Ok, so I wasn’t able to sleep last night, and ended up finishing off two short books. One that I’d read half off during the day + the previous day, and one that I started late last night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That book reading prompted me to check them off a read in GoodReads, which prompted me to check my reading challenge for last year. For quite a few years now, I’d made it my goal to read a book per month…. But in reality that rarely happens, since I’m mostly just reading webnovels instead of ‘proper’ books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, guess how many books I finished reading last year. None. ZERO. Kosong. Part of me was feeling a bit wtf for sure. Like what do you mean? I look at my kindle on mobile and on Apple Books and I see a few books that I’d ‘recently’ finished reading. Yup. They were marked as read in my 2023 reading challenge. Wtf. Where did all the time go? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It felt like the year just slipped by in the blink of an eye. I accomplished nothing at work. I ate and got fatter. I read zero books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ok, I did have a crapton of interns. And I did read a crapton of webnovels, which I didn’t count in my reading challenge. Mostly I just assumed they aren’t on GoodReads. I don’t know, I don’t bother checking. Art was my only saving grace I guess. I did a lot of art. Tons and tons of quick sketches… And my skills and confidence has definitely improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But back to the books. I am really quick picky about what I read… And I tend to read more non-fiction or (auto)biography. Romance is a big no, whether webnovel or not. I love fantasy (of the high\/low variety typically). But absolutely not if it moves at the pace of a snail… I end up reading lots of books marked as for kids or young adults… Who cares? I like a fast paced, action packed story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The non-fiction books are enjoyable too, but I just can’t chow through them like I do fiction books. They tend to be longer for one, and I also take more time to think about the facts etc. And just read through it slower. And of course, I only pick topics that I’m interested in. I started a few of such books last year but have yet to finish it… Opps. It’s a tad more of a technical read sometimes… Or rather, it just uses more brain cells, which I clearly had few of last year. I’ve also abandoned a few books in said category because the authors seems to be either, droning on and on about stuff forever, just hopping around historical timelines too much, or just wrote in a very uninteresting and uninspiring manner….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So that’s me on about books… I hope to spend a little more time reading actual books and not just webnovels (and translated webnovels at that…) this year. At least I’m already 2 up from last year lol. Of course, since they were really short autobiographies, it feels like I’m cheating a little. But hey, a book is a book, and they were entertaining books at that. I’m by no means a fast reader. Average at best, and definitely as slow as a snail if you were to compare to folks in say a book club. On one hand, it would be nice if I could read faster. That would mean more efficiency right? But I’m not exactly willing to put in the effort for it. I read my books at night, before bed. Or in the office when I’m slacking…. Or on the commute. I read for leisure… So enjoyment comes first. (Of course I have to read different materials for work too, but that’s a completely different matter.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alright. I will end this here. It’s been a long time since I typed so much. Or well, since my previous blog posts. And gosh. My right forearm hurts like shit. The RSI is real. T.T<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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