Pratchett said it. I believe it. That settles it!

(For bonus points: spot the irony.)

I also only read 10 or 20 pages a day that's why it takes me a month or so to get through a book

lol i loved this book and hated it ends with us

You’re right. People will get upset because it is sacred. It was good for its time. It was influential, yada yada.

But objectively it is not very good writing. There’s much better sci fi out there.

I’ve heard it’s a very different read once you’ve had kids.

Are you able to remember what you read at the beginning of the book by the time you get to the end? If so, seems fine.

If you forget everything by the time you finish, it might be worthwhile to carve out time to read a little more per day.

I've read it and it's really great!

I find myself having thoughts about this about a number of different hobbies. I try to think of myself if I was living in the '70s or '80s. I wouldn't worry about how often I need to be doing something for it to "count". Because I wouldn't be inundated with other people seemingly doing it constantly everyday. I would just know how to enjoy things.

Obviously I'm over simplifying a different time period with rose colored glasses, but I do think there was a simplicity before social media made keeping up with the Joneses explode.

Agreed.

No problem

There will probably be a grain of truth in that. Most witches accused were women, but most of those who accused them were also women.

So, say a mother loses her baby in a miscarriage and the midwife herself happens to be childless. It is very easy for her to suspect that a jealous midwife has done something sinister.

thank you

Go at your pace. Read what you like. There are no rules.

It’s your book. It’s your time. Do whatever the fuck pleases you.

As long as you enjoy it, it’s the right way.

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No I don’t think this is bad. Reading of any kind is a good habit. Even if it is only one page a day.

I’m regularly in the habit of reading when I only have a few minutes, which will lead to me only reading a page or 2 at a time.

If you're enjoying it, it's not a bad habit. Reading is not a competitive sport.

THE NAMES. I thought I was reading about some kind of Texas beauty pageant.

Many famous writers finished their novels by consistently writing only a particular amount of words everyday (Graham Greene, off the top of my head). So, ig you could say that you're doing quite well

According to the original Telegraph article, the changes were at least first noticed in the 2022 UK editions of certain Dahl books. It’s unclear if these were implemented in other regions. Allegedly they began reviewing the material and internally working on the changes sometime in 2020, before the sale to Netflix.

It's better to read 2 pages and enjoy them than 200 and feel like it's homework. Also, don't compare yourself to the people online who read a book day, they're at the extreme end of reading. Most of us read far less than that.

Jane Austen's works were actually pretty fast paced for the time period, the writing norms of that time are just completely different then what we see today. You've probably already seen a few changes in writing style in your life time (I know a lot of new books during the 2000s-early 2010s had text lingo written in, now that's considered out dated). The fact that you can see flashes of brilliance even though her books are centuries old show that she was a great writer.

It seems you're confusing good literature with personal preference. I personally don't enjoy Faulkner or Steinbeck (hated east of Eden and grapes of wrath, as I lay dying was super morbid and a waste of time for me) but they are inherently outstanding authors because of how their books impacted people when they were published and how they continue to be relevant to people today (very few people know what the great depression was like but people can still get lost in a pilgrimage of a family trying to survive a hard time).

Aismov's foundation might have some antiquated writing techniques or prose but try to listen to how other people are reading and understanding it. They might point out something that proves why it's an enduring piece of literature. If people didn't gleam something from it, it would have been forgotten and would not be considered the classic people deem it to be.

Sounds like you are using your time wisely. I used to read a few pages before I fell asleep at night. Great way to get through a book you want to read.

No one can tell you how to enjoy a book, and comparing how you read to others kind of defeats the purpose of reading.

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