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9602374 No.9602374 [Reply] [Original]

have you ever tried reading a particular book one chapter a day? how did your retention hold up over time?

>> No.9602396

I never managed to keep up so strictly with it. Some days I would love whatever book it was and want to read more, other days I would be too busy/tired. The closest I've come is reading Montaigne 4-5 nights a week after my "heavy" reading for the day is done.

My favorite story of someone who succeeded is someone (on lit I think) who read almost exactly 10 pages of Proust every night before bed, finishing "in search of lost time" in just about a year. IIRC he cried when he finished because it had become so much a part of him and his everyday life.

>> No.9602444

>>9602396
I was going to try this with The Count of Monte Cristo, but the first chapter was so dense, I had second thoughts, envisioning myself either trudging through the pages before bed, or breaking the rule and just wind up making it my main book.

Maybe something like War and Piece, or some long Dickens would be the ideal choice.

>> No.9602469

>>9602444
COMC is definitely too interesting to pick at. It's long but reads easy and is probably the most fun book I've ever read; I think I only took like a week to finish it both times I read it.

>> No.9602490

>>9602374
I'm reading War and Peace right now but I get too enthralled in the story to limit myself. I plowed through 11 chapters last night when I meant to only read 1.

>> No.9602754

>>9602490
>>9602374
Tolstoy's chapters are tiny; I don't see how you could only read one per day.