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How many books can you read at one time?

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I usually can do two at a time in physical or e-book form, and one on Audible when I'm driving and/or doing menial tasks. How's it for you?
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I’m good with two ongoing books at the same time. But most of the time, I prefer to finish one book first before jumping onto another one, as I want to savor the story without any interruption to my imagination. It depends on the genre to sometimes.
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Oh... Huh. If web novels count, I'm currently following 31 books most of which release either daily or weekly.
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I usually have to read about 3 books simultaneously, but I usually rather concentrating on a single book at a time.
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I think about 2-3 books. I sometimes do it to reduce boredom while reading some books.
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I can do two maximum for a day and I think that's too fast
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I generally prefer to read only one book at a time, I feel it keeps me true to the story and there is no overlap then! Only when a book is extremely serious do I tend to break it up with something more relaxing.
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I find that having one main book and one backup for different moods or situations works best for me. If I am reading more than one book at a time, then they have to be very different genres to prevent confusion. But I'm mostly more of a one-book-at-a-time reader, but I’ve definitely tried juggling a couple of books simultaneously.
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I only read one book at a time and sometimes two but I am not the kind of person that can read several books at a time as it ruins the fun for me and makes things much more complicated and I also mix the books up as well as forgetting some parts of the book.
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I can read one book at a time
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2 or 3 at a time. I rarely read just one book at a time
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Reading multiple books can be tough and very distracting for me so at this point i can only read one book at a time
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I can read and complete two at a time comfortably.
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Reading multiple books at a time drains my energy. My focus can only be on one thing at a time, so if I read two or more books at a time, I would be drawn to one eventually
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I have a follow-up question, does anyone know if on this website one can select multiple books for paid reviews?
I’m a relatively new reviewer, so I checked the FAQ and the “new reviewer” guide but I couldn’t find anything about being able to be “in progress” for reading & reviewing multiple books at a time.
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