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Re:Ways to Read More Books by dharmon on Saturday May 06, 2017 @12:59PM (#14281162)
One downside of tracking the books I read is that I have a subtle resistance to starting super long books, because I know for that month I'll only end up reading 2 books instead of 5. It's really stupid but a side effect of tracking / counting.

It means I unnecessarily postponed reading excellent books such as "Titan" by Chernow.

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Re:Ways to Read More Books by GabrielF00 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:16PM (#14281270)
I've gotten around this (at least a little) by tracking pages read instead of books read.
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Re:Ways to Read More Books by dharmon on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:51PM (#14281440)
That's actually a really good idea. Might also make me prioritize articles more if they contribute to a "page count".
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