TheBookSwarm
Ask Question

So, I’m curious. How much time, on average, do you spend reading per day?

So, I’m curious. How much time, on average, do you spend reading per day?

Jenny #questionnaire

75
Reply

336 Answers

Katie

Usually an hour

0
Reply
Anne

at least an hr, if I get sucked into the book, it might be more, to the detriment of my sleep schedule!

0
Reply
Lynette

6 on a day when kids are at school and I have my chores done

1
Reply
Jeneane

2 hrs

0
Reply
Ami

Counting audiobook time about 5hrs a day, but that’s because I’m allowed to listen to my audiobooks at work.

1
Reply
Pat

At least 3-4 hours. But any chance I get I take advantage and read! But I read daily.

0
Reply
Ellen

My New Year’s resolution for the last several years was to read or listen to a book for an hour a day. So far so good. Most days listening is better for me though.

0
Reply
Kelly

1 hour

0
Reply
Ryan

I get into bed around 1030pm, and read straight through until I get sleepy, which is usually 130am.

1
Reply
Judy

An hour minimum but many days it can be 3 or 4. I do not turn the tv on until the evening news.

0
Reply
Sharyn

At least 4 hours, plus listen to books whenever I am in the car. Reading is my passion, I am in 7 bookclubs.

2
Reply
Amy

4-6 hours counting audio books?

1
Reply
Katrina

I work and have a very active 2 year old, so I only get to read at night before i fall asleep, so I read about a half hour, each night. Unless its a real page turner, then I read much longer than I should have! LOL

1
Reply
Jackie

Not enough

4
Reply
Jackie

I try for at least an hour every day though.

0
Julie

An hour or more

0
Reply
Michelle

1-2 hours depending on my schedule.

0
Reply
Diane

About 3 hours

1
Reply
Chrissy

I would guess I average 45 minutes a day.

0
Reply
Christine

About an hour before bed.

0
Reply
Lacey

about an hour or two before bed after kids are asleep

0
Reply
Linda

An hour, more on the weekend.

0
Reply
Ashley

As much as possible. At least 3 hours all added up.

0
Reply
Mary

1-3 hours.

0
Reply
Marilyn

Now that I’m retired, about four 🙂

3
Reply
Joseph

About three hours, long enough usually to finish one book a day.

1
Reply
Carrie

2-3 hours.

0
Reply
Liz

I listen to 3 hours of audiobooks 5 days a week (commute) and I try to read at least one tangible book a month.

2
Reply
Gretchen

Reading at bedtime…anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour or more.

2
Reply
Angie

40-60 minutes when I’m on my exercise bike; sometimes an extra half-hour squeezed in somewhere else in my day (waiting at appts, before bed, etc). Saturday mornings offer me an hour or two before the rest of the house wakes up.

2
Reply
Susan

I read while eating breakfast and lunch; I read in the early evening and I read at bedtime. Probably 3-4 hours a day. Since my kids are now grown I have more free time.

0
Reply
Lindsey

It depends on the day, my work schedule, and my mood, but I don’t watch television, so my primary hobby is reading. I probably read at least 2-3 hours a day. Sometimes more. Sometimes less.

2
Reply
Marie

2 hours

0
Reply
Laurie

2+ hours

0
Reply
Cindy

Since I have kids and a job, it varies considerably. Most days I try to end with reading in bed, so I usually get at least 15-30 minutes in. On the weekends and over the summer (I’m a teacher), I can get considerably more time in. It helps that my children also love reading, so we do a lot of quiet afternoons reading in the air conditioning after playing outside in the morning (we’re in Texas).

2
Reply
Janice

As much as I possibly can, but I would say at least 2-4 hours a day. (Sometimes more, yikes!).

1
Reply
Jennifer

Depends. I generally do 90 minutes of an audiobook daily, and then probably 60-90 minutes of a traditional book.

1
Reply
Larissa

I aim for 3 but I often pick a day of the week where I read almost all day- some where between 5-8 hours depends on my kids, my health, and how good the book is

2
Reply
Linda

2 to 3 hours a day, more on weekends. I’m a night owl so I read then.

0
Reply
Pam

I’ve never tracked it, but I’m sure it’s much too much – probably at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day.

0
Reply
Dana

It depends on the book. If I’m really into it. I can read for hours.

