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I keep my books in the same place. On a shelf, in the library, situated in the west wing of my house.
Oh... do I read books... I thought you was asking me to pretend I was in one, my bad 
On a serious note, it depends what you mean by "reading". There are books I started reading years ago, and have since read a book since. So I guess technically I do read multiple books at a time. I have no intention of finishing them though.
I rarely read books at all. I find the time they take isn't worth the satisfaction they deliver. It's inefficient. A film is a much better use of my time, and pretty much does the same job.
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"I find the time they take isn't worth the satisfaction they deliver"
Perhaps you're reading the wrong books or is it just down to lack of imagination? 
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Nah they are real books, I don't need to imagine them 
I am not saying I don't enjoy books, I just find they generally take a long time that I would prefer to spend on other things.
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"..they are real books.." - Nice one! 
But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them?
And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune?
Although, I'll grant, the Lord of the Rings was pretty darn good.
So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
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Leo56 wrote: But don't you find that the film versions of books are sometimes very different from the way you imagined them to be when first reading them?
Yeah they are definitely different because we are seeing another person's imagination on film. And I don't disagree with most people when they say they cut so much out. But that doesn't mean the film is automatically bad, and if you never read the book then you don't know what (if anything) you are missing - ignorance is bliss and all that.
Leo56 wrote: So, which, if any, books would you like to see on film?
As I said, I don't read many at all, so couldn't say. The last book I read was Ready Player One. Then the film came out, and although it was quite different I think they did an amazing job with it.
Also, pretty much all films these days are based on books, so would be a challenge to find one that isn't already on it's way to hollywood 
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Leo56 wrote: And look at the dogs breakfast film has made (so far..) of the likes of Dune?
Hey, don't knock it! The 1984 version had Picard, agent Dale Cooper, Admiral Al Calavicci, and Chucky all in the same film. 
(And Sting, but we'll try to forget that.)
Still looking forward to seeing how this year's version fares.
Dune (2020 film) - Wikipedia[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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If only I could forget that.... 
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Ah, the spice. "the only source of the most valuable substance in the universe, "the spice", a drug which extends human life, provides superhuman levels of thought, and makes foldspace travel possible." In reality, it would be snake oil. Dune creates a fiction where a new discovery can truly do everything.
If I could remember all the scientists who boasted that their new discovery could cure all of the human ills and then some. (I do remember a blurb some time ago about one scientist and his discovery of what more Vitamin C could do.)
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FYI, I had a power cut last night from before I got home until 1am... kind of made me wish I had a book laying around  
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Do you have cats eyes or just eat LOTS of carrots? 
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I'll do you one better... I eat lots of cats eyes 
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But doesn't that leave big holes in the road?
Think of the children!.... 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: At most one at a time.
And at least?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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ZurdoDev wrote: And at least?
A half[^]
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I tend to do multiple, usually across genres. Currently doing 4: 2 Fantasy(1 audible), a Tom Clancy novel, and some Greek Mythology. The mood affects what I read.
Technical is a bit different, because I don't normally read to completion. It's hard to count those.
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One at a time, non technical novels usually binge read.
likewise TV shows depending on style:
- continuing story style (say High Castle) wait till a season is done and binge watch.
- shows that are distinct episodes like say Twilight Zone - watch weekly. (also short stories)
- distinct episodes but with an underlying/background continuing story also week by week.
last one I mean like say X-files, the 'continuing story' [sub]episodes themselves usually portrayed as happening weeks or months apart.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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Pretty much same as you.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Not only do I only read one book at a time, I only play one video game at a time as well.
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Currently reading a trilogy from Robin Hobb; borrowed the books from a friend, and so far there's two of each book.
"Royal assasin" twice, both English paperbacks. Had one upstairs to read in bed, one downstairs next to the rocking-chair.
"Assasins quest" now, as a Dutch hardcover. It's annoying that they translate names of people and places into Dutch.
Can't read anything else between the stories, as I'd confuse stuff from one book with the other. No idiot box; the biggest advantage of reading is that I don't have to wait for the next episode, and can take a break when I want to. And no commercials in a paperback 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Most of my reading sends me down another hole … so, yes, hard to "finish" even though I'm always reading. Herman Hess and the Glass Bead Game made me think about building one.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books.
That said, personally I get a lot more out of a (TV) series by binging (that's "binge", not Bing...unlike Google, Bing hasn't yet earned the right to be used as a verb).
[Edit]
It's been a long time I've been able to read anything (in book format) at all. As I'm getting older, as soon as I'm horizontal I tend to fall asleep. And if I'm sitting in chair that's comfortable enough to want to sit in to read for a while, the same invariably happens.
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dandy72 wrote: People can handle watching multiple TV series at once, I don't see why the same couldn't apply to books.
TV gives you visual anchors that don't exist in books.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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No visual anchors?
It is an old saying that "The images of a radio play are so much better that those on TV". That holds for books as well.
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I was going to point out roughly the same thing. With books, the "visual anchors" (as Eddy called them) exist, but you get to make them up.
Which is why book-based TV series/movies so often disappoint ("it's nothing like I pictured it"). And going back to a book after seeing a TV series/movies "ruins" it for some people.
In my case, I've seen the Lord of the Rings movies before I ever read the books. It's impossible for me to dissociate the two, and I'm fine with that. Yet I can understand why the Tolkien purists hate the movies. But that's a debate for another time (and place) I won't be part of because I frankly don't care enough).
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