Sarah and I know that reading is many people’s favorite leisure time activity. It can feel challenging to fit reading into a busy life…but it doesn’t have to be.
In today’s episode of Best of Both Worlds, we discuss our current reading lives, where we fit reading in (Sarah does it structurally in the morning and then before bed — I’m more of a read-more-if-I’m-into-a-book kind of person…). We also discuss paper vs. electronic. While I like the paper experience more than electronic, I’m on Team E-book just because of how convenient and easy it is. One reason we spend so much time scrolling is that our phones are always with us. But if they are…then an ebook can always be with us too!
Are you an on-paper or on-device reader? We also have a listener question from someone who wants to create a “words of affirmation” type folder but is trying to figure out how, practically, to do this.
Please give the episode a listen! And if you’re thinking of joining our Patreon community, now would be a great time to do that, as we have a Zoom meet-up this Wednesday. We’ll be discussing “Superficial things” — favorite beauty products/tools, etc.
I am at 124 for the year – and this includes a dozen or so middle grade books. If I have to sit through 500 pages of Rick Riordan’s prose, I am counting it. I read pretty broadly but literary fiction is my preferred genre.
My goal was to read fewer, longer books this year – StoryGraph suggests I’ve read 17 500+ books this year, including Kristin Lavransdottir.
@Coree – amazing. I guess I am pretty high up there too if we count my 23 Magic Treehouse and 19 Dragon Masters books too! And why not? They are stories!
I liked hearing your 2500 books quote as I took particularly pleasure in having my favourite pod-casts cross over with Gretchen Rubin saying you said this to her in a recent episode of Happier!
I think you both balanced it well and agree that ultimately if you want to ‘read’ more it’s helpful to embrace all the ways to read including e-books, audio books and paper books. I think it gets complicated with adding a lot of rules to it to have what ‘counts’.
I am with you, Laura, I LOVED the libby app (not the kindle one) particularly while I was breast feeding both of my kids. It was so easy to read a novel in those times just one-handed. I don’t really love to read on my phone but it worked well at that time. And I LOVE audiobooks for long car trips with the family. We’ve delved into Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and it keeps the kids more or less engaged for longer periods to reduce the fighting in the back seat.