Book Magazine presents its list of America’s Biggest Readers, and, frankly, these people scare me:
An obsessively omnivorous polymath, a speed-reading insomniac, an incomparably prolific reviewer and just some regular folks — here are our favorite people who read more than you do.
Take this description of Jules Arens, for example:
“I would read instead of play at recess,” she recalls. “And I had two little brothers I didn’t like, so I read instead of being tormented.”Eventually, she says, “I was tired of trying to pick stuff out, so I decided to start at the beginning.” For the last five years, she’s been reading her way alphabetically through the fiction department of the public library in Columbus, Nebraska, where she works as a veterinarian.