HOW TO READ MORE! 📚 How I Read 100 Books A Year & How I'm Reading 200 Books in 2020 📚 READING TIPS!

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I am an E-RYT 200 yoga teacher and I have a master's degree in Library & Information Science. I work remotely as a yoga teacher (www.valeriebrett.com/yoga), library volunteer (www.valeriebrett.com/library), and freelancer (www.valeriebrett.com/freelance). I live in Cambridge, UK.
HOW TO READ MORE! 📚 How I Read 100 Books A Year & How I'm Reading 200 Books in 2020 📚 READING TIPS!
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@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Follow me here and on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/user/show/11856809-valerie-brett

@coppersulphate002 2 жыл бұрын

Since you like child development you should read books from Dr. Maria Montessori particularly absorbent mind

@anahastudies6983 3 жыл бұрын

1. Read books you're in the mood for 2. Track what you're reading 3. Read throughout the day 4. Read shorter books 5. Join a bookclub 6. Don't worry about what you think you "should" read, just read what you wanna 7. It's ok to stop reading a book you don't like

@Rlduncan1 3 жыл бұрын

Those are the best tips!!!👍🏽👍🏽📚📚📚📚❤️

@Parisianchic 3 жыл бұрын

These are really good tips! Most of the tips I see online are standard like “take a book everywhere..”

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you found them helpful! :)

@fairy_stanning8226 3 жыл бұрын

I find that reading multiple books simultaneously is genuinely life-saving.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@beaudenefinger3312 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably the most helpful video I've watched about reading more books, thank you for making it and sharing your tips!

@EmilyRaskett 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips! I agree reading more than one book at a time is game changing. I think of it like TV shows. I’m not always in the mood to watch a romcom or a documentary but there is a show or a book for whatever I happen to be feeling at the moment. I usually read 5-10 books at a time, more than that and I get overwhelmed.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and that's such a great comparison and so true about TV shows!

@ClaireHawkins 3 жыл бұрын

Love this! I totally agree that once you start reading more, you can't stop! :) I just posted a similar video sharing the 100 books I read in 2020. It was definitely the year for LOTS of books!

@willm1219 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Valerie! I am planning on giving myself a number goal just for the motivation to get back into the habit of reading. I think reading what in in the MOOD for will help so freaking much. Thank you and also the quality of your content is great! seriously!

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you so much! And good luck with the reading--you can do it!

@AlIbrahim 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips all around. A whole world of possibility opened up for me when I started abandoning books. I currently read about 4-5 books at a time; 30 feels like #lifegoals.

@ebonymitchell2720 3 жыл бұрын

Thankssss :) That was super helpful and fun!

@franzabananza 3 жыл бұрын

Omg Im so glad Im not the only one thats in the middle of many books at one time. I thought that was a bad thing. But I did see a talk once that having many projects at one time allows for back to back success. Omg yay!

@marianabarreto677 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow just bumped into this video and this is the first time i actually got good tips and not the same ones i’ve seen already haha

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Yay, that's great to hear! :)

@Rlduncan1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video, Valerie!!!📚📚❤️❤️. I’ve been going through a couple of reading slumps. Of all the videos on KZfaq about reading slumps, yours nailed it for me. I couldn’t read too much last year because I was in the process of moving during the Covid Pandemic. I’ve got tons and tons and tons 🤣🤣🤣🤣📚📚 of books at home I can’t wait to read. The library is my second home 🏡 (I’m a book nerd). Thanks again 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽📚📚

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

aw, glad to hear it helped! Good luck :):)

@natalyacarvalho3735 3 жыл бұрын

I loved your tips❤️

@odelyalevy 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. So simple and to the point. The best out there in KZfaq to increase reading & great booster. 10 thumbs up. I love it. I’ll save this video and re-listen to it again and again. Thank you for sharing. Blessings. 👍♾🎆💙

@literaturelissy1274 3 жыл бұрын

This is full of helpful and actually unique tips! I'm currently attempting to read 200 books this year as well and I just made a video on it, I hope it's okay for me to link your video in the description for people who are interested in how to read more :)

@mayannemanzano-guerzon2551 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thanks!

@christiancarr8733 3 жыл бұрын

Good job brah!

@zulby09 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Valerie! Your tips on reading multiple books are insightful and true. I am currently reading 3 books(2 nonfiction & 1 novel) concurrently: Christianity For Dummies, Charles Darwin Destroyer Of Myths, and The Origin. I am toying around with adding a fourth book(nonfiction booklet) to my present reading list titled Nero And The Burning Of Rome which is just 60 pages

@katr2771 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing your honestly opinion how to read more. I agree completely.

