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2025 50% check in. How has your year of reading been going?
For my part, I usually read somewhere in the ballpark of 80 books a year but this year I’ve made a concentrated effort to read much longer or difficult books, allowing myself that I won’t get through as many that way.
Now, halfway through the year, I’ve read 30 books. I started the year with In Search of Lost Time, the entire thing, which took all of January. I’ve also read The Count of Monte Cristo, The Brothers Karamazov, The Lord of the Rings, Jude the Obscure, and all 4 of James Joyce’s books. My favorite book this year is probably Finnegans Wake, which was one of the richest and most rewarding reading experiences I’ve ever had (and I have to stop myself from just starting it again) but there’s some recency bias there. Some other highlights include my first Ishiguro - Remains of the Day, No One Writes Back by Jang Eun-Jin, and Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
How’s your 2025 reading going?
#entertainment
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For my part, I usually read somewhere in the ballpark of 80 books a year but this year I’ve made a concentrated effort to read much longer or difficult books, allowing myself that I won’t get through as many that way.
Now, halfway through the year, I’ve read 30 books. I started the year with In Search of Lost Time, the entire thing, which took all of January. I’ve also read The Count of Monte Cristo, The Brothers Karamazov, The Lord of the Rings, Jude the Obscure, and all 4 of James Joyce’s books. My favorite book this year is probably Finnegans Wake, which was one of the richest and most rewarding reading experiences I’ve ever had (and I have to stop myself from just starting it again) but there’s some recency bias there. Some other highlights include my first Ishiguro - Remains of the Day, No One Writes Back by Jang Eun-Jin, and Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
How’s your 2025 reading going?
#entertainment
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