1
Reply
Maret

I am retired and read about three hours a day at night-if the book is boring or badly written about one-this does not happen often though and it is very seldom that I throw a book away-the books I do not want to read again I share with others or take them to Goodwill.

1
Reply
Joni

about 2.

0
Reply
Kristina

2 hours during work week and about 4-5 during weekends. Not nearly enough!

0
Reply
Kathy

I have a one hour commute to work each way so have a minimum 2 hours per day”reading” time.

0
Reply
Jennifer

At least an hour. But I also listen to audiobooks on my commute so that adds another 90 minutes per day give or take.

0
Reply
Marsha

At least an hour before sleep each night, lots of hours on weekends.

0
Reply
Barbara

according to my husband…perhaps 20 hours out of 24 ….told him I retired to read as much as I can…..

5
Reply
Karen

Me too?

0
Dawn

Several hours. 6 years ago I was diagnosed with a serious medical condition that has left me disabled and pretty much homebound. Reading has become a lifeline.

5
Reply
JennyQuestion author

Curious. Do you purchase books online or are you able to visit a local bookstore or…?

0
Dawn

@Jenny – mostly e-books and Amazon.

1
Beth

Usually about 2 hours audio books during mindless tasks like dishes, laundry, sweeping and while driving. And then another 2 hours +/- reading print books. Some days less. And if I can possibly squeeze it in, more… as much as I can squeeze in.

0
Reply
Cindy

Anywhere from no time to 10 hours depending on what I am doing. The average is probably 2-3 hours.

0
Reply
Pat

I aim for at least an hour, but there are times when it just doesn’t work out. Then there are the times I get so absorbed in a book, I forget all about sleep… or dishes…or eating… 🙂

1
Reply
Karen

Varies , some days none ,some days 3hours. Late night as I am retired. Staying up late reading is a true joy in my life

2
Reply
Beth

1to2 hours during the week, but on weekends especially during the summer I will sit on my back porch and will read all day!

2
Reply
Jacquelyn

3+ usually

0
Reply
Caryn

3 + hours

1
Reply
Laurie

It varies. I’m retired so can read all day if I am really into a book, but more often I read between chores, gardening, walking my dog, so an average of two to five hours.

0
Reply
Judy

Depends on time available or if there is something I have to see on BPS. about two or three hours day and/evening.

0
Reply
Sheila

Couple hours a day unless I just can’t put the book down!

0
Reply
Sam

I have two small kids, so I try to do an hour before bed, but it doesn’t always work out. I do audiobooks in stolen moments thoughout the day though, like when I’m doing dishes or waiting, and that way, I’m able to get about 3 hours a day.

0
Reply
Carrie

Not nearly enough… hehe!

0
Reply
Renee

Two to three hours, average … more when I can!

0
Reply
Renata

2 hours

0
Reply
Korin

It used to be about 3 hours a day spread between my bus ride, lunch & wind down before bed. Now that I’m retired it’s closer to 6 to 8.

2
Reply
Mia

4 to 5 hours

0
Reply
Deborah

2-3 hours.

0
Reply
Carolyn

I don’t have a set amount of time. At the very least, I read during my lunch break and before bed.

0
Reply
Beth

Always through my 30 minute lunch hour and for a while before falling asleep. Then any other minute possible!

1
Reply
Diane

I’m a bedtime reader—sometimes go to bed as early as 7:00 and read for several hours. I set my phone with a “time for sleep” alarm to remind me to stop reading at midnight, as I’ve been known, if the book is a real page-turner, to find myself still reading at sun-up! With my current stop-at-midnight schedule, I regularly read at least 3 hours each night. I start a new book every 2-3 days?

2
Reply
Maryann

1 hr

0
Reply
Beth

At least two hours, more if I can!!

0
Reply
Dayna

About an hour (30 minutes each way on the train to and from work).

0
Reply
Chris

At least an hour in the morning, or when the coffee pot is empty; and an hour at night.

1
Reply
Caren

About two hours a night during the week, more over the weekend. And lots more if I can’t put the book down! ?

1
Reply
Jill

at least an hour each night, more during the weekends. Plus I’ll listen to Audible when I’m done reading to really put me to sleep.

1
Reply
JennyQuestion author

Where would I be without their sleep timer?

1
Marcia

Since I got my kindle and found I can download books from our county library, I have been spending lots more time reading off and on all day long. Thankfully, I’m retired so I have time. I can’t really say how many hours I spend reading but I can tell you that I’ve been averaging a book every 2-3 days. Reading is one of the best activities ever!

