I initially had a lot of resistance to giving up paper books, but eventually I realized that I simply owned way too many of them—whereas an e-reader allowed me to have ten books in my handbag at any given moment. Overall, keeping books or your e-reader close by at all times is a great way to make them appealing alternatives to your phone. Perhaps it feels counterintuitive, but by giving yourself permission to call it quits, you’ll make space for books you’d enjoy much more—and there’s no better way to feed your reading motivation than that.

The best books hold you tight – you find yourself thinking about when you're not reading them, you can't stop talking about them, and you find yourself bereft after finishing them. Here are a few of the best books to start with… But regardless of what happens during the rest of the day, I still get my 20 pages in each morning. And if you do it first thing in the morning, then the urgencies of the day don’t get in the way.

• Like many of us, Nolan uses her phone a little more than she'd like, "So I decided I would start reading on my phone; I use Kindle on my phone," she explains, "so that when I have the habit of having my phone in my hand, I'll be reading instead." So simple, yet so effective!
• I got out a lot of each of these books, but this also led to a bit of a slowdown in my reading habits overall.
• Nowadays, I prefer to just read however many books I feel like reading each year.
• Bogel often asks people what’s deterring them from reading, and the answer is that they’re stuck in the middle of a book they don’t want to finish.
• English teacher Tristen Bonacci, MEd, says to “read every single day” to build the habit, even if you’re only reading a little bit.
• One way to spice up your reading life is to join a reading challenge—and there are lots to choose from.

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“We can talk about time-management strategies all day, but if a reader doesn’t have good books at the ready, then there’s a duty—but no motivation or enthusiasm,” Bogel says. I also like the Goodreads app; It’s a fun way to easily log the books you have or want to read, see what your friends are reading, and peruse other readers’ reviews. I soon started only buying paper books that I knew I wanted to have on my shelf for the rest of my life, and eventually signed up for my library’s eBook platform.

“We sometimes tell ourselves stories about our reading lives that aren’t necessarily true. I log every book I’ve read, and the date I finished it, in a Word doc. “You don’t have to be like, ‘I’m going to read War and Peace,’” says Chasity Moreno, who works in the New York Public Library’s Reader Services department. A great way to make reading a habit is to start with short-story collections or longform magazine journalism. Here are eight strategies that can help you read more this year. “Reading is one of the best inventions that humans gave humanity, and people completely take it for granted,” Wolf says.

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“They make it feel more like a communal thing that you’re doing.” “Sometimes you don’t have the time to sit and read,” she adds. Or if you’re driving, walking the dog, or folding the laundry, why not turn on an audiobook?

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“Lots of places do these challenges, and they’re really fun.” One way to spice up your reading life is to join a reading challenge—and there are lots to choose from. And I’m especially glad you’re enjoying the newer review features and the privacy options. It really means a lot to hear that you’ve found features that make the app stand out for you. But some of the books don't have the right number of pages. Goodreads is the most known I enjoy that one because of how many people use it.

Gain access to a massive audience of book lovers. Is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. Music Mystery Nonfiction Poetry Psychology Romance Science Science Fiction

At that pace (7 books per 10 weeks) I’ll read about 36 books in the next year. As of today, I’m 100 pages into my 7th book. You simply have to make time to read. It’s enough to make you ask, “Am I reading enough books? Buffett estimates that 80 percent of his working hours are spent reading or thinking. Goodreads is a great place to promote your books.