What books are you currently reading?
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From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this morning -
“40 Tiny Reading Habits That Make You Dangerously Well-Read:
1. Reading at least one page before picking up your phone each morning.
2. Keeping a book in every room of your house.
3. Carrying a book everywhere like you carry your wallet.
4. Reading the first chapter before buying any book.
5. Finishing the day with 20 minutes of reading instead of scrolling.
6. Keeping a running list of every book someone recommends to you.
7. Rereading books that changed you every few years.
8. Writing one sentence in the margin of anything that stops you.
9. Never forcing yourself to finish a book you’re not enjoying.
10. Reading biographies of people who lived in completely different eras.
11. Alternating between fiction and non-fiction to keep things fresh.
12. Following up every non-fiction book with something that challenges it.
13. Reading the acknowledgments, they always reveal something interesting.
14. Setting a yearly reading goal that slightly scares you.
15. Borrowing books from the library before committing to owning them.
16. Listening to audiobooks on walks, commutes and chores.
17. Reading slowly and deliberately instead of racing to finish.
18. Joining a book club even if it’s just two people.
19. Keeping a ‘to read’ list and actually consulting it.
20. Picking up a book in a subject you know nothing about once a year.
21. Reading the same book a friend is reading so you can discuss it.
22. Writing a three-sentence summary of every book you finish.
23. Gifting books you loved to people who’d love them too.
24. Reading poetry even if you think you don’t like poetry.
25. Turning your phone to airplane mode while reading.
26. Building a personal library of books worth owning forever.
27. Reading essays and long-form journalism, not just books.
28. Going back to books you abandoned before giving up on them entirely.
29. Reading about a subject in depth before forming an opinion on it.
30. Exploring the biography of every book that impresses you.
31. Reading translations of works you’d never otherwise discover.
32. Setting a specific reading time that belongs only to reading.
33. Keeping a reading journal with one thought per book.
34. Reading the classics everyone references but nobody actually reads.
35. Pick authors over titles find a great writer and read everything.
36. Reading something that actively disagrees with your worldview once a year.
37. Letting books sit for a week before deciding if they changed you.
38. Never apologizing for what you enjoy reading.
39. Buying secondhand books and leaving notes for the next reader.
40. Remembering that a book finished is a conversation with someone who spent years on a single idea.”
“40 Tiny Reading Habits That Make You Dangerously Well-Read:
1. Reading at least one page before picking up your phone each morning.
2. Keeping a book in every room of your house.
3. Carrying a book everywhere like you carry your wallet.
4. Reading the first chapter before buying any book.
5. Finishing the day with 20 minutes of reading instead of scrolling.
6. Keeping a running list of every book someone recommends to you.
7. Rereading books that changed you every few years.
8. Writing one sentence in the margin of anything that stops you.
9. Never forcing yourself to finish a book you’re not enjoying.
10. Reading biographies of people who lived in completely different eras.
11. Alternating between fiction and non-fiction to keep things fresh.
12. Following up every non-fiction book with something that challenges it.
13. Reading the acknowledgments, they always reveal something interesting.
14. Setting a yearly reading goal that slightly scares you.
15. Borrowing books from the library before committing to owning them.
16. Listening to audiobooks on walks, commutes and chores.
17. Reading slowly and deliberately instead of racing to finish.
18. Joining a book club even if it’s just two people.
19. Keeping a ‘to read’ list and actually consulting it.
20. Picking up a book in a subject you know nothing about once a year.
21. Reading the same book a friend is reading so you can discuss it.
22. Writing a three-sentence summary of every book you finish.
23. Gifting books you loved to people who’d love them too.
24. Reading poetry even if you think you don’t like poetry.
25. Turning your phone to airplane mode while reading.
26. Building a personal library of books worth owning forever.
27. Reading essays and long-form journalism, not just books.
28. Going back to books you abandoned before giving up on them entirely.
29. Reading about a subject in depth before forming an opinion on it.
30. Exploring the biography of every book that impresses you.
31. Reading translations of works you’d never otherwise discover.
32. Setting a specific reading time that belongs only to reading.
33. Keeping a reading journal with one thought per book.
34. Reading the classics everyone references but nobody actually reads.
35. Pick authors over titles find a great writer and read everything.
36. Reading something that actively disagrees with your worldview once a year.
37. Letting books sit for a week before deciding if they changed you.
38. Never apologizing for what you enjoy reading.
39. Buying secondhand books and leaving notes for the next reader.
40. Remembering that a book finished is a conversation with someone who spent years on a single idea.”
From my X / Twitter “Following” feed this morning - a marvelous Jack London quote:
“I regard books in my library in much the same way that a sea captain regards the charts in his chart-room.
It is manifestly impossible for a sea captain to carry in his head the memory of all the reefs, rocks, shoals, harbors, points, lighthouses, beacons, and buoys of all the coasts of all the world; and no sea captain ever endeavors to store his head with such a mass of knowledge.
What he does is to know his way about in the chartroom, and when he picks up a new coast, he takes out the proper chart and has immediate access to all information about that new coast. So it should be with books.
Just as the captain must have a well-equipped chart room, so the student and thinker must have a well-equipped library, and must know his way around that library.
I, for one, never can have too many books; nor can my books cover too many subjects. I may never read them all, but they are always there, and I never know what strange coast I am going to pick up at any time in sailing the world of knowledge.”
“I regard books in my library in much the same way that a sea captain regards the charts in his chart-room.
It is manifestly impossible for a sea captain to carry in his head the memory of all the reefs, rocks, shoals, harbors, points, lighthouses, beacons, and buoys of all the coasts of all the world; and no sea captain ever endeavors to store his head with such a mass of knowledge.
What he does is to know his way about in the chartroom, and when he picks up a new coast, he takes out the proper chart and has immediate access to all information about that new coast. So it should be with books.
Just as the captain must have a well-equipped chart room, so the student and thinker must have a well-equipped library, and must know his way around that library.
I, for one, never can have too many books; nor can my books cover too many subjects. I may never read them all, but they are always there, and I never know what strange coast I am going to pick up at any time in sailing the world of knowledge.”
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