50 page rule
What Is the 50 Page Rule?
Every reader knows the feeling. You are eighty pages into a book you do not like, and you keep going only because stopping feels like failing. Librarian Nancy Pearl has a kinder answer. Give the book fifty pages, then decide. That is the whole rule, and it has rescued more reading habits than any reading […]
How Can I Start Reading as an Adult?
How can I start reading as an adult? Start with ten minutes a day, one book you actually want to read, and permission to quit any book that bores you. That is the whole method. No reading list, no expensive ereader, no 50 book challenge. Ten minutes, one book, and a rule that lets you […]