6
Reply
Mary

Totally jealous. Lol!

1
Marcia

Sorry! You’ll have your day!

1
Mary

Unfortunately only about an hour each day. I try in the evenings but doesn’t always work. I read about 30 minutes while I eat lunch and about 30 minutes before bed.

1
Reply
Kimberly

Several hours during simultaneous other activities

0
Reply
Mary

No set amount. I try to finish a book a week. Hammock season more, my favorite place to read ! I may need new eyes when my new little apartment is finished. I am putting one in my bedroom.

3
Reply
JennyQuestion author

I fall asleep so often when I’m reading. Hammock reading sounds wonderful!

0
Frank

Me writing , my second book. At least a page a day.

0
Reply
Barbara

2 hours. After 3 with a cup of coffee and sometimes around 9 for an hour. Never later cause reading puts me to sleep.

1
Reply
Darby

My perfect time too, or very early in the morning!

0
Patrice

I try to carve out at least 2 hours a day.

2
Reply
Joy

Before bed around 1-2 hours unless I’m lounging at the beach.

1
Reply
Patricia

I’m a life long reader, I use to read when I first woke up and the before I went to sleep especially when my children were little now I read in the daytime. If I read in bed I either fall right to sleep or in the case of a really good book I read all night.

3
Reply
Lori

I can read a book a day if I read non-stop. Paperback and some hardcovers like the Joe Pickett Game Warden series. I’m disabled and don’t work so I have the time.

3
Reply
Angie

Not enough.

3
Reply
Christine

I’ve found that reading for an hour in the morning with coffee before going online has been the best time for me to get reading in.

1
Reply
JennyQuestion author

Oh, believe me. Since the Internet Renaissance and streaming TV, despite the fact that I’ve been a voracious reader most of my 50 years, I have to fight to pick up a physical book. Partly why I asked this question.

0
Reply
Andrea

Couple of hours

0
Reply
Andrea

Depends on the day, obviously, but I’m guesstimating about 3 hours a day average.

0
Reply
Nancy

2 hours, on average

0
Reply
Rose

I’m retired so I have the luxury of spending as much time reading as I want but I’m easily distracted by something interesting on TV or incoming emails. (I bitterly resent the housework and yard work that interfere with my reading time but recognize that they’re necessary evils.) My favorite place to read is sitting on the couch where my desktop PC is right in front of me so that’s another distraction but my iPad is almost always on my lap opened to my Kindle app. I absolutely can NOT sit down to a meal without having something to read in front of me but, unlike most of you, I don’t like reading in bed … just can’t get comfortable so I stopped trying years ago. My long answer to your short question is at least 4-6 hours a day.

5
Reply
Marcia

I love your comment about housework! I do too!

1
Rose

@Marcia I live alone but I keep telling myself that living in squalor would be a huge embarrassment if something happened to me. ? ?

2
Marcia

Hahaha! I totally understand!!

1
Ann

There are not many moments in the day when I am not listening to a book on my iPod shuffle…and those moments I am reading a “real” book or one on my Kindle. It is, to me, one of the best aspects of retirement….that, and no useless meetings to attend.

3
Reply
Marcia

I hear ya!

1
Reply
Kim

Not enough!

1
Reply
Julie

Retired and sometimes read up to 6 hrs a day. And listen to audio books before bed.

2
Reply
Betsy

Only an hour and a half a day counting audio books while commuting. I need to retire so I can read more!

3
Reply
Karen

I’m an English major and college teacher, so pleasure: 4-8 hours per day—-I travel with a book in my car, yoga bag, etc; reading and grading essays….. hours? out of a lifetime

0
Reply
Becky

At least 2 hours, usually more like 4.

0
Reply
Debra

One hour???

0
Reply
Ann

A minimum of 2 hours

0
Reply
Marian

Usually 6-8.

1
Reply
Deb

About 60-90 minutes —usually before bedtime.

1
Reply
Mary

Two or three hours on weekdays, more on weekends.

1
Reply
Dianne

As much time as I can squeeze out of the day and always before bed.

2
Reply
Patricia

I work full time and if I read in the evening, I get sleepy. Thank goodness for audible books. One in the car, one in the bathroom while I get ready to go to work.

