas-about-reading/reading-in-malaysia/ Somewhat Amusing Ideas About Reading Books Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:43:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ian http://upperfortstewart.com/ideas-about-reading/reading-in-malaysia/#comment-118 Ian Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:26:00 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/?p=53#comment-118 Oh, right. Poor TV Guide. I used to read it all the time at my Grandma's. The real TV Guide, that is. Not the fake one they put in the newspaper.<br /><br />Elliot, I'm glad to hear you count graphic novels as books. These days I only read comics in the laundry room while my dress shirts do their 10 minute cycle in the dryer. I've been reading the same Jack Kirby Captain America comic for weeks. Oh, right. Poor TV Guide. I used to read it all the time at my Grandma’s. The real TV Guide, that is. Not the fake one they put in the newspaper.

Elliot, I’m glad to hear you count graphic novels as books. These days I only read comics in the laundry room while my dress shirts do their 10 minute cycle in the dryer. I’ve been reading the same Jack Kirby Captain America comic for weeks.

]]> By: Imani http://upperfortstewart.com/ideas-about-reading/reading-in-malaysia/#comment-119 Imani Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:18:00 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/?p=53#comment-119 TV guide's no longer a book in Canada so you're gonna have to lower that estimate. TV guide’s no longer a book in Canada so you’re gonna have to lower that estimate.

]]> By: Elliot http://upperfortstewart.com/ideas-about-reading/reading-in-malaysia/#comment-120 Elliot Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:18:00 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/?p=53#comment-120 I started keeping track over the past few years. On average I tend to read somewhere between 50-75 books a year. But up to a third of those are trade paperback graphic novels.<br /><br />Sheer volume doesn't tell you much. Looking over my past lists reveals a mixed bag. All 1350 pages of Les Miserables counts as one book, while William King's Warhammer novel Trollslayer (about 200 pages) also gets to count as one book.<br /><br />I'm sure some women read 750 Harlequin romances in a year, but those don't exactly measure up to, say, Margaret Atwood's 300 books per year. (I'm guessing.) I started keeping track over the past few years. On average I tend to read somewhere between 50-75 books a year. But up to a third of those are trade paperback graphic novels.

Sheer volume doesn’t tell you much. Looking over my past lists reveals a mixed bag. All 1350 pages of Les Miserables counts as one book, while William King’s Warhammer novel Trollslayer (about 200 pages) also gets to count as one book.

I’m sure some women read 750 Harlequin romances in a year, but those don’t exactly measure up to, say, Margaret Atwood’s 300 books per year. (I’m guessing.)

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