Ironically, I read a lot. But I love to read a single book at a time. It keeps continuity better when you don't have to try to remember what was going on. I also don't speed read, just go at my own pace. Its takes fun out if you have to read it fast (unless it goes quickly because you're really enjoying it).
I’m the same with books and making art. No speed-running my hobbies, not when it isn’t necessary or serves a purpose… like with knitting. That’s when it’s my time to be speedy
It's really a bad thing that after I read from a book to not remember all of the action but just some parts of it? Like the book Metro 2033 for example And I've started to read it a few days ago
@@raidingdormouse6093 I zone out in the most action-y bits in movies and books. I watch star wars for the plot,and miss 50% of it because of me not being engaged by action🥴 I don’t know if it’s normal, but might be a reaction to stress? For me at least. Or just interests. I can’t focus on sport or the like either. All in all, action scenes aren’t memorable, but will keep you reading, I suppose.
Now that I am in my 50s, I love going back and rereading books that I loved twenty, thirty, even forty years ago! It's wonderful experience. Some of the books that I reread are BETTER than I remember them.
I like how you articulated the reasons for reading more than one book at a time. I tell people you can keep track of multiple TV shows, so why not books? Just found your channel. Enjoying it very much!
I think the main reason is that most people, even people who casually read, watch TV for far longer than they read. If you read multiple hours a day it's easy to switch books without getting lost, but if you only read for 30-60min a day or less... then it's gonna be a struggle
@@tonykirk8295 that doesnt really work for people like me, who tends to finish an entire book in a day or two because I can't seem to put down a good story once I pick it up (I just realised that's how I approach most things in my life lol)
I personally like to give a book my whole attention, esspecially if it is a good book, and I do that same for every piece of media. So it is really up to the person in my opinion.
Ok, now that I finished the comment I see it's quite long and I just want to clarify beforehand that it's not ment as any attack on you or claiming your statement to be wrong, people are different, and I were just trying to explain my brain and got a bit carried away trying to explain and list statistics. Still gonna publish the comment though, just wanna make clear that I'm not here to argue, just offer a different perspective. I actually can't keep track of several books or shows. Not in a meaningful way at least. I've tried having several books going on at once, but what happens every single time is I switch books to something I think will suit my mood better, then never go back to the one I left, even if it was a book I really enjoyed. If I need a change of pace again, even if that book I left might've scratched that itch, I'm picking yet another book up, and never going back. I keep them on a shelf next to my bed with bookmarks in them, but I never go back, and if I go back, even if it's just been a few weeks, I find I have trouble remembering what I was reading and getting lost and loosing interest in that book because of it. I've been stuck on page 424 in a Clash of Kings since summer 2017, page 166 in American Pastoral since november 2020, page 64 in Wide Sargasso Sea since January 2021, page 74 in The Book of Three since March 2021, page 192 of Assassins Apprentice since May 2021, page 37 of The Sapphire Rose since summer 2021 and page 53 in a Swedish book since February 2022, but since 2017, when I left Clash of Kings I've read 49 novels, 12 stage plays, 37 short stories (some several times that is not included in the count) and 29 manga volumes, all of them pieces I could finish without switching to something else. And I work the same way with TV-shows. I can keep a couple of sitcoms going at the same time, but mostly because I don't have to remember a whole lot about them. Still I took a break from Friends halfway through season 6 to watch something else, and haven't returned since, and that was 2018. I watched some of Netflix's Riverdale a few years ago, but then Switched to Stranger Things season 3 when that came out, and I've only watched 1 or 2 episodes of Riverdale since, and I just felt lost, even though it had only been a couple of weeks. Other shows I've "taken a break from" (not continued in several years because I started watching something else) include. The 100, Wynona Earp, The Dragon Prince, Kim Possible, Avatar the Last Airbender, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Seven Deadly Sins, Little Witch Academia, Madalorian and Star Wars Clone Wars. I usually avoid getting into series because of this, preferring movies that I can consume all of in one sitting. And I know it sound like I have really bad memory, but I don't think I do. I can remember loads of tiny details from books I read 10+ years ago and haven't re-read at all. I can sometimes even remember if a quote was on a left or right page or at the top or bottom. I've watched book tubers talk about some books I haven't read in ages and they will quote something and despite them having read it recently and me not for many years I can tell that they are paraphrasing, and be right when I look it up.I'm watching a lot of Super Carlin Brothers and when they are taking Harry Potter quizzes I can remember the circumstances behind 90% of the questions, and often times, they, who keep being knowelegable about Harry Potter as a job and claim to re-read them constantly can't. Sure I've read Harry Potter several times, but between my latest Audiobook listen this winter and the time before that was several years, in which I still kept up my knowledge. Similarly I can quote movies I've only seen once several years ago, I can even remember most of what happens in Riverdale season 1 and 2, since I finished those before Stranger Things season 3 came out and I left it, but I couldn't tell you much about what happens in season 3, even though I know I finished that, but broken up in two parts on either side of ST. It's like my brain can process and store the information if I don't consume the media in one go (not one sitting, but uninterrupted by other books/series), but once I've done that it's quite well stored.
i find that reading multiple books at once isn’t often necessary to me since i tend to only pick books that i find so interesting that im always in the mood for them
Tip for people who lose focus on text: Read narrower text like on your phone or close your text with a paper and reveal next few lwords as you read previous. I found that I get focus fatigue when I read a standart length line but when I read on my phone and constantly scroll slowly reading the top dissapearing line it keeps me very focused and captures my attention. Hope it helps!
Cool tip, but losing focus during reading is 99% of the time caused by low attention span. If you scroll on tiktok or youtube you're training your brain to have 1-2 seconds of attention span. The best solution is meditation and to quit scrolling, but I doubt many will do this since most people are too lazy and addicted
Re-reading is a great source of comfort as well. I love dipping in and out of the Discworld, picking a book and opening it at random and reading from that point is wonderful, particularly after a stressful day. There are a few books that I will re-visit time and again and not dip into. Mervyn Peake's incredible "Titus groan" is always on my Kindle, for example, and requires to be read "properly". I am also looking forward to re-reading "Piranesi"; in fact I am actively putting it off so that I can enjoy it again all the more.
