Only read 3 books this year (so far). Feel so rubbish about that. Really thought I had a good plan. Have roughly 4 months to rectify this 👀
Discussion
if you make it to 5 you're doing great!
don't feel bad:
the only time i ended up reading was when i was incarcerated😭
Related question - do you always have to finish a book, cover to cover, before you can say you’ve read it?
Oo good question - I do, just cos the last quarter of a book can surprise you. What about you?
For nonfiction books, if I have read more than half of the book and browsed through the remaining content to get an overall picture of what the book contains, I consider it read.
It’s different when it comes to fiction – there, I wouldn’t dare to claim I’m familiar with the book unless I’ve read it in its entirety.
That said, there are bizarre situations when I’ve started reading some works of fiction multiple times but never finished them – so I know half the book very well, while the rest remains unknown to me.
This typically happens to me with Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath..
I’m only in the middle of book 3 🤦♂️ it’s really hard to read with a newborn though
Nah but mate that’s totally valid 🫂🙏🏽 just shows that you’re a brilliant dad, nothing wrong with that 🫂🫂🫂
Cheat with some audibles you can get a book in per day
You’re a genius, Puzzles 🔥🫂🙏🏽💯 this could work
same girl same 🫠
But we still have roughly 4 months 😍❤️🔥 we can do this, we have around 175,680 minutes once it’s September 🔥
I'm in the same boat 🫠
The Creature from Jekyll Island, Heart of Darkness, and Catcher in the Rye left me so moody I didn't pick up another book after and now it's nearly September.
But was it a great year of learning and adventure?👀
Quality over quantity. I read the monster Rationality From AI To Zombies, liked it so much I started it over again. That will ruin my book count but far better for my personal growth.
