According to the teaching and administrative qualifications, it is difficult to read a book in full, so it was agreed with the answer of Dr.Raid M. Al-Ani to the selection of certain subjects from different sources.
Thank you for your interesting question on debate.
I , personally, have very strange reading habits. I read and write, nonstop. I am a compulsive book collector. And I promise to read every book I buy.
I will go through a book with the average speed of 5 min per book, before I purchase, and I actually retain the exact pages where I found the reason to spend money on that.
I never read one book at the time. ( I soon gave up the idea of keeping a bedside table book, and substituted that for a shelf, from which I pick randomly to read before going to sleep...and I don't even use bookmarkers, because I know exactly where to pick from, amidst those ten or twenty books I read, randomly, per month.)
That bookshelf is absolutely alluring because my reading tastes are so broad, that I love poetry and Arts and history, but I also have a long list of brain demanding scientific papers top read, that I mingle a bit from all in my night readings...
But I do read very fast, according to good memory training.
I consider myself to be selective in reading in most cases, so the total of what I read in a month may be more than one book ( but selected chapters from several books) in scientifically biases. For literary readings also a full book per month.
I am very happy that you answer my question. I congratulate you for your activeness, You are very good reader. I hope you have more time to enjoy more reading and writing.
Reading can be considered a "simple activity". On the other hand, the reasons that lead the individual to read can be broad and complex, especially in the "Information Age" in which we are inserted. For example, the dichotomy of fast and slow reading is currently a problem for some people and a solution for others.
Amid the bombardment of information which we have access to read faster has become a necessity. Have access to more content, aiming to expand or renew knowledge. However, the line separating quantity and quality is increasingly tenuous, and by our incessant quest for more content, we often sacrifice quality for quantity.
In this context, we can read 2, 5, or 10 books for a month or even be unable to read 1 book per month. These are data that vary according to our purpose.
When we are going to start studies in new unknown fields, the individual will not be able to read absurd amounts of information / books, as he does not have previous consolidated knowledge. In this way, it is natural to read slower and, consequently, a smaller quantity of books read.
But when we know and have solid prior knowledge about the subject, we can naturally read faster and consume a greater amount of content.
Personally, I usually read in greater proportion content related to my scientific area, but I always read at least 1 book with diversified themes, which help me to expand the range of knowledge and even prevent the vision directed only to my field of professional action.
Very wonderful , valuable and meaningful answer . That is right. Of course reading varies from one person to another and according to there jobs and situations.
I can read twenty books in a month's time if I do nothing but reading from 8 am to 5 pm. (This is what I did when studying for my PhD comprehensive exams.) But with my normal teaching responsibilities, I typically read one book a month.
Sometimes I can read one book per month, especially scientific books.
But most of the time I read a few books (scientific and artistic) for a month, but, of course, it takes me more than a month to read them (in different ways).
Number of scientific articles read per month, etc. I find it difficult to say (in different ways).