I have no time to read but have read 18 books in 2013.

I like to read, but it's hard for me to just read and be still. I also don't like that reading constrains you to certain positions, so you can hold and see your book and continue to flip pages.

2013 was probably the busiest and most productive year of my life. But I still was able to read quite a lot.

2013 recap:
18 books this year and maybe still a 19th to come. This does not include partial reading of several books. For example, I'm half way through A People's History of the US, which is itself longer than several average books combined.
17 of those were in 7 months.
6 of those in December alone.

I didn't have to give up any of my time I spend doing other things to do all this reading either, and the key is audiobooks - that I LISTENED to all those books (except maybe 1).

Cooking, walking around campus, cleaning, laundry, drifting to sleep, running, even showering...all are activities I now listen to books during.

I used Audible's app and listen to them at 3x speed. This is not a true 3x...it's probably just under a true 2x speed. I wish they'd up the speeds available tho. : (

Anyway, listening at a fast speed (takes a bit of getting used to) while doing all those things lets me just crank through books.

To make this easier (or even worth doing), I always have bluetooth headphones with me. That way my phone can be any wherever in my apartment or sitting cordlessly in my pocket. I've gone through 3 pairs of Motorola S305s  (over years...) and recently am trying out a Kinivio BTH240. Both are excellent. The form factor is much better on the Motorolas, but the buttons and cost are better for the Kinivio. I probably like the Motorolas slightly more (fit well under my motorcycle helmet). I've abused both models so much, and they hold up incredibly well.

So I have a subscription to Audible.com - whatever plan that gives me 2 credits per month for books. I don't like that credits can't roll over beyond 10 or 12 and a few other things, but the service is pretty great. The app works well, and there is a wide selection of books. I've tried using 3rd party audiobook apps and finding and downloading books myself. It's just too much of a pain. Library audiobook apps aren't that bad and maybe they've improved enough to take another look soon. With Audible though, I'm cool with paying the overhead for a super easy experience.

You can see what I read and rate at Goodreads if you like:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/25809992-damien-sutevski