2
Reply
Adriane

I just spent yesterday reading Veronica Roth Carve the Mark. I’m reading the sequel The fates Divide today ? I did get some house cleaning gone…. I do have priorities

2
Reply
Joshalyn

About an hour……when I rest and always at bedtime. IF the book grabs me really GOOD, then forget sleep, I keep reading……..have read until 4 am .

2
Reply
Ann

The only way I can read in bed anymore is with audible books…can’t get comfy anymore with a Kindle or real book.

0
Adelle

About 3 to 4 hrs. I need more time. So many books so little time.

3
Reply
Sheree

About 3 hours

0
Reply
Jennifer

Not nearly enough!

1
Reply
Barbara

Average is 20mins during my lunch break at work and maybe 10-15 mins at night before bed, if I don’t fall asleep. Most of my reading gets done on Saturday morning while I sit in the car waiting for my 85-yr-old mom while she’s at her weekly hair appointment!

3
Reply
Kevin

I read about 4 hours a day on weekends, at least 6 hours on Saturday, and about 5 on Sunday, while listening my favorite regular classical music programming and (on weekdays) riding the bus to and from work.

Sometimes I’ll read even more if there’s an opera or a concert on Sirius that I want to hear, like the superb recording of “Tristan und Isolde” with Karl Liebl and Birgit Nilsson that I listened to Monday evening at 6 p.m. followed by the equally superb “Fidelio” with Nilsson and Jon Vickers. I started and finished a whole book that evening.

1
Reply
Jolie

1-2hours

0
Reply
Angela

At least an hour on my lunch break; try for another hour in the evening. When vacation comes, as much as possible!!

0
Reply
Eilene

One to two hours

0
Reply
Bea

2-3 hours, more on weekends

0
Reply
Jill

At least an hour before bed and all the minutes I can steal.

2
Reply
Sue

1-2 hours before bed.

0
Reply
Suzanne

One to two hours. First thing in the morning before work while having my coffee and before going to bed. If it is a really good book I will spend more that that reading!

0
Reply
Renee

I listen to audio book for an hour a day while I walk the mall and usually another hour during day I try to read. When deadlines for book club creep up I read more.

0
Reply
Rose

At least an hour.

0
Reply
Linda

1-2 hours with more on the weekend.

0
Reply
Susan

I understand…

0
Reply
Janet

2-3 hours

0
Reply
Amy

Two hours

0
Reply
Jennifer

I get more time to listen. I can listen to Audible for about 3 – 4 hours a day and read 1/2 hour to an hour a day

0
Reply
Randi

An hour before bed and sometimes during the day of it is really good.

0
Reply
Susanne

As much as I can.

1
Reply
Erin

As much as i can. I read more than I watch t.v. ??

0
Reply
Susan

3 – 4 hours

0
Reply
Olivia

I read on the train to and from work…an hour each way! Then sometimes at night. Weekends too, and if I can’t put it down, I’ve been known to stay up into the wee hours to finish. (Just one more chapter syndrome)

0
Reply
Pamela

I spend half my day reading emails and blogs and miscellaneous data on the computer and and 1-2 hours a day for pleasure.

1
Reply
Shannon

Now that I’m on summer vacation…I can read up to 5 hours at a time, only stopping to have something to eat. Then I pick my book up again before bed for a few more hours.

0
Reply
Lindsay

As much as I can manage and not nearly enough!

1
Reply
Jackie

Around 2 to 3 hrs I usually read at bedtime

0
Reply
Katie

Not nearly enough!

1
Reply
Donna

Less than an hour interspersed throughout the day whenever I can find a moment

0
Reply
Janet

During work week an hour or two! Weekends…a lot

0
Reply
Cathy

4-6 hrs more in the winter

0
Reply
Jessica

I would say 4 to 6 during the week and I would say like 8 on Saturday. Not counting what I listen to when I drive or work. ?

0
Reply
Derek

E-mails–fifteen minutes. Books–thirty minutes. I make time for that during my lunch hour.

0
Reply
Kate

Two hours, but puts me to sleep

0
Reply
Annette

3 to 4 hours

0
Reply
Diane

I read at least an hour before bed every night and now that nice weather is finally here, I like to read on the porch after dinner for about an hour.

0
Reply
Miriam

About two hours, more or less.

0
Reply
Kathryn

It depends how many books are waiting and how close to book club. Usually two hours as I read with mute on the TV and during commercials.

2
Reply
Sue

Two to three hours, more in the summer.

