2021: A year in books

[thistlechaser]

Well, including DNF books, I read 36 books last year. The year before I read 35, so... improvement I guess. It's been a couple years since I broke 50, so I think from this point forward I'm not going to say my journal is about the 50 book challenge anymore.

Since I'm no longer reasonably going to break 50, I'm going to stop counting the percent of unfinished books I read. That means my count will go down next year. 8 (almost 9: 895%) of my book count this year was from unfinished ones (6 last year).

I've been saying this for a couple years, but I really should delete games off my phone. Half my reading time goes to them, and they're such an artificial sense of accomplishment. Though they also help me fall asleep.

I know it's not a race or a competition, but reading 36 books in a year isn't something I can be proud of. I'm going to try to read more in 2022.

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

A few people on my flist mentioned deleting time-consuming apps and games on their phones. Times are changing :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's really a good idea. (Which is probably why I keep saying it every year...)

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

A lot of people read zero books, so I think you should still feel glad about your accomplishment! Various family members and friends keep asking why I don't have a smart phone, or why I don't try playing mmorpg? I am just so sure that I would get sucked into some game or app and it would eat up all the time I'd rather spend reading.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep, those are the two time killers for me. I log into my MMO as soon as I wake up, and I only log out when I head to bed. Then I read for a bit... before I turn to my phone. The MMO I won't give up, but the phone games are such a waste. There's not even a social aspect to them, which is a bonus for my MMO.