Omg same I love it so much and I'm surprised I can't find many ppl that love it. I met an author who had met Pratchett at the same place he wrote and it was just incredible to find them.
I like the idea of books being mirrors in which we see a facet of ourselves reflected, and that also a different facet is reflected with each re-reading. I also like the idea of both us and books being different at different points in time, from the flux concept of Heraclitus, i.e. "One cannot step in to the same river twice, as the waters have changed and so has the person.".
I'm a spanish native speaker and I got to confess it's been so hard to understand everything you said because of the speed of your speech, however I take it as a challenge to me and that's why I keep watching your videos. greetings from Colombia!
Click on the CC and get the captions or subtitles in English. That way you can follow along. But she speaks way too fast even for native English speakers
This is brilliant advice. I can't count how many times I've been in the mood to read but not in the mood for the one book I've limited myself to. My world has opened up!
I used reading as escaping the reality some years ago and I am really struggeling to get back into the habit after 5 (?) years. Actually I always loved reading several books at a time but I kinda pressured myself to not do it because I thought it was the "wrong" way of enjoying books. So thank you for the reminder that this can actually be a big thing for people ^^
Instead of taking notes on some books, I'll go on a walk and just think about it in the big picture. One of the most life changing books for me was The Familiar Dark. As a 22M, being in the perspective of a middle aged single mother who lost her daughter was mind-blowing. It gave me a much deeper empathy for people I normally wouldn't be able to understand.
that first advice about reading different books is sooo good to me right now, i used to ‘force’ myself to focus on only one book, cos i thought it would be more effective to read like that, but i’ll incorporate this advice from now on. thanks a lot
This video is EXTREMELY helpful! It clarified everything about how to approach reading! I am trying to read more, but I always find it difficult to start reading. The tip of having multiple books and speed reading will guarantee to help me! Thank you!
This is such good advice. I'm definitely going to try the speed-reading more because I do get stuck in the reading process and then have a problem with actually finishing any book.
Speed-reading; reading without retaining or analysing, without absorbing or experiencing the text, or speedily *not* reading at all. To each their own I suppose, but speed reading was always a farce to me. It has its place in legal roles, or other jobs laden with bureaucracy, but if you want to enjoy the experience or really learn material- I’d avoid “speed reading” like the plague. It’s a fast way of wasting your time scanning your eyes across paper, and a horribly slow way to actually take anything from the process. Sure, you can probably enter a flow-state or one of heightened concentration, in which your retention rate is the same for an increased rate of lines read, but how long can you sustain this for? And is this a way to gloss over the minutiae that are crucial for either literary escapism or intellectual divestment? I think so.
Lately I've found myself constantly taking notes when reading. Sometimes I do this because the book I'm reading is really dense with ideas, and it helps me process my interpretation of those ideas, but other times it's like I'm just compulsively saving information that needn't be saved. I'm really on the fence about whether note taking is advantageous to me because it heavily slows down the process but also enriches the amount of detail I glean from the book 😬
I just recently started reading after many attempts before and for me what’s working this time around was to delete social media and reading along with an audio book rather then just reading in my head. Having an audio book while I’m reading the text helps to pace me and keep focus and taking in what is being read. I’m currently half way through a book right now which I’m pretty proud of myself and happy I’m enjoying reading this time. I’m excited to see how many stories I’ll fall in love with through reading.
I appreciate the content. I had to stop the video almost at the end. I found the speed stressful. I usually want to add speed not slowing it down. I probably missed the mention of reading in bed though. I guess that also relates to speed reading. The points you made are good. I have read faster some chapters that seem slow, but reading fast all the time wouldn’t work for me. I feel like I’m always in a hurry to do this at work then that at home. I would like to find peace in reading.
I thought I was the only one who found the video so fast specifically the way she explain was fast. However, I love the points she gave throughout the video.
I found the speed super stressful as well. You definitely didn’t miss the reading in bed part. The thumbnail is definitely clickbait. Not that the rest of the content wasn’t good. It’s just that the video didn’t include anything about reading in bed.
I actually read books in bed to intentionally fall asleep! Its been an incredible thing for me because it helps me calm down and have a better night sleep all while getting me a bit closer to my reading goal every night, that's just me though! Also, I only started reading more than one book at the same time about a year ago! I think for me I always thought I would forget the books or mix them up, but that is certainly not the case!
Agreed, I've been reading Tropic of Cancer except I like to pretend the character Van Norden is like a Bailey Jay, mite write my own book think I'll call it "Beyond the Valley of Penises"World is crazy now, only way I keep my sanity is by googling Bailey Jay or Annabelle Lane and emptying the glue gun, do it once a week my way of treating myself
My lamp light gives the most warm, comforting, relaxing light on my book when I read in bed. Reading in bed right before bed is honestly one of the best things in the universe
I've just started reading a year ago and I'm already following two of the tips. ✌🏼But I have to say, these tips actually gave me insight about how I should study effectively and faster. I'm in the third year of high school, so I don't get much time to read many books other than what I already have as part of my academic curriculum but I hope I can read more in the coming years. Thank you, Elizabeth (Hoping what I wrote made sense ; English isn't my first language)
Your English is fabulous. I’d have to be a jerk to pull it apart … As a native speaker I can tell you’re not native- but I can understand every nuance in your writing.
@@robmcd Woah.. Do you know how much your reply means to me?! Thank you very much! I'm working on my English and even though it's impossible, I'll work hard to make my English indistinguishable from that of a native.
This is good stuff. I have been making many of these mistakes. I'm especially conscious of the first on your list; definitely a mistake I make. I'm so glad I stumbled across this.
I’m the exact same as you. Right now I’m reading 5 books and I’ve done this since I was a kid and that’s how I read so much. It depends on my mood and interests.🙏🏽📖🤲🏽❤️💛
Great video 👍 I don’t know why but I’ve always been super strict on reading one book at a time to make sure I finish it but I think I’ll start doing the whole reading multiple books at once based on my mood.