@samtroxal3298 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video-and your onyx ring. I wear ind just like it that was my late husband’s that he bought in London the year I was born (he was 14 years older).

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and wow, that's so cool! Mine is my college ring :)

@user-bz3yb2ou6b 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, New sub here just found your video great tips. I read more than one book at once as well

@tothestarsandthesky 3 жыл бұрын

I also read manybooks. 1 tip is walking and reading. It makes reading easier.

@holidayvega4804 3 жыл бұрын

I stopped reading because I ignored Tip #1 last year (and this year so far!). All the books I'm reading are social justice and political science/theory related, and now I've got some fun sci-fi fantasy books I'm starting to read. Happy reading!

@madkittyjoey70 2 жыл бұрын

I love to read! My favorite kind are biographies. :-)

@isha6173 2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks✨❤️

@valerierose817 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Another Valerie 💟

@IceKateByMoonLight 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I made a '100 Books a Year' challenge to motivate me to get out of reading slumps.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Nice--good luck!!

@Booksbyjuli 2 жыл бұрын

i saw you had 999 subscribes so i had to subscribe and be the 1000

@ValerieBrett 2 жыл бұрын

YAY thank you so much!!! 🥳🥳🥳

@dadharrmann9397 3 жыл бұрын

I used to read a lot but ever since quarantine I rarely read so I’m just trying to get back into reading

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

I know, it can be difficult to focus during this time! Maybe it'd be fun to revisit a childhood favorite?

@KuramiRocket 3 жыл бұрын

Audiobooks are a life saver.

@toms4020 3 жыл бұрын

Good advice. Feeling motivated to read more. I have so many unread books. I like buying lots of books but then they sit on my bookshelf. Lol ugg

@willlexie 3 жыл бұрын

The Storygraph is good alternative of GR.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

YES I made a profile, but I keep forgetting to use it. Thanks for the reminder!

@snackcat 2 жыл бұрын

As a girl who read 15~20 books a week, I confirm that these are very nice tips

@paulinetayloe9988 2 жыл бұрын

I have a minor learning disability I’m 40 yr old and stay with my parents my mum is 73 and my dad is 75 year old and I was brought up to believe that you can only read one book at a time and anyone says that is a lier, I still stay with my parents long story, So I tried it and I Dan read one ebook and one physical books, me I prefer physical books, but iv never tried two physical books at ones I have a crappy attention span but I don’t tell my parents everything, I can read a thick book like 1k or more in 2 weeks and 300 pages in a week, after I was in a reading slump since I was 16 and restarted reading since Late Christmas last yr now iv got 160 books and growing and I allways did like reading my first book iv ever read was when I was 9 yr old; I allways through I can’t read multiple books because of my crappy attention span or my disability but I don’t think I give myself a chance.

@paulinetayloe9988 2 жыл бұрын

Any books that seem boring I get them from the pond shop or second hand shop or charity shop, I never keep my books after I read them saves me room in my bedroom and any book I know I’ll like I buy them from Amazon or Morrison sometimes mostly books I think I won’t like I’ll give it a try are bought from charity shops, second hand shops the pound shops cheap shops so I’m not investing to much, I don’t judge a book by it’s cover or title I read for the benefits from it even if it’s like the legacy of war about the World War Two may sound boring but you can also get benefits from it, I’ll allways give things a go. I pick my books what I feel in the mood to or if I feel it, I don’t buy any book I pick my books like I pick my presents and birthday cards and so on for people and events if you know what I mean.

@temores 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I loved this video and the one about your typical day of reading. Do you take notes while you read a book? or you just flow for the whole reading session?

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching! For me it depends on the book-I prefer physical books, but if I’m on Kindle I’ll highlight passages or quotes/ideas I like and then save them to Goodreads. For physical books, I really don’t markup or take notes on fiction, but I totally markup my nonfiction books with highlights, underlines, and notes written in the margins. What about you?

@kaustuvregmi1469 3 жыл бұрын

Love you from Nepal 🇳🇵

@ailishamacharia943 3 жыл бұрын

These are great tips! Thank you. How do you keep track of what you read?

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :) I am obsessed with Goodreads. I also use a Google spreadsheet to record books I've read.

@christiancarr8733 3 жыл бұрын

Nice outfit by the way

@omarfarhankhan7897 2 жыл бұрын

@Valerie What's the issue with Amazon? Anything specific...

@aaronhargrove7460 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Valerie, do you track the number of minutes as day that you spend reading? It's been said that if you read at least 45 minutes per day, you can finish a book in a week.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I haven't heard that or tried it, but that's interesting!

@lauradeliacapozzella4658 3 жыл бұрын

On Goodreads, I've reached 109 books so far. And it's just July!

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

nice!!!

