Not too much to add compared to everyone else. But something I learned about myself, I have to break up non-fiction with the occasional fiction book. I like rea

Not too much to add compared to everyone else. But something I learned about myself, I have to break up non-fiction with the occasional fiction book. I like reading history, biography, informative books nowadays. Not so much technical anymore. After four or five non-fiction, each about a week or two to read depending on density and length, I start to putter out on motivation to read. A decent, fun, pulpy fiction book recharges me faster than taking a break. So, I do 3 to 4 non-fiction, then a sci-fi or fantasy book. That keeps me going decently. I also don't beat myself up anymore for going a few days without reading either. A week, I'll force myself to get back on track. I don't finish a book if it's dull. If I'm constantly getting bored or feel like the information is just someone preaching out of their ass or pointless, I'll either skim the book or just drop it. I don't feel bad about this anymore. My reading list is so damn long, what's the point wasting my time on books I was wrong for picking? Sunk cost fallacy and all. I've learned my lesson the hardway and I'm very, very careful about business books. Especially the pop-culture ones. I only read it with reviews by people I respect highly and they must be critical of the book. If it's just praising the book, I refuse to get it. Or the book is a few years old and is still respected. So many books in business are such dogshit. It's amazing. I do keep a reading list in excel and add to it constantly. Sometimes add some notes how I felt about it. A lot of times I add books mentioned in other books I'm reading. If the book is bought and not from the library, I underline with a nice black Uniball pen and mark the top of the page. Highlighters can get really annoying on my eyes if there's a lot of it. I learned that from high school. My eyes went out of focus with too much highlighter on the page (probably just me). If I'm reading the book with specific purpose, I'll make notes in the book itself.