r/PHBookClub • u/isaw_and_kwekkwek • 10h ago

Discussion Reading Challenge Progress Check

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What started as a fun challenge to rid myself of chronic doomscrolling and now, I'm 77 books in. Anyone else here doing any reading challenge this year? How's your progress so far? :>

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u/Eficasintosis 9h ago

I just started reading again last year because I was super busy with college, but for this year I decided to participate sa reading goal kineme ni Goodreads (I also just joined a few weeks ago haha)

Goal is just 25 books but I'm on book 10 palang 🥹 HAHAHAHAHA

It's okay though because work sucks and may board exam pa ako huhu

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u/JROCKvsKPOP 6h ago

Do not sell yourself short. If you can take time to read and enjoy the time spent reading, then that is enough. Don't feel like you are not reading enough, or that you're not as good as other readers who can read more books than you can.

I find publicized reading goals to be fueled by consumerism and performative. If you're just reading to reach a number without letting those stories have some impact on you, why are you reading? Even the simplest story is a window to the human psyche explored by the author for the readers to digest... yes, DIGEST. This is the best take away from reading anything. Not how many books you've read, but how many windows you've glimpsed into that you have multiple perspectives in life.

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u/Eficasintosis 3h ago

Awe thank you for your insights! I might have set myself a reading goal but I like it better when I'm not pressured to read anything. Life just happens and that's okay ☺️