My Experience with Dual Reading

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The internet has been blowing up recently on the topic of reading multiple books at once. Now, I’m not talking about some awesome-hold-two-books-in-each-hand-and-read-all-at-the-same-time-with-intense-music-in-the-background footage (stop watching anime nerds!). I am talking about reading books of different genre at the same time (same time here means reading the other one without finishing the first one). I have seen some experience readers reading 3 books belonging to different genres at the same time but that’s pretty much impossible for anyone who actually wants to gain knowledge from all of these books. This is why I suggest reading two books at the same time. The best possible combination would be 1 fiction + 1 self-help (self-help because you are wasting your time reading someone talking about reading instead of enjoying your Saturdays, which means you need help). We all know how boooooring self-help books can be, but they are essential, if practiced properly, next post coming out on the topic of self-help books <wink>. If you add a fictional adventure to the self-help’s blandness, you can get an awesome blend of helpful knowledge and necessary adrenaline to keep you going!

A huge problem that occurs to most starting dual-readers is that they choose uncompatible books. For example – reading ready player one with another information-heavy non-fiction is just not logical because ready player one is a very heavy book, its not light reading…you have to actually focus and somehow understand all of the references and clues while reading that book. Now say you get bored with a self-help book and start reading ready player one, you are going to get a zero gear change, that’s because of the complexity of the books. This renders the whole dual-reading experience useless and time-consuming. Try combinations with a light/heavy read. For example – Matilda and Atomic Habits is a quintessential combination. That’s because Matilda is a light, but still interesting book. While Atomic Habits is a note-taking-essential. This makes it a very compatible dual-read.

Reading books shouldn’t be a boring task where all you have to do is pick up a book and look at words. NOPE. It should be interesting. Experiment with such techniques, teleport yourself into the world of Harry Potter while sitting in your chair. Imagine different weird scenarios for the main characters of whichever book you are reading. Read fandom stories after you are done reading the book, you will see what other people who have read the same book could fabricate in their own minds. People lived until the 20th century without any entertainment other than books, even the haters will agree that there must be something in these books that they get so much hype. Become a reader!

With that said, I’m gonna go and complete the books I am currently reading, which is Ready Player One (which is why all the examples and references🙂). You guys hold on to your seats for the next banger coming your way next Saturday – “The Self-Help Trap”. I’ll see you next Saturday! Till then have fun dual-reading. Peace✌