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@read-and-be-merry List of Books to Read Before You Die
- Any book you want
- Don’t read books you don’t want to read
- That's it
- Congratulations you did it
@iammewhooaryou | really like this list. All my favorite books are on it.
@ read-and-be-merry Thanks | worked really hard on it
I am 60, i have read alot, I mean a lot, severalbooks a week for decades. I also don't watch TV and quit work when i was 35, so i am always busy.
I am starting to think this is juat like social media brain rot, what was the book 10 books ago I read, no fusking idea.
I am thinking of changing it up and selecting say 20 books and just re reading them a 1/2.dozen times to really know them.
The probelm with that is what ? Of all the books I've read in my life maybe 3 stand out. I tired going highbrow and read stuff like Joseph Conrad but "Heart of Darkness" is dull as batshit :) Watership Down (at least I finsihed it).similarly, Tolkein I gave up on 20 pages into The Hobbit etc
I'm also in my 60s, I'm recently retired, and have been reading quite a bit (not as much as you, but I'm on my 70th book since the beginning of the year).
A couple years ago, I started keeping a log of the books I've read. It's just title, author, brief synopsis, whether I liked it or not, and maybe a little commentary. I initially started it just so I could remember what books I read, but then some friends started asking to see it to help them their next book.
It's really helped me remember what I've read. Often I can remember just from hearing the title, but sometimes I have to look back at my notes, and then it usually all comes back to me. You might give it a try and see if it helps you, too.