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>Read only 6 books this year.
>Over 20,000 books left on my 'want to read' list on Goodreads.

>> No.13757397

>>13757390
why do you only read 6 books a year?

>> No.13757405

>>13757397
Lawyer

>> No.13757422

>>13757405
ok, how much do you work (hours) per week?

>> No.13757439

>>13757390
When you say "read", do you mean read and forget three months later or "read" as in taking notes, making annotations and putting parts you like in your dedicated notebook?

>> No.13757446

>>13757439
always unique totally interesting sometimes mysterious

>> No.13757448

>>13757439
who the fuck does that?

>> No.13757453

>>13757439
>forget three months later
If you have the memory of a goldfish.

>> No.13757519

>>13757448
Is it weird?
>>13757453
Could be my problem.

>> No.13757597

Stick to reading great works. Avoid trashy genre fiction or meme of the month NYRB stuff.

>> No.13757634

>>13757519
nah i do it. i mean, it still could be weird, but not uniquely so.

>> No.13757704

>>13757634
You get to both write down your favorite parts and add your own thoughts, on what happened on your own life or what happens in the news you can correlate to what you read. It's a great thing to do.

Honestly I should do it with every book but it's hard when you read in bed.

>> No.13757728

>>13757405
so you shit lowyer or student, get a easy job with papers where you can read in work time, its that simple
t. lowyer gonna read at least 50 this year

>> No.13757871

>>13757439
>taking notes, making annotations and putting parts you like in your dedicated notebook
That's not reading c:

>> No.13758955

>>13757390

I know this feel. I read slowly and have an annoying eye problem that makes things more difficult to concentrate on for long periods.

That being said I don’t really see the issue if you retain the things you read. The only comparison I can think of is going to the gym: the most important thing is that you’re actually trying. It’s not a competition unless you want to compete against yourself.

The reading journal idea sounds cool. The only time I’ve done stuff like that outside of school was with As I Lay Dying. I had to make a family tree so I can follow along better. Other times I’ve done lots of vocab builder notes but that can become tedious and distract you from the experience of the book, etc.

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13758980

I read +20 books this year but not a single one left a lasting effect or brought catharsis

>> No.13759001

>>13757390
It's because you don't want to read, you want to have read. Stop it.

>> No.13759158

>>13757390
Welcome to the club. Also
>start reading the Bible (cause /lit/ memes)
>friend lend you Bhagavad Gita
>start reading Gita dropping Bible after Exodus

>>13757439
>dedicated notebook
Kek.

>> No.13759171

i read a bunch this spring, when i was in school, but only read ivan illych this summer when i was in work. i t wasnt like i wasnt reading tho, it was simply that i wouldnt stick with a book at all. >>13759158
this was a tradition at cambridge, having a notebook where you made references to stuff u read so u could find it later. i think the tradition makes a lot of sense from so many perspectives

>> No.13759180

>>13759001
a delightfully poetic way of putting it, anon.