@richardblackmore9351 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got ADD so reading a lot of books doesn’t work for me. It leads to starting a lot of books and never finishing them as my already concentration-challenged brain acts like a library is a candy store. For me, I just focus on one book and accept that not every sentence, paragraph, or page is going to be a masterpiece. Sometimes I just have to grit my teeth and read through it until the book gets amazing again. Also, forcing myself to finish one book before I begin another adds motivation to actually finish a book.

@richardblackmore9351 3 жыл бұрын

Also, there are audio books for the authors I know I cannot stand beforehand *cough* Yuval Harrari *cough* For me, a visual learner, audio books are an option for books I either do not care much about, or for authors I know I can’t stand reading.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this insight on what it’s like to read when you have ADD-I hadn’t thought of these points!

@haniyyahn 3 жыл бұрын

I also am an ADHD person. I have had similar struggles with starting and finishing things. I am going to try Valerie's suggestions on reading multiple books at a time WITH TRACKING, which I hope will help me complete them. And I'm not going to attempt 30 books. I think max 4, but will start with maybe two books. Much does depend on my mood and I think for me giving myself the permission to read what interests me in the moment (definitely an ADHD thing) rather than just not read that day or force myself to do something that ostensibly I'm doing for enjoyment may be freeing. I recently started using Brilli for adults (an app) because I was pretty much unable to maintain a routine even though I could plan them. It has been a gamechanger. I set up the routines and then just follow along - so no need to bring in memory or focus and no room for distraction which I think have been where the challenges come in. I'm mentioning it because I think re books being able to read multiple books as an ADHDer may similarly be about supportive structure.

@haniyyahn 3 жыл бұрын

I also know from (ADHD) experience that tracking books via Goodreads or any of the usual systems is going to be too fiddly for me. What's worked for me before, that I'll use for this pilot of reading more that one book at a time, is x-ing off graph paper squares (usually I make one square equal 10 pages). I would write down the book name and author, lay out the squares it needs (depending on how many pages it's got). I use a simple bullet journal (which was another game changer, for me as an ADHDer), so I'll just track the books on one of its pages.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

@@haniyyahn Even I can overwhelm myself by starting too many books at once, even with tracking, so I think your idea to start with my 4 or so is great! And I find it helps to have a few very different books--so maybe one on philosophy, another easy fiction like a thriller, and then maybe a book of essays. Good luck and let me know how it goes! :)

@elletinglesASMR 3 жыл бұрын

Love this, such a good tip unlike me, I ignore my responsibilities to read 100 books 😂😭

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

I always support ignoring other things to read! 😜

@aularje 2 жыл бұрын

Its fine to give up on a book!, so rigid rules makes reading unbearable. Lets add some randomness

@fleursmits 3 жыл бұрын

Tips for when you have to read strict books for school and can’t choose which ones you will read? I love to read only when I can choose my own books and don’t feel the pressure for a test or something like that

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh, that's a great point. It's definitely much harder when it's required reading! What I like to do that helps me in those instances is schedule a lot of time for reading (treat it like work, like appointments); try to do the most dense or difficult reading first thing in the morning, when my brain hasn't been used yet (it's nice to drink a big coffee and get right into reading); and, let myself switch off with some mindless TV or very easy, enjoyable fiction at night. Hope that helps!

@fleursmits 3 жыл бұрын

@@ValerieBrett Thank you! I’ll try it! :)

@aanikanarra3477 3 жыл бұрын

My mom just told me not to read multiple books at once because it apparently promotes my ADHD behaviors lol

@VernonYoga 3 жыл бұрын

These are great tips! I also love yoga, and I want to get into reading more. I'm hesitant to read more than one book at a time though. I feel like I'd forget what they are all about, even with a tracking system. Baby steps. I'll get there one day. Thanks for the tips!

@paulinetayloe9988 2 жыл бұрын

How many books do you have to read a month in order to read 100 to 200 books a year?

@greymatters1603 3 жыл бұрын

I do have an issue. Are those techniques gonna help me read 200 books a year? Or are there other techniques more useful?

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

I suppose that depends on each unique reader. If you try it let me know if it helps!

@therealignotus7549 3 жыл бұрын

It matters alot what kind of books, if you Read books like The man without qualites or Proust you wont get over 50books a year, that i can garantue

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Totally!

@lakaumbucha 3 жыл бұрын

If I can read 1 book a day... I can’t find anything good to read. I’ve been at Barns and Nobs for 3 hours already.

@Julie_ao 2 жыл бұрын

😻

@waryaballan9077 9 ай бұрын

What's wrong with Amazon?

@samira3557 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy books for cheap

@Emilyrsps 3 жыл бұрын

Thrift shops and yard sales. Libraries are great resources. Many libraries host book sales a couple times a year. Trade books with friends and family.

