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Reading a lot of books is a skill, not a personality trait

By the end of 2025, my social feeds were flooded with book-count roundups. Fifty books. Eighty-seven books. One hundred books, neatly stacked in Canva graphics and celebratory captions. Mixed in among them, especially on Threads, I kept seeing the same question pop up again and again: How are people able to read 100 books in a year?

Reading isn’t a race. It’s a skill you build, a habit you choose, and a joy that looks different for everyone.

The tone of the question always felt half-amazed, half-defeated—like asking how people finish marathons when you can barely make it around the block.

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New Fiction Book Club on Facebook

Despite my addiction to mainstream thriller novels, I also love it when I find an amazing book that no one is talking about. When this happens, I find myself wanting so bad to get people talking about the book. I’ve joined book clubs in the past hoping to find like-minded individuals only to end up reading a bunch of books that I just didn’t like (one book club even made me read George W. Bush’s memoir about George H.W. Bush). So, what do I do when I can’t find what I want? I make my own! That’s why I’ve decided to start my own online fiction book club on Facebook!

I’m currently in the “inviting members” phase of this project and would love it if you could join my group! The club officially launches in January, so if your New Year’s Resolution is to read more or expand your reading horizons, then maybe this group can help keep you accountable so you can reach that goal!

If you’re in, visit the book club page on Facebook and join. Be sure to answer the questions to get into the group. I know it’s annoying to have to go through this vetting process, but anymore it’s the only way to keep spammers out of Facebook groups. I’ve already posted our first read, so if you’re looking for something to read over a holiday break (if you’re lucky enough to have one,) you can get started on our very first book club read today!

I can’t wait to get started on our first book, which I actually haven’t read yet myself, and start the discussion. Feel free to invite your reading friends to join us. Happy reading!

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What are your reading goals for 2019?

Let’s talk about books!

I set a goal to read 75 and ended up reading 75 books in 2018. 0 were rereads. 0 were audiobooks. Several were abandoned (but I didn’t include those in my count.)

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