For me it was just switching to mostly audiobooks that really helped. Stopping to read a physical book is very time consuming, and that was the biggest factor for me not being able to read as much as I wanted. I know some people just really like reading physical books, and many education based books are better physical, but if I'm just going through the latest fantasy book series I can just listen to it while I'm going about my daily routine. It makes car rides way more fun and keeps me sane while doing tedious tasks at work or for school. I don't take notes, I just let the story carry me along with it. That also means I can get through the "boring parts" easily as the narrator keeps going whether I like it or not.
Congratulations on your incredible growth! I remember checking your channel a while back when you had around 15,000 subscribers, and now seeing that you've grown to over 730,000 is simply amazing! Your content is truly engaging and your hard work has clearly paid off. With your unique voice and accent, you would be the perfect fit for narrating audiobooks in a studio setting. Keep up the fantastic work and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
Wow! Just found your channel through this video, and I already feel like my life is changed because of the incredible insights you’ve given into reading. thank you, thank you!!
Hey, from France, I’m glad and grateful that you speak French in this video. It was very interesting and constructive, now I’m gonna re reading my old non fiction books :)
This is a great video! I don't find myself rereading often because I have such an extensive tbr, but I think I might start revisiting some old favorites. You gave a lot of great points about rereading. It inspired me. Thanks!
These are good tips. I feel guilty to speed up when it is getting boring but I needed to hear it from someone. I think speeding when reading a novel is fine but some books need more comprehension and skipping the boring parts means missing those important points
Merciiii beaucoup! Tes conseils sont précieux.... j'ai toujours eu l'impression que lire un seul livre à la fois c'était stupide mais j'avais peur de ne pas être efficace en en lisant plusieurs. Mais tu m'as confirmé dans mon premier sentiment! Merci💜
I love reading, but I read one book at a time because I don’t always remember what I’ve just read 😅 having to keep multiple stories straight is really hard for me. I don’t watch more than one tv show at a time either 😂
yea I feel like these tips are mostly for nonfiction books. Also I feel that fiction readers will kind of always read more because we read in series where the typical number is three but then you have series with twelve books or maybe there are just four but each has 700 pages. Which isnt the standard in the non fiction books :D.
I'm a fiction reader and I choose to read 1 book at a time. I tried reading two books at the same time but, it made me confused. Lol. I sometimes forget what happened and sometimes confuse the characters with each other 🤣
An absolutely amazing video, love how you put your ideas out in very precise and captivating ways, shows that you really read a lot and put that knowledge to use
This is brilliant for people who want to get into reading, but as a reader myself, I find that you can ignore 1 and 3. But really helpful for reading slumps and plain boredom👏
I treat my reading like I do my TV I get bored or I’m not into it at that very moment I click the remote switch the channel to another show that I want to watch ….same thing with books I read about 7 books a month( all different styles). I find this entertaining and helps with moods and Keeps things interesting.
Okay THANK YOU! 🙏 Seriously EVERYONE I know keeps on saying how weird I am for reading multiple books at the same time... But you just made me feel "normal" 🥰 Also about reading my favorites several times 🤗 Many Thanks, Beautiful 🧡
while watching your last sleepover FAQ: "well i understand she wishes to incorporate more storytelling and editing, but her face camera videos that go straight to the point are one of the things that make her channel so unique, i dearly hope she won't lose that" after watching this intro: BRILLIANT I WANT MORE after the whole video: QUEEN
thank you so much. I really had the idea of reading multiple books at the same time, but never tried it, coz I thought I may confuse events and ideas. Now, you gave me the courage to do it, so thank u again.
The multiple books at the time its something they they criticized me but i find it very helpful to keep going as you said, the multiple reading on one book, your example on music its the best way to explain. (Dracula about 4 times)
I love this video so much ❤ I completely agree with you about rereading books. I think same thing about watching films again, again and again... Thank you for sharing your thoughts on TH-cam.
Nietzsche was actually talking about his father in that quote but it works well in your context. I totally agree about the only reading a great book once...I have continually went back to "The Brothers Karamazov" over the years and always find something new or something that makes me feel differently than at a previous time. Very interesting channel, you hit on a winner with the algo with this one.
To be honest I stopped watching the channel for a while , and came back to this , and actually I am amazed how much this channel has grown , the video , the edition , the clips within , everything is so enjoyable even felt like watching a well directed movie , I am really happy for you !
Your video editing skills improved a lot. Thanks for the useful information, I´m a computer science major, and it has been very challenging for me to find time to read about another topics, like neuroscience or philosophy. Sorry for the errors, english is not my first language.
May I ask about your note-taking technique? Do you usually take notes immediately when you find some intriguing points or after finishing a whole part/chapter? I found it hard to take things down right away since it interrupted my reading flow. On the other hand, I'm too lazy to re-read and pick up those highlighting points 😂
All these self improvement type videos have one thing in common. Their creators actually stopped improving at some early stage and now they are explaining to you why not improving is actually improving or it is actually ok to just stay in your comfort zone forever.
For a long time, I resisted reading multiple books at the same time for the reasons you shared-the groundless fear that I'll lose the threads-but also some notion that if I read multiple books that the least interesting book will not get read. Having written that out, I find I have to ask myself, "Why would that be a bad thing?" (In spite of my efforts, I am reading two books at present. Time to stop resisting that urge, perhaps.) Related: I watch all educational videos (including yours) at double speed. It took a while to train my ear to understand at that rate, but now even fast speakers are perfectly intelligible (providing they are intelligible at normal speed). Even audiobooks-both fiction and non-fiction-are now at 1.75x.
Because I sucked at focusing when I was reading I decided to use a video game or just something to simulate/project what was going on in my book, it did help me remember more of the stuff better
the last advice is just for me. i wasn’t been able to read the whole book because i thought im missing something, i was reading slowly on purpose and i didn’t get on the flow
Two years ago I started a plan of reading at least one business book, learning book, and fun book every month, in addition to the textbooks and what I need to run my businesses.
I'm not familiar with your content (yet?) but this seems very wise and original advice (to me at least, I've only heard things like "read just more than 0 page every day" and "read what you find interesting") and it could quite help me. Especially the first piece. So thanks a lot!
yess me too, i think that really helps. hey btw, i recently started my own channel where i talk a lot about well-being and self growth, if u wanna check it out☺️
We’ve chatted before, however as I’m approaching 73 and an academic, I don’t have time {nor do I want to} read “for pleasure.” Rather, I study and that involves reading {lot’s of reading-!!!}, so ‘’that’’ type of reading [re: ‘researching’] is pleasurable; thus, the pleasure [for me] is in what I learn, rather than (a) the pleasure of reading per se`, or (b) a pleasurable ‘story’ {which like people who watch a plethora of movies, tend to forget after awhile}.
