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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a bit of a break from the other advice, I would worry less about goals, and start with fun reads and a frictionless format (e.g. audiobook, Libby borrows). Whatever your preferred genre or style in whatever the easiest format for your lifestyle may be. E.g., what have your past favorite authors written recently, what's about to be made into a movie you want to see, etc.

I was in a huge (like 5+ year) reading hiatus, and only really began to read again after the height of the pandemic. My first instinct was to aim for the really meaty, challenging books (e.g. all the award winners I had felt guilty about not reading for a decade). That basically went nowhere. It was only when I started reading (or really listening, as it was) to compelling books in a favorite genre that I picked up speed. Now, several years later, I'm back to the Nat'l Book Award shortlist (among many other reads) but that was a terrible place to start![/quote]

+1. I think this is the best advice. For example, to get yourself off DCUM, you have to find a book that is as easy to stop and restart as a website and is written for engagement, not to win literary award. [/quote]

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