Debating different reading challenges for 2025. Minimum daily page count? Or number of books per year?
Discussion
Id go with amount of books. Schedules can change day in and day out.
Agreed, and for me, I don't let having a goal stop me from putting a book down forever that isn't giving me value after 25% or so
wanna join? or nostr:npub1ualvtyga8hj6kgw9mwe72ns9pn6c8kd66qruv98eafeuawg7yt0shdwmqx? 😁
I’m down!!
Riddler reads 3 books a day minimum. 🤣
Not quite! I did read 10 in the last 2 weeks 🤣
Putting us all to shame 🫠
Damn. What did you read? We need Riddler book reviews.
I normally read between 70-100 books a year but shifting to quality over quantity.
Revenge of the Tipping Point, The Anarchist Teachings of Yeshua, The Anarchist Banker, Spontaneous Order were a few from last week.
Now im reading Resistance Money and We Who Wrestle With God
Wow! nostr:npub1jzuma368395gu523y4vk4d34p0lxgctk436hggn4qcuj93075qgqtn3vm0 said, “so he doesn’t watch TV?”
I have the TV on for background noise 😂. The noise helps increase my concentration and reading comprehension. It sounds weird but seems to work!
70-100 books per year?? Holy bananas how many hour per week do you spend reading?
Honestly, idk haha. I should document it more. I’m a part time hermit 💀
I'll join, my ADD won't let me read one book to completion. Maybe that's my goal, finish a book 📖
Good goal! Weirdly I find reading anywhere between 7-15 books at one time means I have an easier time finishing books. I need to rotate.
Yeah that was my goal last year! For one I just did 2-4 pages per day until I got it done (I missed plenty of days). Sometimes you just aren't that into it that's cool too. Some books I just really love reading and they carry me to the end but others it's page by page. Go easy on yourself with it!
I believe in you fren you got this! 🫂💜
Same here, but you can work towards crystallizing the ideas you've encountered over time. You don't need to read whole books, but you do need to understand them to produce something coherent.
I'd go with something more specific that gets you out of your comfort zone a bit. Like reading a classic in a genre you usually don't touch, picking up a recent award-winning book, trying an audiobook, or even putting aside a book you're not enjoying.
Putting aside a book I’m not enjoying is definitely out of my comfort zone. I’ll force myself to stick with it. Stuck with a 500ish page novel once thinking it would get better, it didn’t. I like the idea of reading a book in a genre you don’t normally read.
I know exactly how you feel—it's something novel (pun intended) for me as well, but I do dread reading a book I don't enjoy, so it takes me longer to finish and ends up costing me much more in opportunity to read something better and more enjoyable. So I decided to really start doing it this year.
It’s a good idea to just put down books you’re not enjoying. There are more books I’d like to read than time available.
Joy-per-book read, thats the metric IMO
👀 my mom might be interested in this! I know she did number this year nostr:npub1qsxjcamkne5ygrdyqlt22f8haegmtucue9mpw3jvcxm8qe46d0fqgfetpq . Good luck Mallory! I wish I could join the challenge but I would never come close lol.
Ooo nostr:npub1qsxjcamkne5ygrdyqlt22f8haegmtucue9mpw3jvcxm8qe46d0fqgfetpq what was your reading challenge this year? nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev feel free to customize the challenge for yourself and goals. Your life is super busy maybe reading 3 books is really challenging. Maybe you could plan to read a book or series with Mr. E. I’m a big fan of Chronicles of Narnia. Would be a great series to read with Mr. E.
Minimum daily page count for me, consistency defeats motivation! ⚡️🤙💜
It'd be minimum hours per day, as I find myself listening to audiobooks more than anything.
I set aside all the books I wanted to eventually read. Added up all the pages and divided to figure out how many pages a day I have to read to finish by Dec 31,2025