• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    That’s good. I beat myself up for only reading a few books some years.

    But I read a looot online.

  • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I’ve been trying to read more, and stumbled on a little hack that’s worked for me.

    I’ve used the app Margins (of course, no Apple is required) and it allows me to list all the books I’d like to read. The hack is arranging the list by book length ascending. Started with the shortest book on my list, and when I was done I moved onto the next shortest. Completing books gives me the motivation to keep reading.

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Pro Tip: Take long bathroom breaks at work and spend the time reading labor laws.

    Hopefully when they start complaining about your bathroom breaks, you’ve already understood most of the labor laws to file a lawsuit against your shitty employer.

  • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Hardest part is finding something that tickles me even when I’m exhausted. Something floral and alluring, but soft and flowing. Reading can feel like a chore when you don’t have the mind space. I’m presently trying to distract myself with sci-fi and I just can’t take this much information.

    Fuck you, Peter watts, you goddamn wordsmith. I can’t take your verbal girth as I currently am!

  • Gerudo@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    I have a sales job with TONS of down time. I’m on book 5 of Dungeon Crawler Carl and I just started the series last month. I’m usually getting through a book a week for the last 6 months. it’s been awesome.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      1 month ago

      It’s so sad to see people with downtime jobs scrolling Instagram or tiktok all day instead of reading.

  • turtlesareneat@piefed.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I figure I already read tens of thousands of words a day on here and the news apps, and it’s not exactly doing me mental health favors - so I went and renewed my library card this winter and have knocked out about 15 in 4 months. It feels really good to get your sense of focus and attention span back! Takes a bit of time but its like riding a bike, your brain goes back to being a kid.

    I hope you had books as a kid.

    I hope your kid has books today.

    • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      This was me, last week lol. Already had the card, but criminally underused it. I love philosophy, but haven’t read most of the actual works, so I picked up some Camus and Kafka. Just finished The Fall, and I’m so glad to have done so.

      I also signed up for Libby, thinking audiobooks on hikes would be dope, but so far my mind wanders too much to absorb the words, so that’s been challenging.

  • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Remember, reading isn’t about numbers.

    Don’t turn into that douche that always quotes how many books they’ve read that year like speed reading and skimming are admirable and all books are the same length.

    Maybe the sort that piles them all up and posts to social media thinking it is impressive or that people will like them for it.

    You read for you. Take your time and enjoy.

    • حمید پیام عباسی@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I mean it isn’t being a douche, this fact motivated me to set 15 minutes aside a day because now I know I can get to the books I want to read in a reasonable amount of time and helped combat sunk cost feelings when I start something.

      • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        That’s clearly not what I was saying.

        Perhaps you could work on your comprehension skills alongside your reading too?

          • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 month ago

            Ok chief.

            See, you replied to me in what looked like bad faith, weirdly arguing against something I hadn’t said and now you call me a fucking asshole for pointing that out.

            Are you ok? You seem to be going through some stuff.

            I mean it. Internet banter is fine, but I don’t want you to suffer.

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Ah, Malazan, the series that filters out most of its potential audience with the driest and most incoherent first book I can remember reading.

      For anyone who bounced off it, know that it gets so much better after that. It’s like asking Tolkien readers to start with the Silmarillion - I just skip book one entirely on rereads.

  • cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    i work night shift, and i found Libby and suddenly was burning through a novel every day or two. i used to be  bookworm as a teenager and its nice to get back into it :)

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Idk, I’m not a particularly slow reader but it’s May and I’ve only gotten through two and a half books this year when reading ~40 min per day.

    • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m a slow reader, arguably a bit dyslexic even. 15 minutes of reading is maybe 3 to 4 pages.

      I find myself accidently skipping lines, then having to go back and re read what I already read, then realize I skipped that line too and the page all over again.

      Even if not dyslexia, that font designed for dyslexic readers actually helps me a lot.

  • moistclump@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I read to my partner for 10-15 minutes every night before bed. Hard to know how many books it’s been because we accidentally started East of Eden and it’s been over 6 months I think.

    Enjoying the process is key here I think. Don’t count books. Enjoy each page and each chapter as part of a journey where you’ll eventually get there.