I read over 100 books in 2022
I’ve never read so many books in a year and I loved it. Will I try for 100+ again next year? I’m not going to TRY to read that many books again but if I do, awesome.
How’d I read so much?
- Libraries
- Kindle and Kindle app
- Book lights of all kinds in various rooms: one in the bathroom for baths, one on the couch that sits on your shoulders, and one on my bedside.
- Buying cheap books (Goodwill, Betterworldbooks, Pango, Ebay, etc).
- Taking pride in my books: make them readily available around the house and display them.
- Libro.fm and Audiobooks.com are better versions of Audible, just saying.
- Hoopla and Libby are life-changing, seriously!
- Enjoying podcasts, reviews, author interviews, book reading courses like on Catapult, and online discussions. Analyzing a book can make you appreciate what you’ve read so much more.
My key takeaways:
- When writers say to read a lot, I used to be mildly annoyed because they were probably right but I was insecure I wasn’t reading enough. I have a better understanding as to why this advice is given. My writing has…