0
Reply
Ann

Not enough

3
Reply
Lori

1-3 Hours during the week, more on the weekends.

1
Reply
Thiala

Same as @Ann

0
Reply
Dominic

1-3 hours depending what I’ve got going on, though some days I take a break from it to mull over what I’ve read.

0
Reply
Sophia

6 to hours. Read in is my life.

0
Reply
Cheryle

At least 5-6 hours, mostly evenings and bedtime. I read some in the morning while I eat my breakfast.

1
Reply
Mary

5 mins – an hour per day….I get in little spurts between doing other stuff throughout the day

0
Reply
Judy

3-5 hours..

0
Reply
Amanda

At least 2 hours.

0
Reply
Laura

Unfortunately only about a half hour per night. More on the weekend.

0
Reply
Pamela

I try for at least an hour everyday. I walk around with a book on my off days, lol.

0
Reply
Sally

1-3 hours

0
Reply
Judy

30-45 minutes per day

1
Reply
Kathleenellen

4-6 hours is daytime average, then usually 3-4 hours night time.. at least once a week with big bunker of a book +800-1400 pages.. straight read to last page..

1
Reply
Marilyn

I LOVE “bunker book”! I’m going to have to remember that! I’m prohibited from lending any books to my friend, Suzanne, if they are more than 350 pages long 🙂

2
Kathleenellen

Her loss ?..
does your friend read anthologies or short form collections??
I have been a fast reader, forever..though I can discern when my mind deliberately shifts down into 3rd reading gear when it’s nonfiction, verse or poetry..

1
Marilyn

@Kathleenellen Suzanne mostly reads biographies and non-fiction, though she HAS liked a few of the non-bunker-book novels I’ve passed along. I’m definitely NOT a non-fiction person, nor a poetry lover. Even had a best friend who was a published poet, but I would just shake my head when I read his “stuff”. 😉

0
Laurie

Sadly – only about 1 hour per day

0
Nancy

I am retired. Read off and on during the day and an hour before bed, so perhaps 2-4 hours most days.

0
Reply
Cristine

I will read two days solid or go weeks without reading. There is no consistency for me.

4
Reply
Ginger

I do the same thing.

0
Shawna

Usually 30 minutes to 1 hour if I’m lucky. Many times I eat into my sleeping time to do it (not ideal).

0
Reply
Laura

30 min to an hr.

0
Reply
Harry

Depends on how busy the day is.

0
Reply
Taylor

For school, 5 hours (about 100 pages a day). Now that I’m out for summer and have free time, I read all day.

0
Reply
Gloria

I’m a binge reader. Will read a book straight through then others in a series if there any, then I won’t read for a week sometimes. My parents use to find me under the covers reading with a flashlight late at night when I was very young.

3
Reply
Angela

I also “snuck read” after bedtime as a child. My mother swears that I ruined my eyes (nearsighted before LASIK). I know that wasn’t it!! ?

1
Gloria

@Angela , same for me. I’m the only one of 4 who has been “almost blind” since childhood.

1
Lisa

An hour

0
Reply
Luis

An hour

0
Reply
Shelby

however long before i fall asleep, sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes an hour.

1
Reply
Diana

An hour during weeknights and more on the weekend

0
Reply
Savanna

I try to get in an hour. I am a high school English teacher and when my students are doing leisure reading, I’m doing it, too. I have to show them that reading is a rich and wonderful part of adulthood. I can’t tell them it’s important to read and then have them never see me read for pleasure. It is a luxury that I get to do this, I know. ? I love the work I get to do.

2
Reply
Heather

Ditto❤ My students love to ask me about what I’m reading.

1
Regina

30-60 minutes.

0
Reply
Christine

Total? During the week, an hour, maybe 2. On the weekend…not usually as much. Never, ever enough! ?

0
Reply
Patricia

As much as I want. I’m single and retired so my time is mine to use as I please. There are days that I don’t read till bedtime and others that I brew a pot of tea, open a box of pastries and just read.

2
Reply
Kelly

I aspire to your life, @Patricia! I’m counting down the days (somewhere around 2,555) to retirement! Not sure I’ll be able to achieve the single part, though. ?

1
Carole

Same here Patricia. I often start a book and finish it in the same day.

0
Joy

2-3 hours. Depends

0
Reply
Prudence

30 minutes – 2 hours. If I’m settled on the couch or in bed, and my cat’s on my lap, I can read for hours.

