My record was only ever like 35 books a year? That was the only year I had my sabbatical and time to do it. I stopped tracking my reading recently, I should start again! It helps to read more intentionally. Good tip on writing a summary of a read book, to consolidate what we've read, I'm gonna do that from now, thanks! I also want to analyze more on craft of writing, still struggling with it!
I used to read 100 booksa year. I know right?? It was a challenge I set for myself and like you, I reealised I was just reading for the sake of reading and just don't remember what I read after. In the end, I decided to read LESS.
My goal each year went down. I went down to up to 30 in 2022.
In 20223, sad to say, due to my addiction to social media being rekindled by the likes of Mastodon, Reddit and yes, Substack Notes, I barely read 10 books. Yikes.But I was reading a lot of blogs and newsletters.I never did stop reading, but my medium has changed.
I am not a fan of keeping a "body count" of books finished each year. As you mentioned, it motivates us to skip past that period of reflection and jump straight to the next book. Rather than counting, I aim to be much more active and reflective with my reading this year.
I loved this piece!! My reading pace has slowed in the new year so far and it's hard not to be down on myself for it. I think each of your points are great reminders that reading should be for pleasure more than achievement. I also am going to follow your example about trying to be more intentional with my reading and not fear the bigger books!
Yes, when reading I try to prioritise the books that have other holds over the ones that don't to avoid it. Occasionally I have ended up staying awake all night to finish it. I don't recommend this on a regular basis though. The ones that don't have other holds can be extended so that helps - I think we can renew twice online here. Otherwise I have kept a paper list of books I want to borrow at some point (thankfully that one is all up to date now) so that I can request them at a later time.
What a great idea for studying writing - I will focus on this myself. I donāt know if your library has the option, but I recently discovered that for books with many holds, it is possible to defer your place in the queue and put a date that you might be ready to receive a book, so that others waiting can step ahead of you but youāre still kind of at the front. It doesnāt work for books no-one else is waiting for though, so I still struggle with those from time to time though Iām getting more mindful about what I have ordered vs my upcoming calendar. Thank you for the depth of thought in this post.
My record was only ever like 35 books a year? That was the only year I had my sabbatical and time to do it. I stopped tracking my reading recently, I should start again! It helps to read more intentionally. Good tip on writing a summary of a read book, to consolidate what we've read, I'm gonna do that from now, thanks! I also want to analyze more on craft of writing, still struggling with it!
I used to read 100 booksa year. I know right?? It was a challenge I set for myself and like you, I reealised I was just reading for the sake of reading and just don't remember what I read after. In the end, I decided to read LESS.
My goal each year went down. I went down to up to 30 in 2022.
In 20223, sad to say, due to my addiction to social media being rekindled by the likes of Mastodon, Reddit and yes, Substack Notes, I barely read 10 books. Yikes.But I was reading a lot of blogs and newsletters.I never did stop reading, but my medium has changed.
I am not a fan of keeping a "body count" of books finished each year. As you mentioned, it motivates us to skip past that period of reflection and jump straight to the next book. Rather than counting, I aim to be much more active and reflective with my reading this year.
I loved this piece!! My reading pace has slowed in the new year so far and it's hard not to be down on myself for it. I think each of your points are great reminders that reading should be for pleasure more than achievement. I also am going to follow your example about trying to be more intentional with my reading and not fear the bigger books!
Yes, when reading I try to prioritise the books that have other holds over the ones that don't to avoid it. Occasionally I have ended up staying awake all night to finish it. I don't recommend this on a regular basis though. The ones that don't have other holds can be extended so that helps - I think we can renew twice online here. Otherwise I have kept a paper list of books I want to borrow at some point (thankfully that one is all up to date now) so that I can request them at a later time.
What a great idea for studying writing - I will focus on this myself. I donāt know if your library has the option, but I recently discovered that for books with many holds, it is possible to defer your place in the queue and put a date that you might be ready to receive a book, so that others waiting can step ahead of you but youāre still kind of at the front. It doesnāt work for books no-one else is waiting for though, so I still struggle with those from time to time though Iām getting more mindful about what I have ordered vs my upcoming calendar. Thank you for the depth of thought in this post.
Bingo on every point!
Love this! Paying attention to the writing craft is an especially great one that I try to incorporate too.
As someone who is trying to read more and who failed nearly every year at it, I love this collection of goals. Thank you for sharing them.
I am an avid reader but donāt ever have goals for it. I love the idea of one big book a year as well as the regular stuff.