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As a few others have mentioned, reading books you end up not liking is the best (maybe only?) way of figuring out what you actually don't like reading. You can then avoid it again in the future. And who knows, maybe you'll find character archetypes, plot points, and locations, you like in a book you otherwise end up not liking; also very helpful.

58 here and have tracked since 2007, so not entirely age-based, but perhaps I'm an exception.

thank you for this comment. I am somebody who used to breeze through books maybe even skipping words and sentences just to get to the end. The result was I finished the book but never really understood it nor would remember anything after sometime.

Recently I am trying more to feel and understand them. What I think now after reading your comment is that it may be good to have a background read on the author. This is two authors I have read in a row whose works become more profound when you understand that most of the feelings of the character are those of the author themselves. That it is based on their own experiencr or related thoughts and the story gets so much more meaning.

Yup. New releases or if there’s a specific book I want to give as a gift.

currently on the thunderhead and i really like how its going so far

If you’ve decided they are a waste of time in advance then you’ll definitely be tempted to quit reading. I read 24-7. I’m one of those people that has always had a book going since I was much younger than you. I only read things that are personally interesting to me and I don’t try to convince myself that they are supposed to be educational. Interesting, yes. Informational, maybe. But at it’s core it has to be a subject that I’m invested in. And you’ll never know where you’ll pick up some new knowledge. Sometimes current events and politics are in disguised in the pages of fantasy. I also alternate genres so I have a stream of concepts and ideas coming in and I don’t get stuck.

I think you should start reading books like ikigai (its one of my personal favourite self help books)

Been on my to read pile since the day it came out. Still there. Someday...

I really really wish I could do audiobooks! I can't listen to podcasts either. Unless I'm taking notes, I can't remember to focus on it and then all of a sudden I realize I haven't heard like the last 10 minutes.

I guess show should start with thriller books so that you can get a habit of completing a book then you can go for other genres….verity by colleen hoover was one of the books I could stop myself reading from like dude i read that complete book in on go so if u like u can start with it .

I tell my Echo to play music for meditation. They have a station just for that. It's perfect for reading.

There are two major things going on with the character. First he is growing up and transitioning to being an adult so there are some of the typical aspects of that age. The second part which is sometimes overlooked is his trauma and how it is also impacting his transition to adulthood.

AFAIK, Salinger started creating the character before the war but then while recovering from his own PTSD during the war he wrote more of it. So the character is a mix of this rebellious youth character and a character living through loss and trauma. I think there is a lot of Salinger in the character especially a lot of his fears about himself and his own capacity to deal with his trauma.

I wouldn’t recommend it due to the “open social media” aspect.

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I use goodreads for just like, rating and keeping frack of What Books i have read. Then i have a list of notes and thoughts in my phones notes app. I du it for the flex and to sometimes Recommend a book to someone

GoodReads is also an unwanted treasure chest of creepy guys looking for a cheap thrill!!! It is so disgusting, and it has chased me away from Goodreads!!! Are there other suggestions, or is StoryGraph the best to go with?

Since Twitter has gone downhill, I've moved over to the Fediverse. You might have heard of the Twitter replacement, Mastodon. There is also a Goodreads replacement called Bookwyrm. I started my own Bookwyrm server since I have a passion for digital libraries and tracking book reading. Also, since Bookwyrm is compatible with Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse, your reading updates and book reviews can be shared with millions.

https://bookwyrm.tech

I powered through and ultimately gave it a meh review. Wasn't sure if I'd read the next in the series but then it came up in my library holds and I said whatever and started it. Paradox is SO GOOD and absolutely got me back into the whole story. I feel like stuff actually happens in the second one? Also ended on a cliffhanger soooo....

I’m always reading 2-3 books at a time. Some people say this is confusing, but for me it makes the most sense. Have a non-fiction, a sci-fi, and a classic. When you settle in to read, now you have a choice so you can match your mood. Maybe the non-fiction was what you wanted yesterday, but you want something different today. No problem! Two other choices ready to go.

Google spreadsheet

What genre do you like: mysteries, romance, sci-fi…

Establish first what do you like.

Go to public place like park or library.

May be join book club or book’s discussions online.

If anyone who reads this have not listened a lot to classical music: check out the classical guitar. Even softer to the ears and mind than piano or bowed strings, IMO. Segovia, Tarrega, and others.

I find baroque classical music in general nicer than later classical music when reading, but YMMV.

I listened to a Forensic Files episode the last time I read a murder mystery and my brain lit up like fireworks. It was amazing!!

I've never been able to study with music, though. I'll hear the right passage in the song that I was listening to when I studied the info I'm trying to recall but can't get through to the facts. That might just be be me, though. Most of the time I got blocked anyway and could only visualize the page the info was on. That was awesome for open book tests, though.