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GENERAL BOOK/READING THREAD sankara-salute

How do you find time to read lotsa books ? Anytips +input. I dont really wanna cut into my little game time and time for painting. But I also wanna read more books. Atm I have read 5 to 6 short 300-400 page books a year which is good if I compare it to the fact that I read 0 books in some years before.

I "think" I could up my yearly books to 7-8 but 10 would prolly feel like im pushing it (if we talk about 300-400page books on average)

Gimme your thoughts or praise (for being a good boi who reads books) I know its not theory just ficiton but I just really started to read again in the last 3 years so Im easing myself into it by reading 40k novels. Its chill and mostly simple I also read some Brandon Sanderson fantasy novels. I know not high art but you gotta start somewhere.

EDIT : Good thread. Thanks for everyone who participated

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[–] hotspur@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

You’re putting pretty good numbers on the board already. Also depending on what you’re reading, it might be excellent. Some books I rip through, others take me months.

Setting aside chill vacation times when I tend to get a lot of reading done, I’d say the two things that keep me moving through books are: I basically need it as a sleep aid so I almost always read before bed; sometimes I make it 5 mins, sometimes it’s hours, and slowly teaching myself that it’s ok to read multiple books at once, or to put a book not really vibing with down and maybe come back to it later.

If you’re really interested in increasing, you could try to make it a long habit, like read 15-20 mins at lunch or another time/task where appropriate.