0
Reply
Kris

Only read at night which becomes dangerous if it’s a non-put-downable book!

1
Reply
Krystal

NOT ENOUGH!!!

2
Reply
Mary

At least a couple of hours!

1
Reply
Kim

An hour

0
Reply
Liza

For work or pleasure?

0
Reply
Rose

Ugh, let’s leave work out of it. 😀

0
Liza

@Rose lol ok! Then probably only 3 hours a week in paper form, audio books 3 additional hours

1
Ivan

An hour

0
Reply
Amanda

As long as I can stay awake at night, sometime 15 minutes sometimes hours

0
Reply
Daniel

Usually 3 hours

0
Reply
Sarah

Roughly an hour. I get most of my consistent reading in with audiobooks on my commute to work

1
Reply
Valerie

I probably average 4-6 hours per day in audible books and reading news another 2 hours.

0
Reply
Emily

Probably 2 hrs, maybe more depending how much sleep I’m willing to give up.

0
Reply
Frances

45 to an hour before bed, unwind my mind and I sleep better after some good reading

0
Reply
Makka

Six hours

1
Reply
Mary

2-3 hours

0
Reply
Rose

About an hour on average. But I like an audio book at bedtime to turn my brain off for about half an hour.

0
Reply
Linda

3 hrs with a nap sometimes mixed in

0
Reply
Amy

At least 2.5 hours (audio books) on my commute and usually another hour before bed

0
Reply
Ronda

30-60 mins

0
Reply
Cameron

1.5-2 hours

0
Reply
Nicole

About two and a half to three hours

0
Reply
Debbie

45 minutes, before going to sleep

0
Reply
Kimberly

2-4 hours. Give me a day alone though and it rises to 6-8. ?

2
Reply
Jo

3 hours.

0
Reply
Allie

At least an hour!

0
Reply
Julia

Not enough and I miss it!

0
Reply
Susie

2-3 hours….. I try to aim for a minimum of 100 pages

1
Reply
Ashley

Not enough

2
Reply
Ramona

1-3 hours.

0
Reply
Brenda

3 hrs

0
Reply
Robyn

Not enough time! Maybe 30 minutes to an hour each evening, unless I’m traveling for work and then lots of airplane time!

1
Reply
Val

Great question! Reading for pleasure/book club 1 hr. and reading for info. newspaper/Bible study 1 hr.

1
Reply
Amy

It’s my job #proofreader + current events + pleasure 😉

1
Reply
Ashley

I was a proofreader at a local newspaper, so then I read 8 to 9 hours a day

1
Andrea

How do I get a job like that ?

0
Ashley

@Andrea find a newspaper that’s hiring although unfortunately newspapers keep cutting staff and there isn’t a full time proofreader anymore where I used to work 🙁

0
Amy

@Andrea Companies other than newspapers hire proofreaders, too. I’m currently at a marketing agency. Some coworkers previously worked at an advertising agency and at a financial company.

1
Judy

2/3 hours

0
Reply
Deb

2-3 in 15 minute stretches

0
Reply
Donna

Not enough! I don’t count the hours reading with my classes (currently reading Wiesel’s Night with 5 sophomore English classes). I’ll be retiring in June, so I plan on having as much time as I want to read!

1
Reply
Denise

A half hour, if I’m lucky. Often I have zero time, but try to bleed out a few minutes.

1
Reply
Peggy

2-3 hrs each day but also spend about 2 hrs per day writing a memoir. This month was my 86th year celebration. I always have a book or two plus subscribe & read Atlantic, Harper, Sat Eve Post, Reader’s Digest & Vanity Fair.

5
Reply
Karen

What a blessing!

0
Karla

15 minutes here and there throughout the course of the day. Otherwise I would sit for hours at a time.

0
Reply
Jacque

Close to an hour – at lunch

0
Reply
Sameer

No

0
Reply
Susan

6 – 8 hours. It’s the best part of being retired!

5
Reply
Hope

Totally agree!!

0
Lisa

1-3 hours

0
Reply
Cheryl

I don’t read every day. ?
I need to replace some of my online time with real reading.

0
Reply
Tiffany

In the summer? If I’m lucky – 1-2 hours! Otherwise, 30-60 minutes (if I can stay awake!).

1
Reply
Staci

my reading habits vary. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood to read & sometimes I read all afternoon?

