1.   As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer.

2.   He reads a lot of poetry.

3.   I read a lot as a child, but my daughter, by contrast, just seems interested in television.

4.   I read a lot of books about astronomy.

5.   I used to read a lot of poetry, mainly love poetry.

6.   She reads a lot of romantic fiction.

7.   Students need to read a lot of good fiction in order to form their own opinions about quality.

8.   They had large libraries and read a lot.

9.   He reads a lot of nonfiction.

10.   She reads a lot of mystery novels.