5 WAYS TO READ MORE IN 2018

With every new year comes an ever-growing TBR and nothing brings more pleasure (and stress) for every booklover ever than to add more books.

However, your Queen has come to your rescue. I, she who reigns the kingdom of books, shall give you tips for devouring that TBR this year.

Books are magic. Books are fun. And, most importantly, they are delicious to devour.

{why do I feel like a cannibal? I assure you guys that the only things I devour are books and, on the occasion when frustration strikes, homework. The latter tastes rather awful, though, so I’d advise only consuming pages of things that bring you happiness}

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5 Ways To Read More Books In 2018

1. Set A Goal.

On January 1st, give yourself a set number of books you want to read by the end of 2018. Do an amount that seems logical to you, something you can reach. But, you can also challenge yourself and go outside your comfort zone.

Don’t just read one, read 6 or 20 or 100 or infinity. The amount of stress you want to cause yourself is up to you and only you’ll be to blame when your TBR grows too big.

But, don’t worry. I heard that people who read a lot have many lives and you’ll be fine if you get crushed to death by your TBR. It’s also good for the bones and brains or whatnot.

HINT, HINT! Take the Goodreads Reading Challenge and track yourself on there. Trust me, it’ll work. Or, so I say.

2. Become A Hermit  Find Time To Read

Your TBR pile has good uses, besides making you question your sanity and magically growing on its own without your permission, because YOU CAN HIDE IN IT.

Build a book fort, I say, and hide from humans in there.

Growling and threatening to set anyone who comes too close on fire also works because nobody wants to come near the book hoarding dragon.

But, in all truthfulness, find time. When you’re waiting for your bus, when you walk into class but the teacher hasn’t started the lesson yet, and ANY OTHER TIME BECAUSE ALL THE TIMES ARE READ YOUR BOOK TIME.

You don’t have to become a hermit to find time to read. You just need to make time and use the spare seconds you have to consume more pages.

3. Find Bookish Buddies

When you have someone to fangirl/fanboy with you, the results are beautiful. You’ll have people who know that the real reason you’re up at 2 in the morning isn’t really because of homework, people who will comfort you when your favorite character gets savagely murdered by the author, and who’ll understand when you’re incapable of forming coherent speech so you just flail and make a sound that’s a cross between a chicken that got run over with a car and a dinosaur that stubbed its toe.

AND, YOU’LL WANT TO READ MORE BOOKS WITH THAT PERSON/ THOSE PEOPLE.

AND, YOU’LL GIVE EACH OTHER MORE BOOKS TO READ BECAUSE YOU’LL CONSTANTLY WANT TO READ MORE TOGETHER.

The more people to drag into your bookish plans, the better. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. A library, however, can be dominated in a day. And, with that, you are on your way to ruling the world.

4. Follow Book Bloggers and BookTubers

Getting involved in the reader community will reward you immensely. Not only will you get to test the limits of your TBR, but you’ll meet amazing people who adore books as you much or even more than you do.

YOU WILL NEVER BE AT LOSS WITH BOOKS TO READ! You’ll only hear about more and more books and thus, you will want to read more and more books.

From Book bloggers and Booktubers, you will get an unfathomable amount of books and you will be happy. BECAUSE BOOKS= HAPPINESS. #Logic, obviously.

5. Read, Read, Read

Honestly, this is the best advice, though. All you have to do is read. Open that book, take a nice, long inhale, and proceed to move your eyes across the pages.

BOOKS ARE BEAUTIFUL! And, you, my friend, deserve to read them because their amazingness will seep into your brain and make you a more open-minded, intelligent, and overall awesome person. Not that you aren’t already.

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So, what books are you looking towards this year? Any other things you do to read more? WHAT GENRE OF BOOK ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THIS YEAR? Leave a comment below 🙂