# So, how deficient am I because I have not yet over a 700 books? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568 "2005-11-24T08:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/81 "2005-11-29T03:13:45Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > Don’t assume that people who are reading a lot are devoting their entire lives to books. I read 1, 2 or sometimes 3 books a week but I only read at night in bed. The amount of time I spend reading depends on how long it takes me to get to sleep - some nights I read for 10 minutes, some nights for 4 hours. Reading a lot and having an active lifestyle are not mutually exclusive activities. That may not have been the point you were making, but it’s something that some people here seem to be thinking. Bedtime is about the only time I have to read as well. That, and while using the toilet :eek:. My post was in response to the people who pass judgement based on the number of books others read. The people who brag that they will sit down and read an entire book in 8 - 12 hours or a stack of books each week, while looking down their noses and calling others “not as well read or experienced”. If you are spending all your spare time with your nose in a book instead of experiencing things IRL, you really shouldn’t pass judgement on others. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/82 "2005-11-29T03:19:30Z")
The snobbery continues - most of my books nowadays are “read” in the car on tape. Some people don’t count that as reading. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/83 "2005-11-29T04:14:06Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > The snobbery continues - most of my books nowadays are “read” in the car on tape. Some people don’t count that as reading. :eek: Blasphmer!!! – Heretic!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/84 "2005-11-29T08:52:56Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > If all non-readers spent their non-reading time meditating, hiking, enjoying nature, doing complex crafts, reading the SDMB, fine. But I suspect, given the average TV watching time in this country, most are staring at the tube. Personally, I’m anxiously awaiting the new season of _Nanny 911_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/85 "2005-11-29T10:07:21Z")
I’m just saying that if traveling around the world and meeting new people and going to social events and spending your time with family and friends was a guaranteed path to a better life then Paris Hilton would be one of the wisest people of our time. I guess the secret isn’t what your experiences are or where they come from; it’s whether or not you learn anything from them. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/86 "2005-11-29T11:41:41Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I guess the secret isn’t what your experiences are or where they come from; it’s whether or not you learn anything from them. Now you’re on to something. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568/87 "2005-11-29T17:14:45Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I’m just saying that if traveling around the world and meeting new people and going to social events and spending your time with family and friends was a guaranteed path to a better life then Paris Hilton would be one of the wisest people of our time. Read her book and find out I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-deficient-am-i-because-i-have-not-yet-over-a-700-books/332568.md?page=4)