The way I do it is while I’m reading a book I also read manga… due to their episodic nature it’s easy to keep up with them and the book at the same time
It's a pain to get back into loving books again, But this video puts a good idea into some of my struggles with them. My ma made me read every night and because of that I grew as a reader so much so that I was near a college level by 3rd or 4th grade. But as time went on, my skills greatly declined. Fast foward a good 20+ years and I'm a worse reader than before, especially in the habits section. So here I am, despite having a better grasp of concepts but actually lacking in the completion area. But this may help me. I'm currently mastering japanese but I tend to burn put quickly I may need supplemental reading to help me and I think this video helped. I also want to get into poetry as well.
I was really happy to see you cite Tiago Forte in your video! He and I served together in the same group in Peace Corps Ukraine. We weren't close, but I remember that he's a nice, cool, and highly intelligent guy. :-)
If reading can make u speak so fast,can not immagine how fast u think when u see something really fine or hear wherever what,something like a beautifull song..speedlightning neurocortex connexions are happens and bring u back joy😇
A lot of your tips are actually things that I do all the time. My only difficulty to read right now is the time. I used to finish a book every day but now college and work makes difficult for me to take the same time to *just* read. Now I finish two or three books peer week (if I'm not on my finals).
Ive always read multiple books at once and im constantly rereading books 😂 I just started reading again for the first time since so graduated, and im rereading all my old favorite books from middle/highschool and its been a great way to get back in. Its been like saying hello to old friends
ive read a lot in the past and didnt properly read in a long time. The last time was when i read a book with 1k pages in 1 week to write a thesis on it. Its my favourite book now
i always have a main bitch, which is often times a big or complex fantasybook and then i have my sidechicks, which are mostly shorter horror books or classics. im a bit of a mood reader, so sometimes i need a month for a 300 pages classic read but i really dont care. theres no right or wrong way of reading, we are very individual creatures so its logical that we approach the same thing in different ways!
I was reading so much until I realised I liked thinking more than reading, as of working on a few non trivial problems, I'm bittersweet about my learning.
Love to watch your channel and content. The only thing is that it’s hard to digest everything at the spoken speed, which is a pity. May be inserting subtitles would help, so that non-natives like me can follow along better. You have so much love to detail and put in a lot of work… however, I will not give up 😎❤️
I always have 2-3 books that I’m reading at a time in case I get bored and they are always by the same author and about a similar subject it’s kinda confusing but I have a good memory so I usually know what happened in what book.
Great ideas Elizabeth. Re-reading timeless gems like As A Man Thinketh by James Allen at least once a year in between several other books makes me think that Allen's ghost sneaks into my home and rewrites the book for the new(er) me. Same with Arbinger Institute's Leadership & Self-Deception. It's like a malleable mid-course correction in my life that few pieces of literary genius can provide. A few month's ago I revived my audible subscription so now I feel less pressure to have other hard copies going at the same time. Audio books at any time of day but my hard copy at bedtime to wind down. 😊
I personally don’t agree with re-reading books. I have limited time on this earth and over 2000 books on my to-read list. Every book I re-read is a new book I will not read, which goes against my reading philosophy. No shade for those who disagree, every person reads for different purposes.
Ive always been an avid reader, but the older I get the harder it is to pick up a book. I had never thought about the first point, I would always force myself to read one book at a time and now that I started changing that philosophy I have absolutely been reading more
Ironically, I read a lot. But I love to read a single book at a time. It keeps continuity better when you don't have to try to remember what was going on. I also don't speed read, just go at my own pace. Its takes fun out if you have to read it fast (unless it goes quickly because you're really enjoying it).
I’m the same with books and making art. No speed-running my hobbies, not when it isn’t necessary or serves a purpose… like with knitting. That’s when it’s my time to be speedy
Im the same!
It's really a bad thing that after I read from a book to not remember all of the action but just some parts of it?
Like the book Metro 2033 for example
And I've started to read it a few days ago
@@raidingdormouse6093 I zone out in the most action-y bits in movies and books. I watch star wars for the plot,and miss 50% of it because of me not being engaged by action🥴 I don’t know if it’s normal, but might be a reaction to stress? For me at least. Or just interests. I can’t focus on sport or the like either.
All in all, action scenes aren’t memorable, but will keep you reading, I suppose.
Unless you’re reading a 1000 page monster book, I don’t really see the point of breaking it up and reading multiple books at the same time.
Now that I am in my 50s, I love going back and rereading books that I loved twenty, thirty, even forty years ago! It's wonderful experience. Some of the books that I reread are BETTER than I remember them.
riight, i know that feeling also in my late 20s, its such a cool experience!
@@HannahMarieee For me, rereading _God Emperor of Dune_ was extremely powerful.
Sometimes it's nice to visit an old friend.
Where were you in 1984?
@@antonboludo8886 In the SC suburbs, nerding down!
I like how you articulated the reasons for reading more than one book at a time. I tell people you can keep track of multiple TV shows, so why not books? Just found your channel. Enjoying it very much!
Ah, thanks Jason! :)
I think the main reason is that most people, even people who casually read, watch TV for far longer than they read. If you read multiple hours a day it's easy to switch books without getting lost, but if you only read for 30-60min a day or less... then it's gonna be a struggle
@@tonykirk8295 that doesnt really work for people like me, who tends to finish an entire book in a day or two because I can't seem to put down a good story once I pick it up (I just realised that's how I approach most things in my life lol)
I personally like to give a book my whole attention, esspecially if it is a good book, and I do that same for every piece of media. So it is really up to the person in my opinion.
Ok, now that I finished the comment I see it's quite long and I just want to clarify beforehand that it's not ment as any attack on you or claiming your statement to be wrong, people are different, and I were just trying to explain my brain and got a bit carried away trying to explain and list statistics. Still gonna publish the comment though, just wanna make clear that I'm not here to argue, just offer a different perspective.
