Comments on: How To Read a Book a Week in 2012

By: Cristina E. Garcia

Cristina E. Garcia — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:08 +0000

I LOVE this post! I’m on goodreads.com and the first thing I do after New Years Day is set my new reading challenge! Thus far I’ve been shooting for 34-37 books a year. 50-54 books sounds intense but doable now that I’m out of school and not bogged down by textbooks. While I’m late this year I’ll definitely be giving the method a shot.

I can’t express how stoked I am to start! :D

By: Regina S.

Regina S. — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:49:05 +0000

I can’t wait! I am currently reading Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens. The chapters are longer than I am used to so it’s taking me a while to read her 17 chapters. I will start off with another soon! Probably Angelology or some other book that I have in my “book bag”.

By: Mo Mastafa

Mo Mastafa — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:07:56 +0000

Hey Julien,

Interesting points. I was never a big fan of reading growing up, but as I got older I decided to embrace it. Now I couldn’t live without books… especially my library that I have grown over time.

I like to practice the “Golden Hour” principle that Brian Tracy speaks about. Read 1 hour each day in your field, before anything else. This gets your mind ready for the day.

No different than warming up and stretching gets your body ready for exercise. It’s essential.

I must say, reading or study of any kind, combined with implementation of the aquired knowledge, has without a doubt been the greatest key to my personal & business successes.

And I recommend it to anyone who wants to develop and grow as a person.

Thanks again for sharing your ideas.

By: Aktifistri

Aktifistri — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:06:03 +0000

Hello! Thanks a lot for sharing a very inspiring habit and post here. What you did has made me feel like I want to jump into tomorrow now so I can go to the provincial library here to start my membership and start reading more. Well living in China and the fact that it’s impossible to me buying books every week, the provincial library here is my only biggest chance to read books in the language I understand (at least English, because my native language will be impossible to find there!).

Your post is really a huge fuel to me! I am so glad that I read Transitionelle’s post below which then lead me to your post by the link she made! Best regards.

http://ellefeeney.com/2012/04/11/taking-away-one-new-lesson-from-each-book-you-read/#comment-819

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:31:34 +0000

@Dave – For me, I prioritize reading over any of those activities (except, perhaps, trying to get some exercise.) If I’m not working, doing necessary household chores, or spending time with friends and family, then I’m usually reading. It’s what I do with almost all of my free time. I’ve found if I limit my hobbies to what I really, really enjoy and want to do, I get more out of them. And that’s reading in my case.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:46:25 +0000

A book a week.. Well for most people thats pretty good :)

Lets see.. In the last 7 days i have read.
1.higher education
2. the billion dollar boy
3. outward bound
4,mission to minerva
5.giants star
6.entoverse
7.inherit the stars
And 5 others.. I am currently on a SF kick..My problem now days is finding something to read that i haven’t read before..

I have never sat down and totaled up how many books i have read in a year, mainly because i go through periods where i won’t read a book at all for a month or 2 and then read a book a day for a couple months.

To give you a idea, It takes me 2 1/2 days to read through Hubberds “Battlefield earth” 1050 pages.

OCD for the win or loss Depending on how you look at it lol.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:51:09 +0000

I’m lucky to finish any book I start.

By: Adam Alvarado

Adam Alvarado — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:49:47 +0000

I definitely wish I could muster a book a week. Just not a fast enough reader (probably spend too much time sounding out things…) But I just got a nook which has helped. I may not do 52 but the more the better. Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:24:23 +0000

Hmmmm… let’s see…what should I do? Read 52 books this year? Learn to play an instrument? Learn another language? Learn how to play better poker and Bridge? Learn to improve my chess game? Learn how to fix my computer? All of which should be done first thing in the morning—O yeah–keeping up with my 10,000 steps per day program and 30 minutes of meditation..PLUS keep up with my day job so that I can support all f these activities.

Only so much a feller can do in the wee couple hours of the morning…

By: Gabriel Dipankar Subba

Gabriel Dipankar Subba — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:39:26 +0000

I started with short books and if you put in a lot of short books I am sure you’ll reach your 60 :)

By: Gabriel Dipankar Subba

Gabriel Dipankar Subba — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:38:07 +0000

I have been reading a book a week and finished 7 books now. Mostly short books like Do the Work, Anything You Want, Poke the Box, you get the idea. Longer books shall follow…

By: Allen Jay Mosley

Allen Jay Mosley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:09:30 +0000

Thanks Julien, this post is great help for my book reading goals for 2012. My Goal is 60 and I procrastinated in January which makes me behind schedule. so breaking it down I am looking at 5 1/2 a month. I started this morning so my Goal is in motion. Please anyone feel free to check me on my progress because I have never been a book reader so this is really a BIG Deal for me. Thanks.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:07:59 +0000

I haven’t read since 8th grade. Never really found it enjoyable till now. Now I’ve already read 13 books in the month of Jan. I can’t stop!! I find a book I love I have to finish it. Work, dinner, bed doesn’t seem to matter, I have to finish.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:58:29 +0000

At first glance I thought the title of this was “How to WRITE a book a week in 2010. *Reading* a book a week now seems infinitely easier than it would have if I read the title right the first time.

By: Julien

Julien — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:12:25 +0000

Level up motherfucker! :)

By: Ivan Hernandez

Ivan Hernandez — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Dude! You just blew away my goal of reading 3 books per month… Last year I read 29 books and felt great about it. This year I said, OK, let’s bring it on, 36 books by the end of the year …. OK, Mr. Smith, thanks for rising the bar :)

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:08:26 +0000

I tried this last year. I made it all the way to July but then life got in the way and I couldn’t find a conistent time everyday to read — which I find makes it a lot easier.

It was nice to get through so many books, and now I feel like I need to go back and reread some to absorb them better.

One thing I did for cheat weeks was to pick up a book I hard started but never finished. Which helped clearing out a lot of books I was needing to clear off my nightstand.

By: David Loftus

David Loftus — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:52:16 +0000

I’ve read roughly a hundred books a year (as few as 70, as many as 130, I think) since I was in my mid teens. I couldn’t operate any other way. Now that I belong to three different book discussion groups, I read perhaps a wider variety than I would, because they often choose books I either wouldn’t have chosen myself or I haven’t even heard of, which is great. I also occasionally review books as a free-lance writer for the Portland Oregonian. Here’s an essay I wrote about one of my book groups for that newspaper:

http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2011/05/choosing_a_group_book_is_full.html

By: a human being

a human being — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:14:26 +0000

I normally read 2-3 books a week, when im not working or with the family i read!

By: Blessing G.O Michael

Blessing G.O Michael — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:22:08 +0000

this is like… no, this is a reading magic stone