#ANYWAY. back to listening to Canterbury Tales and baking

[sixofravens-reads]

the thing that gets me about the "must read 100 books a year Or Else" thing is that you just.... don't see it with any other hobby?

no one (as far as I know) is telling knitters "you have to knit 100 projects in a year, it doesn't matter if they turn out holey or misshapen or ugly, it matters that you made so many of them!" pretty sure no one is telling gamers "you have to play 100 games a year, doesn't matter if you really enjoy them or explore the worlds, what's important is that you finish them!"

So...why, and I say this as someone who's a fairly fast reader and has read a lot this year, are (terminally online) readers so obsessed with numbers? Is it because more books = more intelligent? Is it just Number Go Up mentality? I understand the thrill of wanting to beat your past self and read more books than the year before or whatever, but why do you expect to hold others to your standards??

#thinking about reading #just a little rant #while i wait for the garlic cloves for my garlic bread to bake lmao #i often feel in competition with my past self or wanting to read certain genres etc. i didn't really get to the year before #but ive never looked at another blogger and went 'HA! you only read 10 books this year!' #don't get me started on the whole buying boatloads of books Just To Have A Big Library #i used to post about getting rid of books and people would reply like 'even if you didn't like them why not keep them just because??' #i don't live in a mansion lmao. also if i don't like a book i don't want to see it on my shelf every day #ANYWAY. back to listening to Canterbury Tales and baking