There are a lot ways people can spend their leisure time. I have friends who spend a lot of time in the gym, and others that like go bird watching. My favorite way to while away the time is to read. Over the past 15 years I have slowly been the type of reading that has several books going at once. At first it was two to four books, and now it is as much as 10 or 11. I’m fairly sure I am in the minority when it comes to this reading habit. Nevertheless, it is my way of reading and I love it.

The picture below shows my current stack. There is only one novel and there is also a high school textbook. I don’t ever have more than one novel going and it is unusual for me to be reading a textbook. This particular book makes it easy though because it is broken down into two page subsections, so I can just read a spread or two and put the bookmark back in.

Usually there are one or two books that I spend more time on that I finish faster. That is not the case with this pile. These are mostly dense books that force me to consume in relatively small chunks at a time.

Once a month, towards the end of the month I am going to post my current stack. Books on the bottom are ones I have been reading the longest.