I don’t normally do this, but I am reading several of them at the same time.
I tend to read the first page before I buy a book. If the first page grips me, I buy it. If a book does not engage me by the time I am 20% in, I donate it. For me, life is too short to struggle through a book hoping it will get better. Although I know loads of people who soldier on. Once I have finished a book, I never reread it or keep it. It is donated so that someone else can enjoy it. The exception is band biographies or photo-heavy books. I often flip through them again.
These are some photo-heavy books I am working my way through at the moment. I have just finished and donated a lovely one on Woodstock.
I am also a binge reader. I spend entire days or evenings reading a book. I want it to be fresh in my mind so that I can remember what is going on. I like to live in the bubble of a book. Although I hate the ‘book hangover’ you get when you finish a fantastic book and feel a little lost.