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> So, take my advice with a big grain of salt. I might (...) completely wrong about this. As it often happens for most things you read on the Internetz. > this
by woliveirajr 5y ago
> So, take my advice with a big grain of salt. I might (...) completely wrong about this. As it often happens for most things you read on the Internetz.
> this blog post / newsletter is my way of telling a few friends (you!) that I am committing to reading 50 books in 2021, following the above rules.
I hope the author really commit to the proposed steps. I'll try it, too, and see how it ends. Not that the amount of books really matters, giving up early on the bad ones is the hardest part.
- baxtr 5y agoSame here. I have a goal of 10 books this year, and this will already be a stretch for me.
- themadturk 5y agoSeattle librarian Nancy Pearl has a formula for giving up on a book. 1. If it doesn't grab you in the first 50 pages, give up. 2. If you're over 50, subtract your age from 100 and give it that many pages to grab you. After all, after 50 your time is that much more precious. I'd already begun (for the first time ever) recording the books I read, and I've already finished one book and started two others (not counting the re-read I started late last year that I may or may not finish).