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Thread 1 of 10: Reading habits. I& #39;m simplifying my habits down some effective now. I& #39;m taking audiobooks out of the mix for the foreseeable future. I& #39;ve cancelled both my audio accounts. I just don& #39;t enjoy them anymore...
2/10: I read faster. But it& #39;s not about reading "faster". It& #39;s about quality. And right now I& #39;m looking for comfort reads. I& #39;m willing to try new things....but... in trying new things, I& #39;ve DNF& #39;ed some pretty big books this year. I just didn& #39;t enjoy them...
3/ 10: Now please don& #39;t mistake that I am saying those are bad books. EVERY BOOK HAS IT& #39;S READER. Some of those books just weren& #39;t for me personally and I& #39;m okay with that...
4/10: I also removed my Goodreads goal this year after all after reading Becky& #39;s post @RAforAll yesterday. It really hit home for me. I& #39;m tired of being stressed about reading. I& #39;m tired of keeping up with everything...
5 / 10: I have enough to keep up with my job as a collection development librarian. But just because I have that job doesn& #39;t mean I have to READ EVERYTHING. It means I have to know a lot and be familiar with A LOT of books across all genres...
6/ 10: But it doesn& #39;t mean I have to READ them all. I& #39;m proud of my collection but I& #39;ll never read them all. And unfortunately, I& #39;ve crossed over into making myself think I& #39;m not reading ENOUGH these past several months (probably the last couple of years).
7 of 10: So, basically what I am saying is that I& #39;m reading for enjoyment now and for pleasure and occasionally for learning to stretch myself. Which means a BUNCH of mystery and few other books in between to cleanse my palate. Audios are off the plate. They stress me out...
8 of 10: DNF& #39;s don& #39;t mean that books are BAD or TRASH. It means that they weren& #39;t for me or my tastes as a reader. It means is that there are plenty of other readers out there that will LOVE your book. As a librarian, I will still buy your book & share it with my patrons...
9 of 10: 2020 has been an incredibly horrible year in so many ways and so many parts of it have changed EVERYTHING but I AM IN CONTROL of this one part of my life and I get to say what goes. I decide what I read. I& #39;m tired of feeling out of control with it.
