I think your advice is definitely sound for self-help books: unless you act on them they have no value, and given that most are bunk anyway reading a lot of the

I think your advice is definitely sound for self-help books: unless you act on them they have no value, and given that most are bunk anyway reading a lot of them isn't going to help you. If you are going to read a lot of books, then reading for pleasure (e.g. fiction) or books that are intended merely to convey information, is probably a better way to go.