Whirlwind | 16 May 2019 7:07 a.m. PST |
How many per year, in an average year? |
79thPA | 16 May 2019 7:15 a.m. PST |
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Dagwood | 16 May 2019 7:29 a.m. PST |
Close to zero, maybe a Sharpe novel, but little history. |
Old Contemptibles | 16 May 2019 7:38 a.m. PST |
How many do I read? At the same time? In a year? |
Old Contemptibles | 16 May 2019 7:39 a.m. PST |
How many do I read? At the same time? In a year? Needed to re-word this one. |
21eRegt | 16 May 2019 7:44 a.m. PST |
Question seems obvious to me. Four books in an average year. |
Artilleryman | 16 May 2019 8:09 a.m. PST |
Probably about 14. I alternate with fiction books and I always like to have a book 'on the go'.. |
Pictors Studio | 16 May 2019 8:28 a.m. PST |
I've probably read about 20 books on the Napoleonic wars in the last 15 years, so about 1 a year or so. For the last 5 years it has been maybe 1 so much less. |
Brechtel198 | 16 May 2019 8:41 a.m. PST |
At least ten to twenty, not counting researching material. |
Gunfreak | 16 May 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
Per year not that many, 2 mabye, used to be 5+ but as my interests spread, other periods also needs some reading. |
rustymusket | 16 May 2019 9:02 a.m. PST |
Less than I used to, but I have read a lot over time. One or two a year now, mostly re-reads. |
TMPWargamerabbit | 16 May 2019 9:08 a.m. PST |
Cover to cover…. guess 8-10 books. Normally reading for background material on a specific historical battle to design a scenario. Seeking this information increases the book count for "partial reading" (i.e…. chapters) to 40 books in total, since I design and play one historical battle scenario per month on average. Typically need three to four book per scenario, sometimes more for a larger battle. Plus add in interest sources to the mix if they count towards total. |
Wackmole9 | 16 May 2019 9:09 a.m. PST |
zero, ok maybe one on war of 1812 |
wrgmr1 | 16 May 2019 9:17 a.m. PST |
Quite a few over the years. |
Aethelflaeda was framed | 16 May 2019 9:23 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 16 May 2019 10:05 a.m. PST |
Depends. Some years many. Some years lots. |
Mserafin | 16 May 2019 10:10 a.m. PST |
I think maybe about five. I have to balance them with WW2, other historical topics and a certain amount of fiction. Otherwise I'm limited by budget and the scarcity of Napoleonic books from most of my American sources for books. |
Mr Jones | 16 May 2019 10:46 a.m. PST |
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Jcfrog | 16 May 2019 10:54 a.m. PST |
These last few years as doing proper research, dozens. Unless some fellows stop occasionally to find more, it should calm down. More or less turning over itself soon. A lot of ebooks, otherwise I have maybe 70 in paper in the game room. Now just received 5 on the 30yw… |
KSmyth | 16 May 2019 11:12 a.m. PST |
More likely to read about the War of 1812, if that counts. If so, maybe one. Left Napoleonics behind decades ago. |
Mike Petro | 16 May 2019 11:41 a.m. PST |
Four, cover to cover in 30 years of interest in Napoleonics. Basic stuff: Swords Around Throne???(Etling?), Campaigns(Chandler?), Spanish Ulcer(Gates?), Waterloo Companion(?) A little Oman on Kindle. Enough to have a basic understanding of the lead I'm pushing. |
Stosstruppen | 16 May 2019 12:02 p.m. PST |
I have rather diverse interests so maybe 1 a year mixed in with everything else. |
dilettante | 16 May 2019 12:06 p.m. PST |
How many per decade? About 2. :^)) |
dilettante | 16 May 2019 12:07 p.m. PST |
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irishserb | 16 May 2019 12:32 p.m. PST |
3 in 40 years of gaming, so .075 per year. |
Patrick Sexton | 16 May 2019 1:43 p.m. PST |
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huron725 | 16 May 2019 4:50 p.m. PST |
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miniMo | 16 May 2019 5:01 p.m. PST |
Had some really strong years quite awhile ago. Now I have a really solid reference library for the bits I'm interested in. |
khanscom | 16 May 2019 7:03 p.m. PST |
Close to zero-- I've read most of what I need to research my Napoleonic armies, and the wife (she used to be a book reviewer before retirement) is always encouraging me to read a variety of other types of works. |
evilgong | 16 May 2019 10:49 p.m. PST |
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langobard | 17 May 2019 1:14 a.m. PST |
Probably average about half a dozen a year over each of the last 30 years. |
ZULUPAUL | 17 May 2019 4:01 a.m. PST |
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von Winterfeldt | 17 May 2019 4:46 a.m. PST |
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athun25 | 17 May 2019 5:26 a.m. PST |
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ConnaughtRanger | 17 May 2019 12:52 p.m. PST |
Golly, for once I'm impressed by me. I usually manage around 10 a year for the past 40+ years – I've got 4 in the hoist at the moment. It begs the question why some people read these Boards if they rarely/never read a book on the subject? Sorry to disappoint Brechtel198 and Gazzola, I do know a bit about the period. |
dibble | 17 May 2019 3:30 p.m. PST |
I read what I can when I can but I don't keep count. |
Uesugi Kenshin | 17 May 2019 4:52 p.m. PST |
Not including Ospreys, Rule Sets, Army books, then about 5 books in the last 20 years. |
Sebastian Palmer | 22 May 2019 11:05 p.m. PST |
I reckon on average about one a month. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I've been blogging about 6 years now, on mini-military stuff, in which time I've posted circa 60-70 book reviews on Napoleonic titles. Six times twelve is 72… sounds about right. I find reviewing and posting on the books helps me internalise/remember them better. And of course there are occasionally some that I don't get around to reviewing. I have a page listing them all, updated from time to time: link |
Pete L | 28 Aug 2020 3:26 p.m. PST |
15 to twenty a year. This is my favorite period |
Handlebarbleep | 01 Sep 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
Rather more than Mrs Handlebarbleep knows about. I've got knocking on for 1,500 If you count Ospreys and I estimate I've re-read a good 30% of them. Some of them take a while, so about a 80-100 a year? I've always got a minimum of two or three on the go. At the moment they are: Dawson- Waterloo The Truth at Last Muilwijk – Standing Firm at Waterloo Dawson- Napoleon's Waterloo Army Field-Waterloo: Rout or Retreat You may detect a theme? |
SHaT1984 | 01 Sep 2020 3:52 p.m. PST |
Waterloos something to with trains eh? In my library collection >200; at the height about 20py: 20 year hiatus so catch up this year >8. Or does re-reading count ? Then it would be >>44. I'm about to sell off non-essentials but retaining of course WW2; bios and th classics. d |
Handlebarbleep | 03 Sep 2020 3:34 a.m. PST |
@SHaT1984 Funny you should mention it, but the odd train spotter volume has cropped up as a Christmas presents over the years! |