52 Books In 52 Weeks: Week One Underway Come Join Us! [Start With Old Man And The Sea]
Just like your phone, bring a book with you wherever you go. It enforces discipline to keep reading, a lot of time during the day we are idle, waiting for someone to arrive or taking the train to work. 10 minutes outside of your daily set time to read keeps your mind going.
If a book doesn't command your attention or you start to hate it stop reading it. I can't emphasise this one enough. In this instant gratification culture an oddity has occured, people sticking with shows and foods that don't make them feel good or offer a payoff. There definitely won't be one of you hate the book you read.
To the person that hates a particular book, they may turn that anger into a disdain for the entirety of their reading approach.
Set a goal that is attainable but one that isn't one without challenge. 90 books in 52 weeks may work for me but not for everyone. Your goal can always increase as the year goes on I think everyone can do 52 books, but there isn't anything less admirable in a goal of 25+.
If you aren't naturally a note taker it may be too much to add to get yourself into.
Have fun reading. Select books that garner your interest and won't have you quitting in frustration.
Lastly, despite your progress, whether faster or slower than the rest of the group keep posting in the thread. There have already been a good amount of recommended books in here that might interest you. It also adds to the discipline you have for the reading cycle. And may just give you the inspiration needed to finish your book.
Have fun and good luck to all who participate. To those wary of this, it's never too late to start reading. Literacy is all around us your reading may inspire someone to get back in it.
If a book doesn't command your attention or you start to hate it stop reading it. I can't emphasise this one enough. In this instant gratification culture an oddity has occured, people sticking with shows and foods that don't make them feel good or offer a payoff. There definitely won't be one of you hate the book you read.
To the person that hates a particular book, they may turn that anger into a disdain for the entirety of their reading approach.
Set a goal that is attainable but one that isn't one without challenge. 90 books in 52 weeks may work for me but not for everyone. Your goal can always increase as the year goes on I think everyone can do 52 books, but there isn't anything less admirable in a goal of 25+.
If you aren't naturally a note taker it may be too much to add to get yourself into.
Have fun reading. Select books that garner your interest and won't have you quitting in frustration.
Lastly, despite your progress, whether faster or slower than the rest of the group keep posting in the thread. There have already been a good amount of recommended books in here that might interest you. It also adds to the discipline you have for the reading cycle. And may just give you the inspiration needed to finish your book.
Have fun and good luck to all who participate. To those wary of this, it's never too late to start reading. Literacy is all around us your reading may inspire someone to get back in it.
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Recommended Reading List
Fiction
Non-Fiction
More later.
Fiction
The Bell Jar
The Gambler
Catch-22
Wuthering Heights
Dark Places
The Girl With All The Gifts
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
Rosemary's Baby
Notes From The Underground
The Gambler
Catch-22
Wuthering Heights
Dark Places
The Girl With All The Gifts
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
Rosemary's Baby
Notes From The Underground
Non-Fiction
Malcolm X
Mrs. Hemingway
The Rules of Work
Revolutionary Suicide
Stokely
The Selfish Gene
How To Win Friends And Influence People
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Mrs. Hemingway
The Rules of Work
Revolutionary Suicide
Stokely
The Selfish Gene
How To Win Friends And Influence People
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
More later.
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Neophyte Wolfgang
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Nah.....speed reading is not good for me, I have trouble retaining the information. I will try and read more mindfully and absorb more. What tricks do you have to retain more information?
dallas' 4 eva
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I hate speed reading. I can do it don't get me wrong, but I like to take my time and actually enjoy what I'm reading.
yellowtapesport
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Damn I need to read more post
silverfoxx
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Speed reading is a huge contradiction that I never got into. I rather take 5 months with a book like Mastery (I take notes, go back and study passages, research ) and process things deeply then just to read to say i read.
That's me though, not judging the speed reading community or anything. I'm sure there is some benefits to it.
That's me though, not judging the speed reading community or anything. I'm sure there is some benefits to it.
There's no purpose to speed reading just to say i read a book but what did you learn. Reading is an interactive process and your mind needs time to process information.