I actually can't keep track of several books or shows. Not in a meaningful way at least. I've tried having several books going on at once, but what happens every single time is I switch books to something I think will suit my mood better, then never go back to the one I left, even if it was a book I really enjoyed. If I need a change of pace again, even if that book I left might've scratched that itch, I'm picking yet another book up, and never going back. I keep them on a shelf next to my bed with bookmarks in them, but I never go back, and if I go back, even if it's just been a few weeks, I find I have trouble remembering what I was reading and getting lost and loosing interest in that book because of it. I've been stuck on page 424 in a Clash of Kings since summer 2017, page 166 in American Pastoral since november 2020, page 64 in Wide Sargasso Sea since January 2021, page 74 in The Book of Three since March 2021, page 192 of Assassins Apprentice since May 2021, page 37 of The Sapphire Rose since summer 2021 and page 53 in a Swedish book since February 2022, but since 2017, when I left Clash of Kings I've read 49 novels, 12 stage plays, 37 short stories (some several times that is not included in the count) and 29 manga volumes, all of them pieces I could finish without switching to something else.
And I work the same way with TV-shows. I can keep a couple of sitcoms going at the same time, but mostly because I don't have to remember a whole lot about them. Still I took a break from Friends halfway through season 6 to watch something else, and haven't returned since, and that was 2018. I watched some of Netflix's Riverdale a few years ago, but then Switched to Stranger Things season 3 when that came out, and I've only watched 1 or 2 episodes of Riverdale since, and I just felt lost, even though it had only been a couple of weeks. Other shows I've "taken a break from" (not continued in several years because I started watching something else) include. The 100, Wynona Earp, The Dragon Prince, Kim Possible, Avatar the Last Airbender, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Seven Deadly Sins, Little Witch Academia, Madalorian and Star Wars Clone Wars. I usually avoid getting into series because of this, preferring movies that I can consume all of in one sitting.
And I know it sound like I have really bad memory, but I don't think I do. I can remember loads of tiny details from books I read 10+ years ago and haven't re-read at all. I can sometimes even remember if a quote was on a left or right page or at the top or bottom. I've watched book tubers talk about some books I haven't read in ages and they will quote something and despite them having read it recently and me not for many years I can tell that they are paraphrasing, and be right when I look it up.I'm watching a lot of Super Carlin Brothers and when they are taking Harry Potter quizzes I can remember the circumstances behind 90% of the questions, and often times, they, who keep being knowelegable about Harry Potter as a job and claim to re-read them constantly can't. Sure I've read Harry Potter several times, but between my latest Audiobook listen this winter and the time before that was several years, in which I still kept up my knowledge. Similarly I can quote movies I've only seen once several years ago, I can even remember most of what happens in Riverdale season 1 and 2, since I finished those before Stranger Things season 3 came out and I left it, but I couldn't tell you much about what happens in season 3, even though I know I finished that, but broken up in two parts on either side of ST. It's like my brain can process and store the information if I don't consume the media in one go (not one sitting, but uninterrupted by other books/series), but once I've done that it's quite well stored.
i find that reading multiple books at once isn’t often necessary to me since i tend to only pick books that i find so interesting that im always in the mood for them
Tip for people who lose focus on text:
Read narrower text like on your phone or close your text with a paper and reveal next few lwords as you read previous. I found that I get focus fatigue when I read a standart length line but when I read on my phone and constantly scroll slowly reading the top dissapearing line it keeps me very focused and captures my attention. Hope it helps!
Something to pointing the line you're reading also helps
Bionic Reading might be perfect for you. They even have a free converter on their website.
@@anjafink8996 you are a life saver omg Ty!
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Cool tip, but losing focus during reading is 99% of the time caused by low attention span. If you scroll on tiktok or youtube you're training your brain to have 1-2 seconds of attention span. The best solution is meditation and to quit scrolling, but I doubt many will do this since most people are too lazy and addicted
Re-reading is a great source of comfort as well. I love dipping in and out of the Discworld, picking a book and opening it at random and reading from that point is wonderful, particularly after a stressful day. There are a few books that I will re-visit time and again and not dip into. Mervyn Peake's incredible "Titus groan" is always on my Kindle, for example, and requires to be read "properly". I am also looking forward to re-reading "Piranesi"; in fact I am actively putting it off so that I can enjoy it again all the more.
Omg same I love it so much and I'm surprised I can't find many ppl that love it. I met an author who had met Pratchett at the same place he wrote and it was just incredible to find them.
@@nope4309 Which do you love? Titus Groan or Piranesi? Or both (if you like one I think you will like the other).
I like the idea of books being mirrors in which we see a facet of ourselves reflected, and that also a different facet is reflected with each re-reading. I also like the idea of both us and books being different at different points in time, from the flux concept of Heraclitus, i.e. "One cannot step in to the same river twice, as the waters have changed and so has the person.".
I'm a spanish native speaker and I got to confess it's been so hard to understand everything you said because of the speed of your speech, however I take it as a challenge to me and that's why I keep watching your videos. greetings from Colombia!
If you listen on a cell phone you can adjust the playback speed. The three dots in the top right corner will bring up a screen with lots of options.
Well English is my native language and found her speed of talking way too fast. I have seen that a few times in videos where they just talk so fast!
Click on the CC and get the captions or subtitles in English. That way you can follow along. But she speaks way too fast even for native English speakers
I'm a native English speaker and I have to adjust the playback speed for myself lol...Love her channel, but she talks so fast 😆
me ha pasado lo mismo jajajaj, pero ha llegado un punto en el que ya me he concentrado en su discurso y la he entendido
This is brilliant advice. I can't count how many times I've been in the mood to read but not in the mood for the one book I've limited myself to. My world has opened up!