0
Reply
Douglas

Early morning for an hour or two, and usually evenings for a short time just before bed. Besides bookshelves, other books are placed strategically everywhere, even the car (not while driving, just in case of unexpected waiting, e.g. doctors’ offices, etc.). ???

3
Reply
Pat

one hour at bedtime and when I wake up in the night too – bad sleeper

0
Reply
Christy

About an 1-2 total a day. If work is really slow I get a good 3-4 hours in.

0
Reply
Peg

Depending on the day, I try to get at least 3-4 hours. I am retired, so it’s easier for me.

0
Reply
Jasmin

2-3, but I don’t have kids so my freetime is mine!

0
Reply
Carole

2 to 3 hours

0
Reply
Beth

Not as much as I’d like 🙂

0
Reply
Charon

not enough 😉

0
Reply
Pam

Between 2-3 hours counting the reading I do in bed at night.

0
Reply
Cheryl

1 to 2

0
Reply
Sarah

3-4 hours

0
Reply
Angela

p.s. My idea of heaven is a comfy chair in the most awesome library where I can read to my heart’s content. Oh, and snacks don’t make you gain weight!!!

3
Reply
Judy

Mine is a chair on the beach in off season with no one around.

1
Reply
Angela

@Judy, since my children are grown, my hubby and I only go to the beach in the off season while kids are in school. #peace

1
Lauren

3-5 hours (audiobooks really help bump that up)

0
Reply
Marcia

About an hour

0
Reply
Margarita

3 on a weekday, on a weekend where I dont have plans or many errands 5-6.

0
Reply
Marsha

2-3 hours

0
Reply
Sabrina

Probably only about an hour / hour and a half, but I’d kill for more! 🙂

0
Reply
Joan

Most days 1 to 2 hours. Longer if the book is so good I can’t put it down and I have the time.

0
Reply
Stefan

2 to 3 hours

0
Reply
Barbara

Since my husband retired, a lot less than I used to….certainly less than I’d like to!

0
Reply
Renee

We joined a book club that meets at a bar when my husband retired. I read more now.

1
Barbara

@Renee my husband is not a reader except for magazines and the newspaper. Never an actual book.

1
Pat

Depends on the book. If it’s got my attention, I’ll read non-stop, or as my husband says ,”disappear” into the book until I’ve completed it. Most of the time 2-3 hours a day.

2
Reply
Darlene

2 to 3 hours during the week. 4to 5 on weekends

0
Reply
Erika

2+ hours!! Not including internet gar-bagggge!

1
Reply
Shannan

1hr sometimes 2

0
Reply
Janet

2 hours

0
Reply
Faye

an hour….one of the little problems of getting older is eyes that get tired too quickly

0
Reply
Claire

An hour but I hope to read more now that summer is upon us.

1
Reply
Susan

2-3 hours at night

0
Reply
Mary

Not nearly enough.

0
Reply
Yvonne

1-2 hrs, plus i listen to books on Audible for another 2

1
Reply
Jill

2 hours a day during the week. More on the weekends

1
Reply
Barbara

According to my husband 20 out of 24 hours….he might be pretty close.

1
Reply
Peggy

Not enough! Between 2-3 hours. I’m slow!

0
Reply
Barbara

5 to 6, that includes Audible, as I do both. My eight year old granddaughter say, “ grandma you read too much”. I tell her there are a lot of worse things I could be doing.

2
Reply
Deb

My grampa told me that reading would take me anywhere In the world… let me imagine every imagination..n keep me happy even when things are hard… told my kids n now grandkids the same thing…

2
Peggy

“There is no Frigate Like a Book” by Emily Dickinson
There is no frigate like a book
to take us to Lands away
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry-
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll-
How frugal is the chariot
That bears the human soul-

1
Deb

Never heard that before ty beautiful

1
Bruce

I’m in my car 2-3 hrs/day commuting. Audio books are my saving grace on my commute

4
Reply
Barbara

Audio books are all I listen to in my car, even if it is 5 minutes to the grocery store.

1
Barbara

1-2 hours during the week, lots more on the weekends, so a daily average is probably 4-5.

1
Reply
Laurie

Not as much as I should or would love to ?

0
Reply
Jo

About 1-2 hrs a day. I thought I’d read SO MUCH MORE as a retiree, but I’m busy, busy, busy . . . & hate that I tend to doze off so easily while reading, no matter how much I love what I’m reading!

