So many books, so little time

How reading less affects my desire to read more.

[tortoisedreams]

True that! Yep (jep). My desire to read all the books is in constant battle with my desire to read well & carefully = more slowly. Just something I have to live with. You're right as always!

[littlespider]

You've literally just described my entire reading year in a nutshell!

[tkszmrn]

Your videos are so addicting for some reason... Started watching them last weak. It always makes me want to read everything you like (I bought Starflight because of you) and I always spend more time watching you than actually reading. No regrets.

[Bookinista]

Oh, you hit the nail on the head alright! That's exactly my predicament when I have busy periods with work and stuff. I also want to read ALL of the books, especially the new releases, but I'm aware of how little time I have for reading. And I just keep buying books, I'm hopeless! 😄

[TheAuthor]

You totally get me! Believe it or not I go through the exact same thing; I am usually too tired to read by the time I get home from work but when I see that I am reading less it fuels my hunger to read more and I just want to devour every book in sight but I never quite get there. I am currently reading two books: one of which I just started some days ago, the other I started back in June and still am nowhere near finished! These days I literally have to force myself to pick up a book and press my way through reading. Not good for someone whose ultimate goal is to be an author. Yes. The reading struggle is real.

[EyeAmBatman]

Totally understand what you're saying. Maybe it's when your reading alot, the enjoyable process of finding or planning the next book to read is really fast that when you slow down your reading, that process of finding the next book is still there looking to be to utilized at the same pace as before.. And that process is probably dependant on completeing a reading schedule, or a list of books you decided to read.. Thats what sometimes happens me so it could be the same thing, not quite a catch 22 but rather a small traffic jam caused by the the priority of the process. Hope that makes sense.. I spent a month recently reading a book of which most of that time was spent looking & wanting to read other books even though the book i was reading was really good :D

[CarolynsReadingRamblings]

I feel the exact same way. I always read slowly simply because I am a slower reader than others (about 20 pages an hour for adult books or 40 for children's/YA). So because of this my book buying habit (that I have luckily toned down significantly recently) always surpasses how quickly I get books read so every time I look at my shelves I panic at how many unread things I have and I am always wishing to read more or faster or both.

[browngirlreading]

There's nothing wrong with reading slowly. We have to accept where we are with our reading. It can always change and it always does.

[NovelEnthusiast]

I get it completely. I feel swamped with work right now, which impacts my reading. But I think I am reacting slightly differently. It's like not having as much time to read places too much pressure on the time that I do have. I have the HARDEST time committing to a new book because I don't want to waste the little time I have for reading at the moment. So time slips by where I'm not reading anything for a couple of days. I know it will pass, but it is frustrating now.

[treebranch]

Cheez Wiz I could have made this exact same video! I had planned to read tonight and yet I've spent all evening watching Intervention surrounded by books I want to read. I've noticed if I'm stressed I read less which is weird because I look at reading as a form of escapism but when stressed I find it hard to concentrate. It actually depresses me when I waste valuable time watching stupid tv and yet I still do it. I don't have any answers but I can relate!

[starvedoldsoul]

I do absolutely relate to what you said. Next week, I start my PhD course which means no time to read novels. I feel awful, I have a heap of them!!

[jbsubscribes]

Reading less doesn't mean you are learning less. When our everyday lives are complicated and full of new experiences, our brains are busy processing new information. I love making lists of books I wish to read when my mind has a moment to relax. It keeps me connected to an inner life I treasure.

[mementomoriadam]

I am a pretty slow reader. I usually have 4 to 5 books going at once and then I will hit a 2 or 3 day span where I finish them all up at once (which in regards to reacting on booktube videos is not great but who cares) -- I too want to read ALL the books

[vanillahearts]

I've been in the same boat. Reading slowly, wanting to read more but not actually doing it. I say I am in a reading slump, but am I? Or have I changed into a person that just doesn't read as much because I've gotten a lot pickier about my time?

[VERStand]

Ach Wiebke, so geht es mir gerade genauso. Die letzten Jahre dachte ich noch: 100 Bücher - das schaffe ich doch sowieso, habe ich 2015 und 2016 auch ohne Probleme, aber seit 2017 lese ich ganz ... anders?! Viel langsamer, obwohl ich an sich keine langsame Leserin bin. Ich kanns dir nicht erklären. Wie habe ich denn bitte vor einem Jahr 16 Bücher im Monat gelesen? Und wie kam ich dann noch zum regelmäßigen Videodreh?
So many books, so little time < habe ich sogar auf einer sehr geräumigen Tragetasche zu stehen. ;)
Also, ich geh jetzt mal lesen... der nächste Thomas Mann steht an. ;)

[sumikatti]

I know what you mean. It's not helping when you watch booktube and what your friends are reading in Goodreads, because it kind of breaks my concentration on what I am reading myself. I get this feeling of "oh I should immediately grab that book...oh I should grab that one...oh I should finally read that classic" and I want to read a dozen books at the same time. And then I go back to the book I am currently reading and I read SOOOO :D And you feel like everyone has read a million books in this time. There are so many updates what they have read and it's funny that you can logically understand that they are by dozens of people and one person can only read so much...but it doesn't take the feeling away that you'll never read enough books and or even most of the books you want to read

[and_so.i_am]

Das find ich ja total spannend. Wenn ich nicht viel lese, weil ich einfach nicht so in der Stimmung bin, dann schlägt sich das bei mir auf alles nieder, was Buch-related ist. Ich kaufe dann auch weniger und gucke weniger Youtube Videos, denke einfach insgesamt weniger übers Lesen nach. Ich empfehle ja gerne Hörbücher, da kann man nebenbei was anderes machen; Fußböden schleifen zum Beispiel ;)

[ofbooksandtrees]

I have such mixed feelings on this..
Moslty I'm okay with how much I'm reading right now, but this past month or two I've been feeling like I want to read all of the things at the same time and that's just not possible..

[paulwinchell]

Ive had a terrible reading year i just dont want to read anything or it takes marthon energy. So the tbr has gone from the size of a westie to a great dane.

[beeenie]

I think that reading less is not necessarily a bad things. For instance, I think that if I read less and more slowly I can appreciate a book more and think about what I read. Otherwise I do feel like a machine or a robot and I do not get the same experience.