No target for me, please

Some friends asked if I set target to the number of books I read per week or have I reach my target for the week. The answer is NO I don’t set any target although I do pick out books that I plan to read for the month – you can see that list on the sidebar of my blog.

I read for pleasure and since I read quite fast, I need to have ‘stock’ around so that I don’t have to wait before I start another book. I also need to have a variety of genre available in my personal library, be it fiction (romance, mystery, thriller, so on and so forth) or non-fiction (business, spiritual, memoir, self-development, etc.). What I choose to read pretty much follows my mood. You could say that I’m a moody person, and I can be quite fickle-minded. So yes, that could mean I decide not to read what I pick out for that particular month, but one thing I know I am consistent in is I read no matter what. Perhaps you would then say I did not achieve my target for the month. But sod it with the target. Reading is pleasurable and it should not be a burden. One’s worth as a reader is not determined by the number of books one has read in a particular week, month, year or decade.

In summary, I don’t read x books a week just to make up a number. And yes, I do ponder what I read as I write thoughts in my reading journal, book reviews on my blog, not forgetting the doodles and dog-earing on the pages of my beloved books. Lastly, my wish list is getting longer at a phenomenal speed, and the TBR pile growing taller by the day and standing proud. For those recommendations, I have my blog buddies to thank for. You people rock!