Goodreads should honestly read the room before saying "you are behind you complete loser." Some of us are already way too close to a complete mental breakdown.
This piece was *chef’s kiss*! I love the idea of reframing the goal. Makes perfect sense to me. And 22 books is nothing to balk at, btw! I’m impressed. I’m lucky if I can crank out 12 books a year. And most of those are audiobooks because I have to multitask while setting Guinness book records for laundry in a household with a tween and a teenager. 😆🙃 another great one!
"It stopped being fun. Reading became an obligation. A chore. A reminder that I couldn’t even commit to something I actually enjoy without turning it into a performance review where I’m both the employee and the disappointed manager."
so why take something that's fun, and ruin it? Being serious here.
My goal was more subjective Last year I said I'd read until I went completely mad. And that's exactly what happened. Now I'm moving back in with my mother ðŸ˜ðŸ˜¬
You could read the same book 72 times….. you could really pick up speed around the 35 to 40 reread.
Goodreads should honestly read the room before saying "you are behind you complete loser." Some of us are already way too close to a complete mental breakdown.
You're doing so much better than 99% of the rest of us...
For 2026, why not set your goal at 6 books, read 22, and flip a middle finger at the algorithm? Victory awaits!
Inspirational!!!
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This piece was *chef’s kiss*! I love the idea of reframing the goal. Makes perfect sense to me. And 22 books is nothing to balk at, btw! I’m impressed. I’m lucky if I can crank out 12 books a year. And most of those are audiobooks because I have to multitask while setting Guinness book records for laundry in a household with a tween and a teenager. 😆🙃 another great one!
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I quit doing that yeaars ago, but hey you read 22 books this year! I read maybe 3? I started twenty. Does that count for anything? LOL
Are Evelyn Wood speed-reading courses still available?
...sure are!
https://www.pryor.com/training-product/evelyn-wood-reading-dynamics-speed-reading/25001DL.html
You said it:
"It stopped being fun. Reading became an obligation. A chore. A reminder that I couldn’t even commit to something I actually enjoy without turning it into a performance review where I’m both the employee and the disappointed manager."
so why take something that's fun, and ruin it? Being serious here.
". . .and occasionally showering." Only occasionally? But what about the audiobooks?
My goal was more subjective Last year I said I'd read until I went completely mad. And that's exactly what happened. Now I'm moving back in with my mother ðŸ˜ðŸ˜¬
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Whenever you start to loose your grip, head over to the children's table at your local library. Knock off ten in sn hour. Call it research.