I love these. I usually have 3 going at a time. An ebook, an audiobook and a physical book. I have also used audiobooks to help with texts that have diffcult names/places to pronounce to help me understand and get through it a bit easier.
This is great advice! Having structure with goals and schedule have helped me. Also, having challenges makes it fun and has helped me grow in my reading. I like to find a asmr video on RUclips that goes with my book- like I’m reading a book set in the Serengeti and I put on a safari video. I watched a lot of gothic atmosphere video earlier this month.
Jess, your advice is great for readers of all levels whether they’re just getting into reading or they’ve been reading with a passion since childhood (like me.) I always carry a book therefore I’m never bored in a doctor’s waiting room or stuck in a lineup to have my passport renewed. As a mood reader, I usually have three books on the go at any given time. Usually, they’re different genres. Often, they’re different formats such as an eBook, an audiobook, and a paper book. I support your decision to set boundaries with your phone set to “do not disturb.” Smart move. The biggest obstacle in my life when trying to carve out more time to read is the fact that I spend too much time watching BookTube.🤣
This is a great video and I really enjoyed your advice. For me, I don't carry the physical book I'm reading and instead I always have magazines I subscribe to and the AARP magazine, etc. in my car. I read at least 2 hours a day on the days that I can, and I don't judge myself when I can't. My iPhone timer is set to 59:30, and some time in the afternoon I do a sprint and then right when I get in bed I do the second sprint. (After that hour, I watch Peacock or Netflix or RUclips.) I'm in this habit now and I know I'm reading more pages per day than before. I don't set reading goals, I don't follow my reading statistics, I have no idea how many pages per day I'm able to read, and I don't care about my books-per-year number. Reading is for fun and all that crap just takes time away from reading. I am, however, on Goodreads. I spent my entire working life in finance, "doing the math," and now that I'm retired, I'm done with that. I have one physical or Kindle book going at a time and one audiobook on CD in my car at a time. I'm doing the Read What I Own challenge and getting thru some big books. It's actually time to eat now and then move to my bedroom. Have fun reading, everyone! Edited to add, those BookTubers who listen to audiobooks at double speed? And they're multi-tasking while they're listening? What the actual h*ll? To do that and absorb all the nuances and plot points and character developments in a book -- impossible, I say. OK, I'm going now for real.
Super interesting thank u. I would just add for me I need to spend a good 40/50 minute’s in one seating without interruption on each book I start so that I understand where it is going, get to know the characters and plot. Once I have got it and I have been interested in the story I will always finish them in one seating or many short periods of readings no matter how many disruptions and look forward to dip back in. If I start a book without understanding the first few chapters I have a tendency to DNF them. But like you I have many on the go mainly non fiction, history and mystery/ police ones.
Great advice. I try to not fall into expectations of myself for reading, such as, 'I have to read so many books each month/year'. I also strive to be someone who relishes a book while I am in it, but also keeps making progress, because there are SO many books I would like to read! One trick I use for myself is that I use several book marks in a book while I am reading it to mark 'goals'. I use one to mark a reading goal that day..50 pgs or # of chptrs, if a book is set up that way. In big books, I'll set one midway to encourage me to strive toward that goal. I usually have at least 3 bookmarks in a book I am reading:) I probably read an avg of 1-1/2hrs each day at night before going to bed. While walking the dog or doing long drives, I also listen to nonfiction or certain books that the plot/writing doesn't require 100% attention every sentence. I am a faster reader now than I was a year ago, even with just this little time spent reading. I was shocked to see that I had read 80 books this year already (22 audio and some
These are great tips. Some of them I’ve figured out on my own - particularly your initial caveat about “making a place for” as opposed to speed reading - but others I will try to incorporate. I’ve only been reading about three years now and finding it worthwhile.
Interesting discussion, I too am not interested in speed reading. Last year I read 100 books, this year I dialled back my target to 72 on Goodreads, I am currently 2 books ahead, which is as you say feels good. Last year to hit the 100 books, December was quite stressful as I had 13 books to read to hit the target. I usually have three or four books on the go at one time. One of which is on my Kindle app, which is the book I'll read when I am travelling around like on the metro. The physical books I tend to read at home, I don't want to be carrying their bulk around, although on holiday I will take two or three physical books.
My tips for reading more would be: 1. Stop watching RUclips videos and social media in general. 2. Stop using the Internet and watching TV. 3. Read more. Not difficult.
