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390 books in a year is an impressive figure. I have a hard time reading 12 books in a year. Somehow I think her definition of “reading” or “book” is different than mine.

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I don’t imagine she’s reading Ulysses, Faust, or A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu. Point being, if you read lots of trash yes you can put away lots of books in a year, but what have you learned or gained from that effort? Other than social media “cred”?

I think it would be more beneficial to read five really really good books per year and try to understand, internalize, and recall them.

Some people are just incredibly fast at reading. I know people that can read a book in a day and lend it to me. When I'm finished a week later we can have a conversation about it. I think it's just about finding time.

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