These are all great tips and I do most of them as an avid reader. I have read 125 books so far this year (and that is with a major reading slump since the beginning of November) and the main things that have really upped my reading are: - joining book clubs (in-person and online) - participating in reading challenges and building my TBRs for them ahead of time - choosing to read instead of watching TV at night - waking up early. Waking up early is easy when I know I get to head straight to my cozy chair with a cup of coffee to read - I have a reading calendar where I put in when books are due back at the library or when they need to be read for a book club or challenge prompt and then I figure out how many pages (or minutes for audiobooks) I need to read that day in order to have it done on time - consuming online book content for motivation - using audiobooks for motivation to do the dishes, fold laundry, weed the garden, etc. - read more than one book at a time. I tend to read too many at a time sometimes, but I love a mix of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essay or short story collection, maybe a classic as well as something contemporary, a really long book I’m working through with shorter things as well, etc. - going to the library regularly - reading (almost) every night until I can’t keep my eyes open (this is especially good for when my mind is racing with worries) - reading aloud to my son and listening to audiobooks with him - listening to more than one audiobook at a time (usually one fiction and one nonfiction) - tracking what I’ve read in multiple ways (Goodreads, a reading journal, Trello (for one of my book clubs), and a few Google Docs that track all kinds of things. I love lists, so it is motivating to me to add things to these lists as “read”!
As someone who usually reads around 80 books a year, this is the first year I've read more than 100 books, and the number 1 reason for that is definitely the Storygraph reading streak feature. Not saying this will work for everyone and I am constantly checking in with myself that this is actually still helping and not making reading into a chore, but so far this has just helped me make a little time for reading everyday. In the past, when i was having a stressful time, reading was often one of the things that would fall by the wayside, but working on keeping up my streak (its set to 1 page a day) means I always take the time to read at least that one page and usually I end up reading more than that.
I tried "I love hue too" after I saw that recommendation on Discord and got stuck playing it for a few days in a row. And then it got a bit frustrating for me, cause i couldn't get the record for the moves anymore (colors got a bit more difficult to distinguish) and had to stop😂 Recently I've been playing Tetris Connected on Nintendo while listening to audibooks. Also my absolute favorite thing is to do puzzles, while listening, sometimes I do "Color by Numbers" on my tablet. The one I use is called "Happy Colour". For some reason doing chores or just going for a walk doesn't work for me for audibooks. My brain needs something meticulous to do to also be focused on what I'm listening. And if I just walk or do something else around the house, my brain starts thinking all kinds of things and not paying attention to the audiobook.
Channel member here! Being a part of a community definitely helps me stay hyped for reading. I’m looking forward to sharing progress somewhere other than Goodreads/Storygraph/Fable and seeing other folks’ reading as well. 🎉
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These are all great tips and I do most of them as an avid reader. I have read 125 books so far this year (and that is with a major reading slump since the beginning of November) and the main things that have really upped my reading are:
- joining book clubs (in-person and online)
- participating in reading challenges and building my TBRs for them ahead of time
- choosing to read instead of watching TV at night
- waking up early. Waking up early is easy when I know I get to head straight to my cozy chair with a cup of coffee to read
- I have a reading calendar where I put in when books are due back at the library or when they need to be read for a book club or challenge prompt and then I figure out how many pages (or minutes for audiobooks) I need to read that day in order to have it done on time
- consuming online book content for motivation
- using audiobooks for motivation to do the dishes, fold laundry, weed the garden, etc.
- read more than one book at a time. I tend to read too many at a time sometimes, but I love a mix of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essay or short story collection, maybe a classic as well as something contemporary, a really long book I’m working through with shorter things as well, etc.
- going to the library regularly
- reading (almost) every night until I can’t keep my eyes open (this is especially good for when my mind is racing with worries)
- reading aloud to my son and listening to audiobooks with him
- listening to more than one audiobook at a time (usually one fiction and one nonfiction)
- tracking what I’ve read in multiple ways (Goodreads, a reading journal, Trello (for one of my book clubs), and a few Google Docs that track all kinds of things. I love lists, so it is motivating to me to add things to these lists as “read”!
As someone who usually reads around 80 books a year, this is the first year I've read more than 100 books, and the number 1 reason for that is definitely the Storygraph reading streak feature. Not saying this will work for everyone and I am constantly checking in with myself that this is actually still helping and not making reading into a chore, but so far this has just helped me make a little time for reading everyday. In the past, when i was having a stressful time, reading was often one of the things that would fall by the wayside, but working on keeping up my streak (its set to 1 page a day) means I always take the time to read at least that one page and usually I end up reading more than that.
I tried "I love hue too" after I saw that recommendation on Discord and got stuck playing it for a few days in a row. And then it got a bit frustrating for me, cause i couldn't get the record for the moves anymore (colors got a bit more difficult to distinguish) and had to stop😂
Recently I've been playing Tetris Connected on Nintendo while listening to audibooks. Also my absolute favorite thing is to do puzzles, while listening, sometimes I do "Color by Numbers" on my tablet. The one I use is called "Happy Colour".
For some reason doing chores or just going for a walk doesn't work for me for audibooks. My brain needs something meticulous to do to also be focused on what I'm listening. And if I just walk or do something else around the house, my brain starts thinking all kinds of things and not paying attention to the audiobook.
Channel member here! Being a part of a community definitely helps me stay hyped for reading. I’m looking forward to sharing progress somewhere other than Goodreads/Storygraph/Fable and seeing other folks’ reading as well. 🎉
i can’t wait to see your progress and share mine with you too! look at our cute books next to our names 🤗
but... why? quality over quantity, unless the objective is mindless consumption.