To tell the truth, the title of book didn’t make any impression on me at first. But this book was unexpectedly good.
Recently, I have some difficulty to read books. I don’t know why. I used to read a lot of books in Japanese. I was obsessed reading, reading 40 -50 books per month at most!! So, I thought I would like to do that also in English. Because I think that reading is most basic skill in life. Of course, talking face to face with people around you is much more important though. Anyway, I haven’t succeeded yet in English. My reading speed has become slow after came here in the U.S. Why?
Firstly, I thought this is because I am reading in English which is my second language, but that is not important. Only I should have to is keeping eye on my momentum and enthusiasm for reading. These are tips (Be careful, this is not only from this book),
- Read what you like, what you are really into.
- Do not be afraid to stop reading when you realized you don’t like the book.
- Track your reading. Count the number of book you read per month.
- Read what you are reading now. Resist temptation to read the next before finishing reading.
- Read favorite author, category, or genre at same time.
- Do not read too difficult or too easy. You have to know yourself.
- Place books and keep the book in hand everywhere you go.
- Always keep the next book in hand when you are out.
- Use audiobooks when you are walking, driving, doing something.
Reading what you don’t like, reading what you are forced to read, reading too easy or too difficult books, these can easily kill your momentum and enthusiasm. I recommend you 3, if you track your reading, like ‘January was 20, February 15, March 12’, you can know your reading pace. I recommend also 8, when you finish reading, your enthusiasm for reading the next culminate. But this enthusiasm would have gone soon. Let’s start reading the next as soon as possible.
And keep this phrase in your mind,
No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. – By Confucius
We are living busy life. We have many excuses for keeping us away from reading. Try to make time to read the book we love every day.