I love these. I usually have 3 going at a time. An ebook, an audiobook and a physical book. I have also used audiobooks to help with texts that have diffcult names/places to pronounce to help me understand and get through it a bit easier.
This is great advice! Having structure with goals and schedule have helped me. Also, having challenges makes it fun and has helped me grow in my reading. I like to find a asmr video on RUclips that goes with my book- like I’m reading a book set in the Serengeti and I put on a safari video. I watched a lot of gothic atmosphere video earlier this month.
Jess, your advice is great for readers of all levels whether they’re just getting into reading or they’ve been reading with a passion since childhood (like me.) I always carry a book therefore I’m never bored in a doctor’s waiting room or stuck in a lineup to have my passport renewed. As a mood reader, I usually have three books on the go at any given time. Usually, they’re different genres. Often, they’re different formats such as an eBook, an audiobook, and a paper book. I support your decision to set boundaries with your phone set to “do not disturb.” Smart move. The biggest obstacle in my life when trying to carve out more time to read is the fact that I spend too much time watching BookTube.🤣
This is a great video and I really enjoyed your advice. For me, I don't carry the physical book I'm reading and instead I always have magazines I subscribe to and the AARP magazine, etc. in my car. I read at least 2 hours a day on the days that I can, and I don't judge myself when I can't. My iPhone timer is set to 59:30, and some time in the afternoon I do a sprint and then right when I get in bed I do the second sprint. (After that hour, I watch Peacock or Netflix or RUclips.) I'm in this habit now and I know I'm reading more pages per day than before. I don't set reading goals, I don't follow my reading statistics, I have no idea how many pages per day I'm able to read, and I don't care about my books-per-year number. Reading is for fun and all that crap just takes time away from reading. I am, however, on Goodreads. I spent my entire working life in finance, "doing the math," and now that I'm retired, I'm done with that. I have one physical or Kindle book going at a time and one audiobook on CD in my car at a time. I'm doing the Read What I Own challenge and getting thru some big books. It's actually time to eat now and then move to my bedroom. Have fun reading, everyone!
Edited to add, those BookTubers who listen to audiobooks at double speed? And they're multi-tasking while they're listening? What the actual h*ll? To do that and absorb all the nuances and plot points and character developments in a book -- impossible, I say. OK, I'm going now for real.
Super interesting thank u. I would just add for me I need to spend a good 40/50 minute’s in one seating without interruption on each book I start so that I understand where it is going, get to know the characters and plot. Once I have got it and I have been interested in the story I will always finish them in one seating or many short periods of readings no matter how many disruptions and look forward to dip back in. If I start a book without understanding the first few chapters I have a tendency to DNF them. But like you I have many on the go mainly non fiction, history and mystery/ police ones.
Great advice. I try to not fall into expectations of myself for reading, such as, 'I have to read so many books each month/year'. I also strive to be someone who relishes a book while I am in it, but also keeps making progress, because there are SO many books I would like to read! One trick I use for myself is that I use several book marks in a book while I am reading it to mark 'goals'. I use one to mark a reading goal that day..50 pgs or # of chptrs, if a book is set up that way. In big books, I'll set one midway to encourage me to strive toward that goal. I usually have at least 3 bookmarks in a book I am reading:) I probably read an avg of 1-1/2hrs each day at night before going to bed. While walking the dog or doing long drives, I also listen to nonfiction or certain books that the plot/writing doesn't require 100% attention every sentence. I am a faster reader now than I was a year ago, even with just this little time spent reading. I was shocked to see that I had read 80 books this year already (22 audio and some
These are great tips. Some of them I’ve figured out on my own - particularly your initial caveat about “making a place for” as opposed to speed reading - but others I will try to incorporate. I’ve only been reading about three years now and finding it worthwhile.
Interesting discussion, I too am not interested in speed reading. Last year I read 100 books, this year I dialled back my target to 72 on Goodreads, I am currently 2 books ahead, which is as you say feels good. Last year to hit the 100 books, December was quite stressful as I had 13 books to read to hit the target. I usually have three or four books on the go at one time. One of which is on my Kindle app, which is the book I'll read when I am travelling around like on the metro. The physical books I tend to read at home, I don't want to be carrying their bulk around, although on holiday I will take two or three physical books.
My tips for reading more would be:
1. Stop watching RUclips videos and social media in general.
2. Stop using the Internet and watching TV.
3. Read more.
Not difficult.
And yet, you're on BookTube and the Internet now, and you clicked on a video called How To Read More Books. No judgment from me.