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But mostly because I just graduated with my bachelor's and started on my master's degree. 
Of course, I still have a few I picked up and read on my own time, but most of them were for classes.
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you're really lucky to have time to read a lot, I can't read more than 5 book a year, my schdual won't allow it 
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I don't know about "lucky", like I said, most of it is for classes, so I'm basically paying thousands of dollars to have that time, all while losing time I could be working (and not just hypothetically, I have a job I could work more hours at if I had more time), and thus thousands of dollars more in lost wages. I probably only do 2-3 a year in my free time.
Funny thing is, I might actually read more if I was just working, I just get so burnt out on school work I lose the motivation to read the books I want to read and do the projects I want to do. It all starts to feel like something I have to do instead of something I want to do. 
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Come on! "No time" is as always a matter of priorities - so, it seems you are (too much?) absorbed with daily business, or it is not so important to you to aquire new knowledge, or ...
Take it easy 
Cheers
Andi
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I do read ... (Last year I've Jon skeet's c# in depth, Microsoft C# Language Specifications, Universal Data Model part 1, MVVM by josh smith) but I don't have time to read more I mean I used read 6 or 7 books a year now the number is getting smaller and smaller.
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Reading the language spec is kind of pointless unless you write a compiler (or are a language enthusiast like me ). You have quite fat books in your shelf. I also have those fat books but only read a small fraction of pages from them since the rest is either already known or off-topic for my needs. I mainly prefer small books where the author made his mind up to focus on something and not try to explain the world.
Cheers
Andi
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I usually read 1 technical book per month, provided it is not too thick (200 - 300 pages is just nice), plus other fiction and unrelated books. I have many unread books which are (soon to be) outdated(OpenCL 1.2 and OSX Mountain Lion are some of them). This year, I don't plan to buy books/ebooks. I subscribe to Safari Book Online. The downside is Safari does not have all the books I want to read (namely DirectX 11 and Ray Tracing) and I do not own the books I read.
Reading books is only one small part of learning: to truly master the topic: we have to practise the exercises and run the demos (preferably write a small demo on my own).
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That sounds a good way to read.
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Reading books always helps me to  from my school days itself. 
But I do appreciate people who read books 
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
modified 31-Jul-13 1:21am.
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I can relate! Just a few Chapters and I go .
I wonder why I can't when reading novels  .
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Hope its thriller
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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No. Hahahaha
ROMANCE
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As far as it has Happy ending 
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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Yes of course! As always
What do you expect? 
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True story while school days, even sometimes now. 
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Maybe should read a book on grammer: people who reads should be people who read. Also think you want to pluralize book.
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You able to understand what am trying to say here, then whats the matter of reading grammar book?
I even modified as per your comments.
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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Just trying to give you some hell.
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As others mentioned, if only "cover-to-cover" counts, probably zero, but I read as much as ever and don't count.
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Doubt many people who read a book cover to cover actually remember much of the book they read. I know I don't.
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Fully agree! That's why I hardly ever read such books cover to cover: I pick the few pages worth it to read... I love browsing through *real* bookshelfs in the few still existing *real* bookstores and pick the books that contain the few pearls I need. After a few hours doing so, I wander out of the store with a few books, some (expensive) pages worth it .
Cheers
Andi
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...but completed none. Do they count?
..Go Green..
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ya i hardly read a single book..., but ya so many tutorials... why to read full book when same thing is available in short form with example.. thanks to code project articles.
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Well said.
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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You are right at some point . But if you want to dig further then of course you need to read book I believe.
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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