Michael, as someone who shares the passion of reading, and writing from time to time depending on what I read and how much free time I have after sucking up to senior managers and clients, I suggest the website/app Goodreads to track your progress and results. Goodreads has this annual reading challenge where you set up a goal and then take records on books you read, while Goodreads counts them in.
That being said, I also come to realize that retaining either wisdom or knowledge from reading non-fiction, fiction, economics, you name it, can be difficult. I've very recently finished The Razor's Edge for the 2nd time, and loved it. However, I have to admit, to a shame, that I didn't remember that much stuff after reading it the 1st time.
I have a hypothesis that part of the book has already been "internalized", and therefore is reflected subconsciously in my daily activities and interactions with people. There is no known scientific evidence to either prove or disprove this hypothesis.
I suggest you read Schopenhauer's opinion on reading. The German philosopher stated that when you read, you replace your own thinking with other people's thinking, so excessive reading may do you harm instead of good.
That's a really astonishing perspective, but recently I have been considering that possibility.
Feel free to write about any non-fiction or literature (I dig 18-20 century writers especially) you read.
Michael, as someone who shares the passion of reading, and writing from time to time depending on what I read and how much free time I have after sucking up to senior managers and clients, I suggest the website/app Goodreads to track your progress and results. Goodreads has this annual reading challenge where you set up a goal and then take records on books you read, while Goodreads counts them in.
That being said, I also come to realize that retaining either wisdom or knowledge from reading non-fiction, fiction, economics, you name it, can be difficult. I've very recently finished The Razor's Edge for the 2nd time, and loved it. However, I have to admit, to a shame, that I didn't remember that much stuff after reading it the 1st time.
I have a hypothesis that part of the book has already been "internalized", and therefore is reflected subconsciously in my daily activities and interactions with people. There is no known scientific evidence to either prove or disprove this hypothesis.
I suggest you read Schopenhauer's opinion on reading. The German philosopher stated that when you read, you replace your own thinking with other people's thinking, so excessive reading may do you harm instead of good.
That's a really astonishing perspective, but recently I have been considering that possibility.
Feel free to write about any non-fiction or literature (I dig 18-20 century writers especially) you read.