When i was a shorty i was reading about 200 books a year but it was all fiction and didn't require anything from me so i could blaze through. What's the point in reading that many books if you don't learn anything from what you're reading?
When i was a shorty i was reading about 200 books a year but it was all fiction and didn't require anything from me so i could blaze through. What's the point in reading that many books if you don't learn anything from what you're reading?
2stepz_ahead
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props bruh.
read misty Copeland's book is a great read.
niggas an chicks need to read it to put things into perspective.
shit had me glassy eyed
read misty Copeland's book is a great read.
niggas an chicks need to read it to put things into perspective.
shit had me glassy eyed
atribecalledgabi
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12 books a year, 1 a month is more feasible for me.
I brought in the new year with reading The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
But to read 10 books in 10 months means nothing if the information isnt being retained...i usually read the same page twice before moving on. Whats a nice home library if you dont remember 50% of the information.
But to read 10 books in 10 months means nothing if the information isnt being retained...i usually read the same page twice before moving on. Whats a nice home library if you dont remember 50% of the information.
@silverfoxx
@"Neophyte Wolfgang"
@"b'mer..."
@LordZuko
@"dallas' 4 eva"
All of your concerns about speed reading are true. Speed reading allows pieces of information to slip through the cracks, as often it is advertised as skipping words and paragraphs. That's not how I enjoy books.
Like silverfoxx, I prefer to take my time with books, take notes to research and re-read pages at a time and even restart chapters. Upon completion of a book I review the whole thing using quotes I've written down and more that I go back into the book for.
This challenge isn't about speed reading, rather time allocation. Under pressure to resd, people can't focus on the information they see and thus can't retain it.
One book a week. With 168 hours in that week and 1 hour with a book a day, everyone can get a book finished.
Literacy is one of the greatest gifts in life and not enough people get to utilize it. The brain, much like the body isn't supposed to be sedentary, it needs to be challenged through excercise and consistency. With a set time for one to put everything down and read, you become consistent, in turn, a book you've read in piecemeal over 6 months is done in a week or two.
@"Neophyte Wolfgang"
@"b'mer..."
@LordZuko
@"dallas' 4 eva"
All of your concerns about speed reading are true. Speed reading allows pieces of information to slip through the cracks, as often it is advertised as skipping words and paragraphs. That's not how I enjoy books.
Like silverfoxx, I prefer to take my time with books, take notes to research and re-read pages at a time and even restart chapters. Upon completion of a book I review the whole thing using quotes I've written down and more that I go back into the book for.
This challenge isn't about speed reading, rather time allocation. Under pressure to resd, people can't focus on the information they see and thus can't retain it.
One book a week. With 168 hours in that week and 1 hour with a book a day, everyone can get a book finished.
Literacy is one of the greatest gifts in life and not enough people get to utilize it. The brain, much like the body isn't supposed to be sedentary, it needs to be challenged through excercise and consistency. With a set time for one to put everything down and read, you become consistent, in turn, a book you've read in piecemeal over 6 months is done in a week or two.
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silverfoxx
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Paprika;c-9577842 said:
I can respect this man.
Lou Cypher
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I'm definitely gonna read more this year. Probably can't do a book a week, but atleast 2 weeks maybe 3. I'll be active in here and share what i read
Cabana_Da_Don
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I have nothing against speed reading but I would not advice anyone that´s looking for a deeper understanding on the subject.It took me 3 years to read the Torah.I finished it 12/28/2016.With numerous notes,highlighted the whole torah
Cabana_Da_Don
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Best thread made.Congrats to TS.I would advice also buying books that teach other languages.Move on to semetic languages that read from left to right to make your brain switch up.Also if the book get´s too heavy stop and read another one and then come back later on.
I read 125 books this past year, going for 150+ this year.
Speed reading has always worked just fine for me; But I didn't learn to skip over any words or info, only to read entire lines at a time and to not need to repeat the words in my head as I'm reading.
Niggas aren't too busy to read, they just don't / aren't good at it.
Speed reading has always worked just fine for me; But I didn't learn to skip over any words or info, only to read entire lines at a time and to not need to repeat the words in my head as I'm reading.
Niggas aren't too busy to read, they just don't / aren't good at it.
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