4 comments on “When did reading become a competitive sport?”

1. Glen Donaldson

   January 2, 2016

   

   I vote this best post of 2016. Allright, ‘so far’. This reading trend is another symptom of the need some people feel to record and ‘data-fy’ everything, accompanied by the belief that if something is not measurable it’s not worth undertaking. Phoey to all that! People need to take time to stop and smell the roses, even if they need to set an alert on their phone to remind them to do it.

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   • bridget whelan

     January 2, 2016

     

     Agree with you and Pam, although I suspect that’s partly because I’m naturally inclined to take life at a gentler pace….

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2. Glen Donaldson

   January 2, 2016

   

   Has anyone seen the GOODREADS 2016 Reading Challenge emails in the last 48 hours? Can you believe one person on this list called ‘Nikki’ nominates 110 books as her 2016 reading goal ? !

   Inspires bad puns about where this person intends ‘nicking’ the time from to get through all that. Call me old-fashioned but I thought goals were supposed to be not only aspirational but achievable as well.

   Human beings sure can be a competitive lot when they set their minds to it. Is this the literary equivalent of ‘keeping up with the Joneses’?

   http://www.goodreads.com/challenges/3890?utm_content=reading_challenge_email_button&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reading_challenge_2016_1

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