We're all readers here. Book lovers, book worms, and the like. Not everyone in our lives are. I'm dating a man that enjoys reading casually. He reads a couple books a year. I'm currently at over 40 this year (Surprisingly! Usually I read 12-25 a year). I think originally he was impressed, maybe even proud of how much I read. Last night I mentioned to him that I started another audiobook and so far it's not as good as I'd hoped it would be- that it was just okay. But it was short and there were things I liked, so I intended to finish (Sleep Donation for those wondering!) He asked me how fast I was reading these books. I could go into the details if you'd like but in general there was something in his tone that seemed judgey. I think there was the implication that if you read a book too quickly or you read too many, you don't get much out of it. But maybe it was just general astonishment. Also I don't think I can fail to mention how much stigma audiobooks get. He doesn't listen to audiobooks, he's one of those people who can't pay attention to them. And I think some people imagine someone listening at 3x speed in the background throughout a day and then checking a book as read (Blinkist coded). I'm thinking that people have trouble understanding things they can't or don't do and maybe that's all there is to it. I also tend to read about three books at a time, often in the same day, which many people forgot they can do after finishing school. How do people in your life react to your reading habits? Are they impressed? Skeptical? I've found that I retain all my books well, largely because I talk about them as and after I read. Do you think you retain the content of the books you read when you're reading a lot?