A new year often signals a fresh TBR (To Be Read) pile. It brims with good intentions, guilt divided evenly between Christmas gifts begging to be addressed and the books from 2023 you thought you had time to read but didn’t. But — of course — reading shouldn’t be a chore, an endless game of catch-up or a slog powered by a sense that you’re missing out on the best of the year’s crop.

In the wonderful phrase of a friend, perhaps it’s time to set an anti-resolution instead — to settle into a slow classic, and give yourself the gift of unrushed reading. Spending time in the pages of just one book for months, sometimes years, is a rarity in our hurried age.

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[–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It will give you more perspectives ideas and different aspects. I takes almost 1-2 months to read a book And this is strange, i lags not just in books but films too it takes me 2 days or more to complete a 2 hour film

[–] padjakkels@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Okay, I understand now. :)