Read voraciously but never "binge read"

I'm curious if others read with this somewhat scattered way. I read voraciously but can't "binge read": I'll almost never read an entire 300-page novel in a day for example. No matter how good the book is, I eventually wear down and switch to something else. Today was a day off and spent the bulk of the day reading. Here's what I read today, I give this example as I had pretty much ideal conditions. Great Expectations (a reread, Chs 46-end, roughly 100 pages, had read every day over the week) JP Nettl, Rosa Luxemburg (three chapters, 80 pages, about 300/500 pages in) Not reading daily probably been at it for two weeks, a rather scholarly biography about the German-Polish revolutionary leader with a lot about the German SPD, the 1905 Russian Revolution etc.) Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns (40 pages, about 300/500 pages in) This is very gripping narrative nonfiction, often read this on public transit because I don't mind taking it in short bits. The NYT rating of #2 in 21st century is I think well deserved. I read Caste earlier and I think this is much better. Matthew McManus, A Political Theory of Liberal Socialism (50 pages, first 2 chapters) Decided to crack this open today, been wanting to read this for a while. The author identifies as a Rawlsian-Marxist (I've yet to read A Theory of Justice!) and it grapples with theorists since John Stuart Mill who've engaged with both the liberal and socialist traditions or the degree to which egalitarian liberalism and socialismare intertwined. Book I'm still reading but didn't read today: John Cassidy, Capitalism and Its Critics Been reading this off and on for about 3 weeks, about two-thirds through. Covers an array of socialists and critics (famous and obscure). He has a chapter on Luxemburg and I ended up seeing the Luxemburg bio in a used bookstore. Sometimes reading book leads you on to another! Moby Dick (about halfway through, taking a break) submitted by /u/AntiQCdn [link] [comments]

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