Sure, but like, weird flex.

I mean that could be complete bullshit, who would know? I’m more inclined to think the sort of person that lists all the books they have supposedly read is probably the same sort of person that is trying to show off and therefore likely to exaggerate a bit.

Either way, good for you if you enjoyed them. Weird to think anyone else would care.

Maybe take one book and talk about how it made you feel, or something.

I’m sure this is true.

However, if someone else offered that list I’d call complete bullshit.

Yup, needs are approx 115% of my budget, but thanks for insinuating it is me that’s being shit with maths.

(And in before the “live within your means” crowd… I was doing until my landlord doubled my rent and they started having to put anti-theft devices on packs of butter).

Looks to me as if all the ghosts have been busted.

The European tally line diagonal from top left to bottom right feels wrong.

I usually see it the other way.

Be cooler if the designer had figured a way to include the word ARPANET in their circle icon only design scheme.

RPANE.

There’s a certain sort of grief in finishing a book you enjoy, isn’t there?

It’s harder with physical copies because you can feel the pages slipping away. Not so much on an ereader.

Oh yeah, I’m not shaming anyone who skims, read however you enjoy.

I just know that there’s more of a weird stigma for slower readers.

Same goes for finishing books. I know some folk will stick with a book even if they aren’t enjoying it, mostly because they’ve learnt that as part of their education.

I abandon books all the time. Life’s a little too short, so I treat reading like the radio… A song comes on that I’m not into, just flip over and see what else is put there.

That said, I’ve returned to books that I bailed on and in some cases I really enjoyed them at the second attempt. Which makes me think that you have to be in the right place sometimes. Still, it’s no reflection on intelligence.

People lie about how much they read and how quickly they read. I saw one guy online list his yearly reading and if you totalled up the words in those books he’d be breaking records.

People lie because they want people to think they are smart. But reading quickly isn’t an indicator of intelligence any more so than people that watch videos at four times the speed.

Retention and comprehension are far more important, but still secondary to enjoyment.

If you enjoy how you read and what you read, don’t let anyone tell you that you are doing it wrong.

Slow readers are my favourite humans.

They don’t race through a book, but instead the stroll, taking time to look around, think things through, ponder the future and reason the implications. Sometimes they just rest for a while, letting the story mull in their mind, before returning later.

Genuinely have so much time for people that take it slow with books.

I know you’ve been recommended a lot of books.

Like you I only ever read non-fiction.

Then someone gave me a copy of Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

You might like a lot of his work. It’s not exactly fiction and not exactly non-fiction.

Anyway, good luck on your adventure! You are doing something brave and interesting. Let us know how you get on.