I love how you explain such little things in such a friendly sort of way that makes us comfortable to right our wrongs 😭❤️
I used reading as escaping the reality some years ago and I am really struggeling to get back into the habit after 5 (?) years. Actually I always loved reading several books at a time but I kinda pressured myself to not do it because I thought it was the "wrong" way of enjoying books. So thank you for the reminder that this can actually be a big thing for people ^^
Same i read tons of books out of stress and i only realized that lately so i am trying to not do that again
Instead of taking notes on some books, I'll go on a walk and just think about it in the big picture. One of the most life changing books for me was The Familiar Dark. As a 22M, being in the perspective of a middle aged single mother who lost her daughter was mind-blowing. It gave me a much deeper empathy for people I normally wouldn't be able to understand.
that first advice about reading different books is sooo good to me right now, i used to ‘force’ myself to focus on only one book, cos i thought it would be more effective to read like that, but i’ll incorporate this advice from now on. thanks a lot
This video is EXTREMELY helpful! It clarified everything about how to approach reading! I am trying to read more, but I always find it difficult to start reading. The tip of having multiple books and speed reading will guarantee to help me! Thank you!
Or try reading fiction :)
This is such good advice. I'm definitely going to try the speed-reading more because I do get stuck in the reading process and then have a problem with actually finishing any book.
Speed-reading; reading without retaining or analysing, without absorbing or experiencing the text, or speedily *not* reading at all.
To each their own I suppose, but speed reading was always a farce to me. It has its place in legal roles, or other jobs laden with bureaucracy, but if you want to enjoy the experience or really learn material- I’d avoid “speed reading” like the plague. It’s a fast way of wasting your time scanning your eyes across paper, and a horribly slow way to actually take anything from the process. Sure, you can probably enter a flow-state or one of heightened concentration, in which your retention rate is the same for an increased rate of lines read, but how long can you sustain this for? And is this a way to gloss over the minutiae that are crucial for either literary escapism or intellectual divestment? I think so.
Lately I've found myself constantly taking notes when reading. Sometimes I do this because the book I'm reading is really dense with ideas, and it helps me process my interpretation of those ideas, but other times it's like I'm just compulsively saving information that needn't be saved. I'm really on the fence about whether note taking is advantageous to me because it heavily slows down the process but also enriches the amount of detail I glean from the book 😬
I just recently started reading after many attempts before and for me what’s working this time around was to delete social media and reading along with an audio book rather then just reading in my head. Having an audio book while I’m reading the text helps to pace me and keep focus and taking in what is being read. I’m currently half way through a book right now which I’m pretty proud of myself and happy I’m enjoying reading this time. I’m excited to see how many stories I’ll fall in love with through reading.
I love that you speak so fast (in my opinion). It helps me to focus and pay more attention to what you are talking about, thank you😌✨✨
I appreciate the content. I had to stop the video almost at the end. I found the speed stressful. I usually want to add speed not slowing it down. I probably missed the mention of reading in bed though.
I guess that also relates to speed reading. The points you made are good. I have read faster some chapters that seem slow, but reading fast all the time wouldn’t work for me. I feel like I’m always in a hurry to do this at work then that at home. I would like to find peace in reading.
I thought I was the only one who found the video so fast specifically the way she explain was fast. However, I love the points she gave throughout the video.
I found the speed super stressful as well. You definitely didn’t miss the reading in bed part. The thumbnail is definitely clickbait. Not that the rest of the content wasn’t good. It’s just that the video didn’t include anything about reading in bed.
@@Cmoore-Books Thank you for letting me know
I actually read books in bed to intentionally fall asleep! Its been an incredible thing for me because it helps me calm down and have a better night sleep all while getting me a bit closer to my reading goal every night, that's just me though!
Also, I only started reading more than one book at the same time about a year ago! I think for me I always thought I would forget the books or mix them up, but that is certainly not the case!
I have been reading in bed since I was little and if I ever struggle to get to sleep, I know a few chapters of a novel will get me in the zone.
Agreed, I've been reading Tropic of Cancer except I like to pretend the character Van Norden is like a Bailey Jay, mite write my own book think I'll call it "Beyond the Valley of Penises"World is crazy now, only way I keep my sanity is by googling Bailey Jay or Annabelle Lane and emptying the glue gun, do it once a week my way of treating myself
My lamp light gives the most warm, comforting, relaxing light on my book when I read in bed. Reading in bed right before bed is honestly one of the best things in the universe
I've just started reading a year ago and I'm already following two of the tips. ✌🏼But I have to say, these tips actually gave me insight about how I should study effectively and faster. I'm in the third year of high school, so I don't get much time to read many books other than what I already have as part of my academic curriculum but I hope I can read more in the coming years.
Thank you, Elizabeth
(Hoping what I wrote made sense ; English isn't my first language)
Your English is fabulous. I’d have to be a jerk to pull it apart … As a native speaker I can tell you’re not native- but I can understand every nuance in your writing.
@@robmcd Woah.. Do you know how much your reply means to me?! Thank you very much! I'm working on my English and even though it's impossible, I'll work hard to make my English indistinguishable from that of a native.
@@strivingforsuccess88 first step; indistinguishable isn’t a very common word haha. Just say “like”
@@robmcd thanks! I'm still in school so I try to use words that are "not common" for my essays, speeches, etc.
@@strivingforsuccess88 those words can still be good though. They make you sound smart haha
This is good stuff. I have been making many of these mistakes. I'm especially conscious of the first on your list; definitely a mistake I make. I'm so glad I stumbled across this.
I’m the exact same as you. Right now I’m reading 5 books and I’ve done this since I was a kid and that’s how I read so much. It depends on my mood and interests.🙏🏽📖🤲🏽❤️💛
Thank you for this video. I struggle with reading books cause I lose interest quickly, but I always look for ways to improve and develop new technics.
I would love a deeper dive into how you do note-taking from books! I realised that most of my note-taking has mostly been rehashing the book itself.
Great video 👍
I don’t know why but I’ve always been super strict on reading one book at a time to make sure I finish it but I think I’ll start doing the whole reading multiple books at once based on my mood.
Elizabeth I love how you talk and explain things. Don't ever change, okay?
For me it was just switching to mostly audiobooks that really helped. Stopping to read a physical book is very time consuming, and that was the biggest factor for me not being able to read as much as I wanted. I know some people just really like reading physical books, and many education based books are better physical, but if I'm just going through the latest fantasy book series I can just listen to it while I'm going about my daily routine. It makes car rides way more fun and keeps me sane while doing tedious tasks at work or for school. I don't take notes, I just let the story carry me along with it. That also means I can get through the "boring parts" easily as the narrator keeps going whether I like it or not.
