For those who read a lot of books, how?

I go to bed an hour earlier to read. My Goodreads challenge is 100 books, but I'm studying literature full time after the summer, so I might not make it! I love reading, I try and remember to take my kindle everywhere with me. It's really the only hobby I have.

booty does no-one in the house have an android tablet or phone? They use the same charger.

Or just buy a kindle paperwhite instead of a phone as the reading experience is much nicer.

I listen to Audible when driving or doing housework.

I read an actual book or ebook when I have time to kill waiting around for kids, or at bedtime. I often set aside a day or half a day a week for a good reading binge, when I do very little else apart from drink tea and read while the kids are at school. I don't do it all the time, but now and then if I feel I haven't had a good session for a while.

I read at average pace I would say. I read forty odd books last year - a mix of audio, paper and E books. Fiction, non-fiction and children's books.

I have at least two on the go at once and a never ending list of things I want to read.

I just love books and reading.

I made a promise to myself to read 20books this year as I died to do 5x That and now the children are older there's really no excuse for not making the time instead of pratting around doing nothing on the internet, also I want them to see me enjoying reading.

Just finished book 7 so goes to show what some willpower does, although in fairness two of these were Roald Dahl books I've read in the evenings with DS, and 2 were audiobooks. But I just directed my first audiobook so have decided it's also good for my career to listen to as well as read books and I spend bloody hours in the car so it's time well spent

I'm in the states and we have an app called OverDrive, you can download and borrow audiobooks (and ebooks) into your device from your library, which is free and amazing - maybe there's something similar? Because I agree audible is expensive ($12.99 here!)

I read an average of a book a week. I manage that because I commute one hour each way to work on the train, and also because I lie with my daughter while she falls asleep (a lot less annoying since I got a kindle). My kindle is always with me, so I tend to read while eating solo meals, waiting for the bath to pour, stuck in a queue etc.

I'm quite a slow reader,I think. I always take way longer to read a Kindle book than it thinks I should.
I read while feeding and settling the baby. I'm also able to go out in the evenings much less since having the baby, so am making a real effort to use that time to read instead of faffing online.

I absolutely LOVE this question!

Yes. I'm not on FB at all, and have no interest in it. I also avoid any suggestions of things to watch on YouTube. Remember that most of it is, exactly as you say, a waste of time. I also tend to have more than one book going, and will carry something with me, whether a book or a magazine, if I'm expecting travel time or waiting time.

With Audible, you can download what you're reading and then when you've read it, delete it from your device. If you want to read it again, just download it again (free, obviously) So I don't think the impact on storage is huge, or at least I haven't noticed it is.

I read on my commute on the tube and I travel on business a lot and spend time on flights/airports and alone in hotel rooms. I don't watch much TV but read instead.

For me it is the same.. I used to read a lot but recently I don't find the energy and I spend too much time online. However during the holidays I started reading a book by Marion Zimmer Bradley again and I got so caught up that I cannot stop. I guess you just have to start again and then it won't let you go :)

I read ebooks on my phone. I'm also a fast reader. I've read three or four this week just by reading in bed, at lunch, etc.

I get the bus to work so read 30 mins each way. Also at least an hour every evening - DC in bed by 7.30 and DH works very long hours so I'm alone.

I must admit to not being one of life's natural sleepers, even when tired - I hate the bit after you turn out the light and are still awake - and it's not entirely unheard of for me to pick up a novel when I get into bed, and to just keep reading it until 3 or 4 am, or I finish it, whichever happens first. Despite knowing DS will be up at 6.30 like a chatty lark and that I have a day's work ahead of me...

Insomnia

I don't have a television, DC or a partner. I very rarely go out socially. I read very fast and love it beyond all good reason. But it's about the enjoyment you get from reading - don't be sucked in to targets and compulsory reading sessions: that's what primary school was for! Read as much as you are comfortable with, and you can take - and just enough that leads you wishing you could read more, not feeling all booked out

My New Years resolution was to watch less and read more, went to library yesterday and got a card and browsed for ages chose 2 books and aim to have read them in time for the take back date.
Any book recommendations gladly received.

I counted the books I could remember reading last year (easier as most were kindle) and it was 28. Most of those on holidays. In years gone by it would have been treble that at least.

I love reading and books, I'm a very fast reader (though not particularly retentive which means I can enjoy rereading things because I've mostly forgotten them). However I'm terrible for faffing online or on my phone or playing the daft games on my phone and that has definitely stopped me reading as well as playing havoc with my concentration span. So I've joined the MN 50 book challenge not because reading is a chore or something I have to 'tick off' but because it's something I love that I've been neglecting and want to get back to.

I have a 2 hour commute on the train and read a lot then. I also read in the evenings and I don't spend much time on Facebook, etc.

I think that the reading challenge on here is more about getting ideas of books to read, finding out what other people are enjoying (or hating). I've picked up books that I wouldn't have read thanks to the threads over the last couple of years. You're only challenging yourself so it doesn't matter if you think you'll read 10 books in the year or 100 or more.

Yes, some of us who read a lot do read kids books or YA but the main issue that seems to be common on this thread is simply making a lot of time to read. I have either my Kindle or a book with me virtually all the time and often put my phone on airplane mode so I'm not distracted by the net, most apps, and people trying to get in touch. It also saves on battery power and means I can still use it to check the time and read books on the Kindle app.

I read very fast but I'd be terrible at proof reading as I whiz down the page I also waste too much time faffing online. I agree it depends what you read. I don't go for classics / literary works but equally I don't read children's books. When I look on some of the reading challenges it's surprising how many adults are reading books intended for children or young adults.