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[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just pick something off the too be read shelf and get at it. If it's not the vibe put it down and pick up something else. No need to overthink

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

overthinking is what i do best heh

[–] atomic@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Just remind yourself that you already did the hard work of overthinking when you started keeping a TBR list and adding books to it, and randomly choose one to start next😄

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Is this a book whose message I agree with or want to explore right now? ...Do I really want to read for 300+ pages.... Do I really want to read for 200 pages? ....Should I go with something high concept, or settle for trope-y genre fiction? ....Let's look at reviews on goodreads...the average is 4 stars, but this person says this book is a GIANT waste of time, do I want to chance it? ....I really like 's books, but am I tired of hearing the same voice and themes explored? ...I'm reading too much fiction, I need to read some non-fiction. ....Non-fiction is just some author spending 300 pages trying to sway me to a particular point of view, or their just explaining on concept verbosely and repetitively for 300+ pages.... Maybe I'll just read a comic, eh all these series are just spins on older, better drawn and written ones.... I'll just grab ten different books from the library, one of them has to be good, right? ....All ten of these books look like they're just a damn waste of time! Why do I need to muse on the history and sociological implications of the toothbrush for 400 pages?! ....Maybe books are just overrated, why do I think I need to read anyways? ....What am I really getting from all of this reading? Is someone awarding me a prize at the end? Is this like those old book competitions in school where I win a pizza party after reading 200 hundred books? Aaaaaaaaagggggghhhh!!!

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Understandable