I love this! I have definitely been guilty of tracking my reading before, but I find it useful because it can help me realise when I’m not putting as much effort into making time for reading as I’d like.

I think another trait of the ‘terrible reader’ could be the person who refuses to reread books – connected to your idea of reading for the sake of conquering as many books as possible. If you only care about how many different books you’ve read, you lose the beauty of a reread. Rereading can bring new insights and a new experience every time, because when you’re in a different chapter of your own life you see the same book in a different way.

Thank you for this piece!