How To Read More Books

Posted by Melissa Howard Dec 31, 2007

Do you find that while you love books, you don’t read as many as you want? Do you lack motivation, time, or interest? Would you like to be able to say with perfect honesty, ‘I am a bookworm?’

1.) Just Do It. Reading is something you have to do. No one else can read a book for you. Read when you eat breakfast and lunch. Read in the bathroom. Read in the bathtub. Read when waiting for your children at the schoolyard. Take your kids to the playground and read while they play. Read on the bus. Read whenever you have nothing else to do.

2.) Always Carry a Book. This suggestion fits with the first suggestion. If you have a book with you and you find yourself waiting, you can pull it out and start reading it. If you don’t have the book with you, you aren’t going to read it.

3.) Keep a List. Use one of the fabulous on-line services such as Goodreads or LibraryThing to help you keep track of the books you have read and to create a list of books that interest you.

4.) Read Books You Like. While it is a noble aspiration to read classics, if they bore you, you will stop reading. Read books you like about things that interest you. If you like reading, you won’t stop. If you don’t like a book, stop and find a book you like to read. Don’t keep reading a book you don’t like.

5.) Go to the Library. Books at the library are a no risk proposition. If you aren’t paying for the book you are reading you aren’t emotionally invested in it. If you don’t like it, return it.