@karinabarbee8049 3 жыл бұрын

Goodwill

@project-pe6ly 3 жыл бұрын

reading a book for the sake of reading book is like going to the gym and eating a cake right after.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

not really, it'd be like going to the gym for the sake of going to the gym

@paulinetayloe9988 2 жыл бұрын

30 books at the same time wow I’m not saying it’s impisiable good on you if you can but how do you do that join book clubs answer questions on 5 book after you just read and be able to answer it? I’d love to do that but I’d love to get a person who can read multiple books at once like this girl in this video write down 5 questions to each book and then get her to answer them after she read the 6th book to see if it is true, I mean I know I can do it iv progresses to two at a time so it is possible, i allways through I couldn’t do it because of my poor attention span and bad memory because of my disability growing up, I mean pls don’t think I mean intentionally harm I’m not calling anyone I don’t know in this world a lier by being able to do that I’m not jelouse just curious to see if that person reading multiple books like this girl and if they can answer questions according to the books they read so pls don’t think I mean any harm I sorry of you do.

@alwayslearning7672 3 жыл бұрын

The cost of books always turns me off. So expensive!

@v25485 3 жыл бұрын

You could consider going to the library or search for free pdf online to read on your phone or tablet!!!

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

True! That's why libraries are great--free books!! :)

@christiancarr8733 3 жыл бұрын

Library genesis. Look it up!

@kanishawilliams2435 3 жыл бұрын

The bible is my favorite book

@syppie9172 3 жыл бұрын

Im never in the mood oops

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Being the mood is definitely necessary for reading or else it’s a chore! 😅

@ringer4883 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to an audiobook is not reading

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your opinion

@forbesfoofighters 3 жыл бұрын

You’re not actually reading.. 200 books a year means you’re clearing a book start to finish in a day or two. How can you read a 300 page non fiction book in a day and a half, over and over. You’re just skimming through many chapters of many books simultaneously. That’s just mindless reading

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

Hi David, yes, I do read this much and I don't skim. I do it (as I mentioned in this video) by reading many books at once, so it's not actually sitting down with one book and consuming it whole in 2-3 days. I read about 2-6 hours per day, and it's not all nonfiction. I do not skim and I don't count books I don't finish. You can see my day of reading here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8WRis2hza2ylJs.html.

@forbesfoofighters 3 жыл бұрын

Audiobooks don’t really count, because you can passively tune in and out, where as physical reading is active. Although, audio books are still incredible none the less. To do what you’re saying, you would have to have incredible reading speed, and devote yourself to reading like it’s quite literally your full time profession. Sorry if I’m being overly naggy and critical, I’m just trying to come to terms with the astonishing claim of 200 completed books, no skimming, in one year. I could see 100 books per year. I probably average around 50 (1 at a time). I feel 200 books would have diminishing returns.

@VernonYoga 3 жыл бұрын

@@forbesfoofighters She has a master's degree in Library & Information Science, so it is literally what she has been trained to do. Idk I think I would include audio books, no? If you were just on a mission to read as many books as possible and did in fact tune out (I have absolutely done that!) then yeah that'd be cheating, but if your goal is to absorb information, I would count it ;)

@sasanparvini4901 3 жыл бұрын

Look, haven't even started the videos but there is no way that you have read 100 in a year or even thinking about reading 200. There is no need to lie, well actually there is, but don't!!

@ruben2574 3 жыл бұрын

there are plenty of books that can be read in less than 4 and even 3 hours. Simply dedicating 2 hours a day you should be able to read +100 books a year... Of course if you read lots of fantasy books this would be a lot harder.

@ValerieBrett 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not lying, and I’m sorry this is upsetting to you. I accomplish it by listening to audiobooks when I do pretty much anything else, and by reading for 2-4 hours every night before I go to sleep. And to the point of the other commenter-it’s true, some books are quite short and easy

@TheCrystallineLeoness 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but listening to audio books does not count as reading books.

@winniemakena 3 жыл бұрын

Beg to differ, the point is to get the knowledge or information from the book. Being rigid about how you get the information will stunt you.

@TheCrystallineLeoness 3 жыл бұрын

@@winniemakena The effort for the mind to physically see the words, read them, interpret them, and create an imaginative or educative outcome from them is much more productive and stimulating for the brain muscle rather than lazily sitting on the phone and pressing play and have someone do it all for you.

@juliacb4339 3 жыл бұрын

lmao, eres policía de lectura??? deja de intentar sentirte superior ✨

@lauramessy 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCrystallineLeoness well some people can't read soooo, you're saying they're lazy?

@TheCrystallineLeoness 3 жыл бұрын

@@lauramessy what a silly argument to bring in.