What are your personal reading "rules?"

kfwyre
2025-03-12T21:51:40Z

Don't think of "rules" in the question as necessarily a hard-and-fast thing (though it certainly can be if you work that way!). It can be interpreted as "guidelines" or "parameters" or "workflow" or whatnot.

I'm interested in learning about what guides your reading habits and choices. Stuff like:

How do you choose what to read next?

Do you read one book at a time or jump between multiple titles?

How/why do you choose between physical/ebook/audiobook for a given title?

How do you decide to stop reading a book you don't like (if at all)?

Do you have a specific "spot" for reading?

Do you have any particular reading rituals?

When do you decide whether a book is worth a re-read?

Do you track/rate your books?

How much do you learn about a book before you read it?

How do you manage your "TBR" (to be read) list (if at all)?

etc.

Don't think of this as a survey where you have to answer each question, but more that those questions are all trying to get at the idea that I want to hear about the decisions you make about reading itself. Anything and everything you feel is relevant is fair game!

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