1
Reply
Barbara

Audio Books, have become my friend. While I am cooking, driving,cleaning, gardening, going for my daily walk, I always have a book with me.

2
Jo

@Barbara I agree!! I do a lot of traveling for 2-3 hrs to see my grandkids in 3 different towns, & I always listen to audiobooks while driving!

3
Peggy

@Jo , that’s why I dropped Sirius radio. I was listening to audiobooks!!

1
Barbara

@Peggy
I did the same. The only time I listen to music in the car, is when I am riding with my husband, in his car. My car audiobooks 100%

1
Cecilia

My lunch hour and then whenever I can fit it in.

0
Reply
Regina

I listen for 1-2 hrs a day. Read 1- 2hrs at night.

0
Reply
Anna

Every spare moment. Usually at least 2-3 but often more.

0
Reply
Sharyn

Including audio in the car , 2 to 3 hours a day. I watch very little TV.

0
Reply
Barbara

I rarely, turn on my TV. I am content to read or listen to books.

1
Caity

It honestly depends. Some days I don’t read at all because I’m busy, distracted, or simply don’t feel like it. Other days I’ll sit and read for ten hours, stopping only for vital things that keep me alive.

6
Reply
Bobbi

Two hours, more on my days off.

0
Reply
Barbara

For pleasure — probably about 2 hours. On weekends / days off – a little more.

0
Reply
Dawn

6+ hours now that I’m retired

1
Reply
Pamela

5 to 6 hours during the day, and I take an ipod to bed with me and listen to a book at night. I do not work and TV is so so bad, that I find myself reading more and more.

1
Reply
Barbara

I sleep with my earbuds in. I set the audiobooks to shut off at the end of the chapter. It started when I had surgery and couldn’t sleep. It is so relaxing, except when I am really involved mentally in a book, and don’t fall asleep.

2
Betty

I read Chesapeake ,over 1100 pages in 2 days. I got about 3 hours sleep. By James mitchner

4
Reply
Barbara

I love Mitchner, but, you have to force yourself thru the first 300 hundred pages. Centennial is one-of my favorites.

3
Claire

I so enjoy Mitchner. It’s been a long time since I have read one of his great reads.

2
Betty

Had the worse headache ever the next morning

0
Betty

When I read Alaska I wanted to move there, with Chesapeake I’m from Baltimore am part native American camped on the bay. He is wordy

1
Barbara

One of my favorite books! Have you read The Source? A bit difficult to get into. But once I did……!

1
Betty

Have started a list,will add thanks

0
Betty

Author please

0
Barbara

@Betty …if you are asking me…The Source is also by James Michener.

0
Betty

Thanks @Barbara

0
Nikki

Working through it slow but sure. Grew up in Tidewater area.

0
Betty

@Nikki is that on the eastern shore

0
Faith

If i could it would be 24 hrs. But I’m limited to about 2 in a relaxing tub before bed

2
Reply
Jean

Always for about an hour after I go to bed, but I try to read during the day, too. Now that I don’t have to cram 3 or 4 books a week, I can actually enjoy a tv show in the evenings.

0
Reply
Betty

Now I’ve finished rereading the Mitford series. I have no idea who I want to hang out with again or who my friends will be. I think a 1,000 splendid suns. No, love the book. My question is who do I need to be at this lull in my life

2
Reply
Jane

1-2 hours generally

0
Reply
Callie

I have four small children. It’s easier to read to them on a consistent basis, usually every day or two sessions per day, than it is to read my own grown-up selections. Phones have really detracted from reading books. It’s just plain easier to read news and infotainment than to pick up a book. Instagram is like dessert and it feels like less of a commitment after a long day.

0
Reply
SharonKaylene

Depends on the day.

0
Reply
Carolyn

4 to 6 hours

0
Reply
Terry

Approximately 1-3 hours per day

0
Reply
Mary

Not as much as I would like. About a half hour to an hour. Good thing I read fast

0
Reply
Leave a Answer Cancel

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Loading Please wait
Log in
Register
Categories
  • get the book
  • questionnaire
  • recommend
  • review
Genres
animal art biography business chick lit classics comics contemporary cookbooks crime detective fantasy fiction gay and lesbian graphic novel historical fiction history horror humor and comedy kids languages manga memoir music mystery nonfiction novel paranormal philosophy poetry psychology religies religion romance scary science science fiction self help spirituality sports suspense thriller travel young adult young adults
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

2019 © TheBookSwarm