how would i become a consistent book reader in this modern era?

Pawan Mishra 1) Acknowledge that reading is an important part of your existence.
Unless you are serious about reading, there are plenty of things in your life that would keep you away from reading making months and years pass, quite shockingly. This is the very first step you need to ensure that you have a commitment towards reading regularly.

2) Designate a specific time to read, even if it’s not a lot of time.
Whether it’s 10 minutes before you sleep, or while you are commuting to work in subway, or when you get up in the morning, or when you are waiting in car for someone in the parking, identify the times you would love to catch up with reading.

3) Ensure accessibility.
If you are new school, the ebook readers are the best in carrying thousands of books with you everywhere at any time. If you are old school, keep books at the places you are likely be needed them.

4) Consider audio versions.
Today’s fast pace often requires us to employ our senses together to maximize processing of the information in a more efficient manner. When you are reading a book, you need to be fully engaged with the book at the time. But when you are listening to a book, you can easily do many other things at the same time, like driving, taking a bath, etc. To many, listening to a book doesn’t bring as much of a true feeling as reading a book, but then, one would agree that listening is better than not being able to find time to read!

5) Understand the genres you like.
Once you have understood your commitment to read, find out what genre(s) are you really after. Look at the books you have loved in the past and determine what’s common theme(s). There are a plenty of free websites today (like goodreads), that make it extremely easy to understand what are other books similar to the ones you have liked in the past.

6) Build your reading queue and track progress.
There are very good websites that represent amazing readers’ communities. For example, goodreads allows you to build your reading queue, track reading progress, find similar books, look at reviews and ratings of the books before you decide to read them, and allow you to see what your friends are reading. Once you dedicate time to reading, you can read from your queue.

7) Keep in touch with your buddies from the past who were book-alcoholics.
Nothing beats the feeling of discussing a book or movie you loved with a close buddy who loved it too!

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