{"id":40955,"date":"2016-01-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=40955"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:10:45","slug":"4000-books-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/4000-books-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"4000 Books 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am one of those readers who reads with a pen in hand. I almost cannot read a book unless I am underlining statements and scribbling in the margins. This slows down my reading speed significantly, but I think it helps sharpen my mind and interact with the ideas of others.<\/p>\n

My goal is to read 4000 books in my lifetime, and this post will keep track of my progress in 2016.<\/p>\n

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I already own more books than I can read in a lifetime (which I find highly depressing), and so I buy fewer books than I used to, and I have begun to weigh the pros and cons of any book I read. It’s a little crass, but when I consider whether or not I should read a book, I often think of Elaine from Seinfeld wondering if a boyfriend was “sponge worthy.” <\/p>\n

Anyway… with that image in mind … here are the books I have read so far:<\/p>\n