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Almost three quarters of 2009 have passed and it is already the mid of September. Time is really passing very very fast, at least to me. It is so fast until I don’t really have the time to sit down quietly and think of what I have and have not done.

I remember I did set a target of reading 12 books within this year. So, on average, I have to read one book per month. I think this target is reasonable as I don’t want to be too harsh on myself by forcing myself to read 36 books within 12 months.

I know some people who do speed-reading can read up to 65 books a year or 5-6 books per month. This is only possible after mastering the speed-reading skill. So, I doubt most people can do that especially when you are having a full-time job.

Even if you are a housewife, student or unemployed person, you might have the time but you might not want to commit to yourself by reading 5 books within a month and consecutively every month, right?

Maybe there are people who read a lot of books but I seldom come across people who set themselve a target to finish reading how many books within a year even though they might love to read. I think I don’t have any bookworm friends either 🙂

As for myself, I have finished reading 3 books so far and 3 books are half-way through 😛 One of the unfinished books is on stock investing, one on eBay selling and the third one on public speaking. And I have started a new book on NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) just 3 days ago 😉

You see, my interests are very broad and I’m hunger for knowledge of different fields. If I’m diligent enough, I think I shall be able to meet my target of reading 12 books by the end of this year. Hmm…..we shall see.