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Read Your Favorite Authors' Works. ... Create a Personal Reading List. ... Go to a Bookstore and Pick Up a Book That Sparks an Interest in You. ... Don't Buy Books in Bulk. ... Don't Finish the Books You Don't Feel Like Continuing. ... Don't Be Obsessed With the Number of Books You Have/Should Read.
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Read More »These 6 Tips Will Help You Choose the Next Book to Read A guideline to help you decide more effectively Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash In the age of consumerism, we consume an abundance of reading materials like we consume many other things. Whether these readings be online, printed, hardcopy; or in the form of short thought pieces, academic articles, or full-fledged novels, reading is an inseparable part of each of our’ lives. In the modern day, regarding your reading habits, you probably order books in bulk from Amazon or any online store. You have an assortment of publication memberships that serve you as a source of entertainment/catching up with your morning cup of joe. Even on Medium, you pay a 5 dollars monthly fee for a limitless reading experience. Though, when we say reading and talk about reading habits, the first thing that comes to mind is reading books. In this article, we’ll mainly talk about books too. More specifically, how you can pick out the right books for you, and decide on what to read next. Doesn’t matter if you are reading them on your Kindle or by picking up from your bookshelf, what book you pick to read is an important matter. Without making the whole process complicated, setting some realistic expectations and goals for yourself in deciding what to read will be more than helpful in setting your reading habits on the line. I know how it feels to continuously pick up the wrong book, and getting demotivated for your further book reading. To escape this kind of situation and feeling fulfilled with what you read, here is a simple guideline that can help you to pick the next book you’ll read. 1. Read Your Favorite Authors’ Works If you’re struggling with deciding on what to read, this option is one of the easiest to go with. If you haven’t already, why don’t you complete reading the work of your favorite author? Or if you have already, look out for an author amongst your top favorites, that their work drives your interest in this particular period of time in your life. I implemented this reading strategy this summer. Trying to strengthen my book reading habit, I shifted my attention to the books of my favorite author, which happens to be J.D. Salinger. I’ve read two of his books in my lifetime until the start of this summer, and when I couldn’t decide on what to read next, I decided to read another one of his books this summer. Because I knew I enjoyed the previous two I’ve read, and his other works were definitely worth exploring. I unsurprisingly enjoyed the experience, reading another one of his books particularly made me more curious and excited since I had the chance to really grasp the style and sound of the writer; which by the way if you are a writer, can be beneficial for your own writing. It’s likely you’ll enjoy another book by an author you already are familiar with and fond of their style. The risk is minimal. 2. Create a Personal Reading List Do you have a reading list of some sort? It doesn’t have to be anything fancy like Rory Gilmore’s ultimate reading list, it might just contain even 5–10 books you want to read sometime, and are curious about. One of the strategies you can use to pick out a book from your reading list can be thinking about how relevant the book you’ll read will be to you in that particular period of time; by taking notice of your mood, stress levels, level of busyness, areas of curiosity and interest in that particular period of your life. These needs tend to be ever-changing. Try to listen to your natural needs and pick a book that resonates more with those needs. 3. Go to a Bookstore and Pick Up a Book That Sparks an Interest in You Even though online stores take the place of conventional book stores, especially these days, strolling inside a bookstore is an activity that will never get old; or a library, in that sense. Gazing upon the shelves, reading the back covers of the books, physically feeling them, eyeing through the pages… It is simply a different and more authentic experience than purchasing your books online. Hanging around there for a good amount of time, in the presence of the books; listening to your intuitions and feelings may help you pick a great book to read. Don’t doubt your feelings. Learn to listen to them more. If you really need help, ask the employees to help you, tell them about your reading preferences. Is it a fiction or non-fiction book you are looking for, what genres, or what similar books you can list for the kind of book you are willing to buy? What also really helps and makes the deciding process much more fun and easier is going to a bookstore with a friend; preferably a friend who knows your interests, reading preferences, and who is somewhat a good reader themselves. Strolling and at the same time discussing the books while you wander around the store might give you more ideas, make you feel inspired, and decide on a book more quickly. And it’s a fun activity to do with a friend!
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Read More »4. Don’t Buy Books in Bulk This again goes against your intuitions and feelings you have for a book for that period of time in your life. Books have the power to attract us, with their fancy book covers, exciting summaries, compatibleness with our feelings and current learning/reading needs. Buying multiple books at once tells you to finish them asap, reminds you to finish reading one, and move on to the other, to tick it off the list. You may purchase 5 books at once, but at the time you’ve managed to finish the first two books, there is a chance the rest won’t appeal to you as they did before. They don’t seem relevant or interesting to you now. You don’t feel like reading them, or you just feel the need to get done with reading them because you see them as must finish products. Thus, you either finish reading them by not fully giving yourself to it, or you don’t pick them up for a long time and they hang around idly in your bookshelves for almost forever. 5. Don’t Finish the Books You Don’t Feel Like Continuing This is a common mistake most of us are guilty of. We get past a considerable amount of pages on a book but still don’t feel the spark or really can’t comprehend what the book is about, can’t focus, or simply don’t enjoy the book. But we still continue, because we feel as we have to finish it! If you don’t have an obligation to read the book (for work, school, etc.), you are free to quit it. It won’t go to waste, instead, you’ll save more time than if you completed the book. Don’t read for the sake of reading! If it will be an unenjoyable and meaningless reading experience for you, what’s the worth? You don’t have to enjoy or comprehend every book. Different people have different tastes, also, maybe you don’t understand the essence of it because it’s an advanced level book and you’ve yet to reach that level. When that is the case, drop the book and read it when you feel better about your reading comprehension and intellectual levels. You’ll understand whether a book is interesting to you. If it is; you’ll be curious about what will happen next, curious to learn more, or it will satisfy you. If you don’t feel the least of these experiences, I suggest you drop the book from your hands and reach for another one. There are better things to do with your time. 6. Don’t Be Obsessed With the Number of Books You Have/Should Read One drawback of creating comprehensive reading lists is it can demotivate you from reading as you’ll have a mountain of options waiting to be read, making you feel overwhelmed, and stuck. In that sense, book reading can feel like a task to complete and to tick the books off the list. If you don’t have a solidified reading habit and are restarting again with your book reading journey, I don’t suggest you overwhelm yourself with an extended list of books. Because you’ll lack the courage to continue. Forming a new habit or replenishing it should start with easier and more fun steps, not with the goals like “I should read at least 50 books this year”. Setting up these high expectations can strain you and you may withdraw from doing the activity whatsoever. Or you may engage in this kind of reading but always be on edge. Because you’ll think about the next book when you are currently on another. If you already have a strong reading habit, lists may come in handy for tracking the books you think of reading. But still, it is important to distinguish between reading for joy and reading as a task. The latter is what you should avoid if you are reading with the purpose of extracting pleasure out of what you read and learn. Don’t mind the self-help gurus or those online entrepreneurs who dictate you should read this many books if you want to be successful. It puts extra weight on your shoulders and diminishes the amazing benefits of reading itself by turning reading into an almost boring chore. Instead, find your own rhythm and pace. After all, it is not about the number of books you’ve finished but the quality of your reading. If you are reading for the sake of finishing the book to tell that you’ve read it but did not extract much from it, it has no point.
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