I read somewhere recently about a calculation of how many books you are likely to read in the remainder of your life, based on your current age. I can't remember what my calculation was, but I can't imagine it being over 2,000, and even 1,000 seems ambitious. But it brings into focus how much you can read vs how many books are published each year and how many books you'd like to read. And also, if you can't get into a particular book, at what point do you put it back and read something else? And then also, aside from things we have to do in life, how are we spending our free time, and does it align with our values and the life we tell ourselves we want?
I've only read about five (or is it six?) books so far this year, and it's already March. Part of that was that I was out of town for a memorial service and then was out for about two weeks with COVID, then COVID redux and had a bunch of library books that I wanted to finish but didn't want to cough and sneeze all over, so refrained until I was no longer testing positive. One of them was almost three weeks late. They were all long, too. Now I've restarted "The Power of Myth," Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell, and a John le Carre book, "The Tailor of Panama." Got into him last fall for some reason. Bought it at the thrift store last weekend for something to read on the bus.
I might get to 60 this year...does that make it closer to 500? What to choose?
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