Am I the only one who gets exited about a new book, get halfway through it, then pick up a new book before finishing the last?

I enjoy many different books mostly self-help books. However once I read a great chapter like (information that I am ready to put into practice) thats when I put the book aside. Time goes by before I pick it up and now I am all excited about a new book and need to start reading it immediately!

This then leads to me having at least 4-5 books half read and ten more just waiting to be opened.

it was so much easier to read in school, I want too keep that same energy and complete the rest of my books I set out to finish before the end of the year .

How can I do this because I really can’t stop buying books but I want to finish them all. what are good strategies?

  • Suzann7777@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I think you’re doing fine - no need to change anything! What is more cozy than piles of books on the bed. Piles of more books in the livingroom. Going from one book to another is a fabulous way to read. Read what you want, at the moment you want it. Put it down and pick up something else if you get bored.

  • art176@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Well reading half a self help book is still a win! Maybe reading different types of books, some history novels I cannot wait to finish while being a little sad I’m done with it That feeling doesn’t come with self help books

  • CHRISKVAS@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Do self help books really need to be read from front to back? It’s not like dipping out in the middle of a narrative. Self help books tend to only have a few paragraphs of info stretched out into an entire book anyways.