I'm going to sound really illiterate but who reads two books a week? I read a ton, as most programmers do but I read perhaps one or two [fictional] books PER YEAR.
On holiday I usually take seven or eight books for two weeks - depending on the type of books.
The fiction books seem to be needed, for me, to not exhaust myself on non-fiction. The best time for me to read these is when I am less busy and have down time.
I find talking to him enormously educational. In so many episodes of history, for example, he's read about it from multiple perspectives and can talk about them.
It also depends on the writer and genre - for example, I could read several Terry Pratchett books in a week, but slug through a heavy novel.
I know I'm missing lots of good entertainment, but TV series, for instance, always seemed like a huge commitment of time for me.