Congratulations on your incredible growth! I remember checking your channel a while back when you had around 15,000 subscribers, and now seeing that you've grown to over 730,000 is simply amazing! Your content is truly engaging and your hard work has clearly paid off. With your unique voice and accent, you would be the perfect fit for narrating audiobooks in a studio setting. Keep up the fantastic work and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
Loving the new format of videos!
Yay, thank you!
the comparisons you give are flawless, I love how you explain things
Wow! Just found your channel through this video, and I already feel like my life is changed because of the incredible insights you’ve given into reading. thank you, thank you!!
Hey, from France, I’m glad and grateful that you speak French in this video. It was very interesting and constructive, now I’m gonna re reading my old non fiction books :)
This is a great video! I don't find myself rereading often because I have such an extensive tbr, but I think I might start revisiting some old favorites. You gave a lot of great points about rereading. It inspired me. Thanks!
It‘s so nice that I can watch your videos without having trouble listening because of your talking speed❤️
What a fun aesthetic video! Not only nice insights but in such a sparkly form!
Thanks so much Kate!
These are good tips. I feel guilty to speed up when it is getting boring but I needed to hear it from someone. I think speeding when reading a novel is fine but some books need more comprehension and skipping the boring parts means missing those important points
Merciiii beaucoup! Tes conseils sont précieux.... j'ai toujours eu l'impression que lire un seul livre à la fois c'était stupide mais j'avais peur de ne pas être efficace en en lisant plusieurs. Mais tu m'as confirmé dans mon premier sentiment! Merci💜
I love reading, but I read one book at a time because I don’t always remember what I’ve just read 😅 having to keep multiple stories straight is really hard for me. I don’t watch more than one tv show at a time either 😂
yea I feel like these tips are mostly for nonfiction books. Also I feel that fiction readers will kind of always read more because we read in series where the typical number is three but then you have series with twelve books or maybe there are just four but each has 700 pages. Which isnt the standard in the non fiction books :D.
I'm a fiction reader and I choose to read 1 book at a time. I tried reading two books at the same time but, it made me confused. Lol. I sometimes forget what happened and sometimes confuse the characters with each other 🤣
An absolutely amazing video, love how you put your ideas out in very precise and captivating ways, shows that you really read a lot and put that knowledge to use
This is brilliant for people who want to get into reading, but as a reader myself, I find that you can ignore 1 and 3. But really helpful for reading slumps and plain boredom👏
I treat my reading like I do my TV I get bored or I’m not into it at that very moment I click the remote switch the channel to another show that I want to watch ….same thing with books I read about 7 books a month( all different styles). I find this entertaining and helps with moods and Keeps things interesting.
The video is just incredible. Amazing editing, interesting content and really helpful skills/ tips.
Great video. I do all of these things. I try and read at least 300 pages a week but sometimes 400.
Okay THANK YOU! 🙏 Seriously EVERYONE I know keeps on saying how weird I am for reading multiple books at the same time... But you just made me feel "normal" 🥰 Also about reading my favorites several times 🤗 Many Thanks, Beautiful 🧡
while watching your last sleepover FAQ: "well i understand she wishes to incorporate more storytelling and editing, but her face camera videos that go straight to the point are one of the things that make her channel so unique, i dearly hope she won't lose that"
after watching this intro: BRILLIANT I WANT MORE
after the whole video: QUEEN
OMG thank youuuu
thank you so much. I really had the idea of reading multiple books at the same time, but never tried it, coz I thought I may confuse events and ideas. Now, you gave me the courage to do it, so thank u again.
Yes, I always have 4 or 5 books on the go to accommodate mood and energy levels. And sometimes, suddenly, you finish all 4 or 5 at once!
Be brave and stop reading a book knowing it's okay. I've books I've put down, to thoroughly enjoy it years later when we've been ready for each other.
The multiple books at the time its something they they criticized me but i find it very helpful to keep going as you said, the multiple reading on one book, your example on music its the best way to explain. (Dracula about 4 times)
I love this video so much ❤
I completely agree with you about rereading books. I think same thing about watching films again, again and again...
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on TH-cam.
“It’s okay to read books again and again.” Me who gives up on a new book just to restart the Hunger Games again.
That was me for a long time
Nietzsche was actually talking about his father in that quote but it works well in your context. I totally agree about the only reading a great book once...I have continually went back to "The Brothers Karamazov" over the years and always find something new or something that makes me feel differently than at a previous time. Very interesting channel, you hit on a winner with the algo with this one.
I like the way you articulate, it has a lot of insights that are quite well thought out and explored.
I did this (speed read) some parts of Dune :). Got through the 6 books :)
This is a beautiful video. Thank you for taking time to research and perfect this project of yours.
To be honest I stopped watching the channel for a while , and came back to this , and actually I am amazed how much this channel has grown , the video , the edition , the clips within , everything is so enjoyable even felt like watching a well directed movie , I am really happy for you !
Your video editing skills improved a lot. Thanks for the useful information, I´m a computer science major, and it has been very challenging for me to find time to read about another topics, like neuroscience or philosophy. Sorry for the errors, english is not my first language.
May I ask about your note-taking technique? Do you usually take notes immediately when you find some intriguing points or after finishing a whole part/chapter? I found it hard to take things down right away since it interrupted my reading flow. On the other hand, I'm too lazy to re-read and pick up those highlighting points 😂
All these self improvement type videos have one thing in common. Their creators actually stopped improving at some early stage and now they are explaining to you why not improving is actually improving or it is actually ok to just stay in your comfort zone forever.
For a long time, I resisted reading multiple books at the same time for the reasons you shared-the groundless fear that I'll lose the threads-but also some notion that if I read multiple books that the least interesting book will not get read. Having written that out, I find I have to ask myself, "Why would that be a bad thing?" (In spite of my efforts, I am reading two books at present. Time to stop resisting that urge, perhaps.)
Related: I watch all educational videos (including yours) at double speed. It took a while to train my ear to understand at that rate, but now even fast speakers are perfectly intelligible (providing they are intelligible at normal speed). Even audiobooks-both fiction and non-fiction-are now at 1.75x.
