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Seven Tips for Reaching Your Ridiculous Reading Goals

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Laurie Jane  shares some of her tips for digging into your reading pile with gusto. So, you’ve seen people on the internet bragging about reading a hundred books or more in a year, and you’ve thought to yourself… could I do that? The first month of 2020 is already over and perhaps you haven’t read the necessary 8.33 books required to have you on track for this staggering goal. You’re thinking of giving up. Well, that’s reasonable. Reading a hundred books in a year is, for many people, excessive and entirely unnecessary. You don’t need to read a hundred books in 2020, but it’s a great idea to have an ambitious goal anyway. If it motivates you to read even a few more books than you might’ve read otherwise, where’s the harm in that? If you don’t succeed, there aren’t any dire consequences, and if you do succeed, then you can feel great and treat yourself to the reward of your choice, and perhaps even become one of those internet braggers. There’s no way to lose. Whatever your reading ...