Found this video in my recommended section, GREAT one!
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My grandfather had the complete collection Britannica volumes and I always found them fascinating reading it and seeing pictures.
I love these mind blowing advises. and girl I really enjoy your channel. Your thoughts are so interesting.
This is the third video I see of your channel, and it gets really interesting. Thank you for sharing these, I'll definitely come back!
As a former slow-reader, I would thank to you for teaching me to fast read some parts of the book. It is a magical superpower
0.7x speed is most comfortable, there's a certian beauty in slow conversations that keeps me grounded and more hooked to the speaker
Because I sucked at focusing when I was reading I decided to use a video game or just something to simulate/project what was going on in my book, it did help me remember more of the stuff better
the last advice is just for me. i wasn’t been able to read the whole book because i thought im missing something, i was reading slowly on purpose and i didn’t get on the flow
Two years ago I started a plan of reading at least one business book, learning book, and fun book every month, in addition to the textbooks and what I need to run my businesses.
I'm not familiar with your content (yet?) but this seems very wise and original advice (to me at least, I've only heard things like "read just more than 0 page every day" and "read what you find interesting") and it could quite help me. Especially the first piece. So thanks a lot!
This was super insightful! especially liked the idea of reading books depending on your mood.
yess me too, i think that really helps. hey btw, i recently started my own channel where i talk a lot about well-being and self growth, if u wanna check it out☺️
Good tips, I find using goodreads and knowing I have so many interesting books to get through has motivated be of late
We’ve chatted before, however as I’m approaching 73 and an academic, I don’t have time {nor do I want to} read “for pleasure.” Rather, I study and that involves reading {lot’s of reading-!!!}, so ‘’that’’ type of reading [re: ‘researching’] is pleasurable; thus, the pleasure [for me] is in what I learn, rather than (a) the pleasure of reading per se`, or (b) a pleasurable ‘story’ {which like people who watch a plethora of movies, tend to forget after awhile}.
The way I do it is while I’m reading a book I also read manga… due to their episodic nature it’s easy to keep up with them and the book at the same time
I’m currently reading 3 books Rn, and have read 5 books in the last week.
Watching you on how to speed read is inspiring and motivational
Thanks for this!! I'm trying to become a serious reader, so much one is curious about... 😢
Reading several books at the time can really make life much more interesting) That's a great idea!
Love love love your content - you are so helpful !
I guess your minimalism helps in understanding that you can stop reading a book or ditch it completely.
Important skill!
It's a pain to get back into loving books again, But this video puts a good idea into some of my struggles with them.
My ma made me read every night and because of that I grew as a reader so much so that I was near a college level by 3rd or 4th grade. But as time went on, my skills greatly declined.
Fast foward a good 20+ years and I'm a worse reader than before, especially in the habits section.
So here I am, despite having a better grasp of concepts but actually lacking in the completion area. But this may help me.
I'm currently mastering japanese but I tend to burn put quickly I may need supplemental reading to help me and I think this video helped.
I also want to get into poetry as well.
I was really happy to see you cite Tiago Forte in your video! He and I served together in the same group in Peace Corps Ukraine. We weren't close, but I remember that he's a nice, cool, and highly intelligent guy. :-)
If reading can make u speak so fast,can not immagine how fast u think when u see something really fine or hear wherever what,something like a beautifull song..speedlightning neurocortex connexions are happens and bring u back joy😇
This is what gives you positivity states of mind i supposed
A lot of your tips are actually things that I do all the time. My only difficulty to read right now is the time. I used to finish a book every day but now college and work makes difficult for me to take the same time to *just* read. Now I finish two or three books peer week (if I'm not on my finals).
So insightfull, just got me thinking and I'll try to incorporate those tips in my reading habits, have been stucked on a few book lately.
i've been binging your videos about books.... Did NOT expect to see a Mac Miller shoutout. RESPECT.
Ive always read multiple books at once and im constantly rereading books 😂 I just started reading again for the first time since so graduated, and im rereading all my old favorite books from middle/highschool and its been a great way to get back in. Its been like saying hello to old friends
ive read a lot in the past and didnt properly read in a long time. The last time was when i read a book with 1k pages in 1 week to write a thesis on it. Its my favourite book now
i always have a main bitch, which is often times a big or complex fantasybook and then i have my sidechicks, which are mostly shorter horror books or classics. im a bit of a mood reader, so sometimes i need a month for a 300 pages classic read but i really dont care. theres no right or wrong way of reading, we are very individual creatures so its logical that we approach the same thing in different ways!
I will watch this video once a week. So valuable. It actually applies to so many other areas of life.
Why is everyone obsessed with speed? How can one possibly retain or enjoy a book if you read 12 books a week?
I was reading so much until I realised I liked thinking more than reading, as of working on a few non trivial problems, I'm bittersweet about my learning.
Love to watch your channel and content. The only thing is that it’s hard to digest everything at the spoken speed, which is a pity. May be inserting subtitles would help, so that non-natives like me can follow along better. You have so much love to detail and put in a lot of work… however, I will not give up 😎❤️
I always have 2-3 books that I’m reading at a time in case I get bored and they are always by the same author and about a similar subject it’s kinda confusing but I have a good memory so I usually know what happened in what book.
i scan words that i'm looking for and i finish Reading !!! not good but i get help quickly ^^
Great ideas Elizabeth. Re-reading timeless gems like As A Man Thinketh by James Allen at least once a year in between several other books makes me think that Allen's ghost sneaks into my home and rewrites the book for the new(er) me. Same with Arbinger Institute's Leadership & Self-Deception. It's like a malleable mid-course correction in my life that few pieces of literary genius can provide. A few month's ago I revived my audible subscription so now I feel less pressure to have other hard copies going at the same time. Audio books at any time of day but my hard copy at bedtime to wind down. 😊
I personally don’t agree with re-reading books. I have limited time on this earth and over 2000 books on my to-read list. Every book I re-read is a new book I will not read, which goes against my reading philosophy. No shade for those who disagree, every person reads for different purposes.
Ive always been an avid reader, but the older I get the harder it is to pick up a book. I had never thought about the first point, I would always force myself to read one book at a time and now that I started changing that philosophy I have absolutely been reading more