How I’ve Found Time To Read More Books

I have loved reading books since I was a kid, at birthday’s and Christmas I was always the one that asked for about 10 different books, various different genres, and I was always the kid that could be found with my head in a book too. However over the last few months I’ve been struggling to find the time to read a book, to get stuck into a book and just switch off. Lately though, I have found ways for me to make more time to read. Ready to see my tips?

Take A Book Everywhere I Go

I have been taking a book everywhere I go and I mean everywhere. I leave one in our car so when we are travelling (Paul is driving) I can read a book if I want and I have even been taking one to work. I genuinely love being able to read at work during my lunch break, I find it so calming and soothing, it’s really helped my anxiety to!

Plan Time In Your Day To Read

Part of my wind down routine before bed is to get involved in reading my book, just for 30 minutes and it works wonders. Like I have said I also read in my lunch break and sometimes I wake up a little earlier in the morning so I can read a book while the sun rises. It makes such a difference to my day.

Download The Kindle App

I actually have a really old Kindle Fire, and I haven’t been able to charge it. I used to love it so much and I also loved the fact that there were literally so many amazing free books on there! My personal favourite was 39 weeks, and was one of the books that I couldn’t put down!

Don’t Limit Yourself To One Book

I’ve got couple of books on the go at the moment, mainly because even though I love to have one book on the go, if I fancy mixing it up, I can switch to another. It definitely isn’t for everyone, but it does help me, especially having multiple books on the go, it just means that I can have multiple books placed everywhere and not worry about not being able to read.

Don’t Be Afraid Of Putting Down A Book That Isn’t Right For You

I’ve read a fair few this year that genuinely looked like my cup of tea but as I got further in, I just couldn’t get into it, I didn’t feel the overwhelming urge to read it or to get involved in the characters. At that point, I know it is time to put the book down, stop wasting my time with a book that I’m not enjoying.

Join Goodreads

I have loved having a Goodreads account, it gives me so much motivation to keep reading and to find so many amazing new books! If you follow Alice Spake on Instagram or Twitter then she has some of the most amazing book recommendations. Not only that the amount of amazing books she has read gives me so much motivation to keep reading all the books in my collection.

Give Yourself A Challenge

On Goodreads you can set yourself a goal for the amount of books you can read this year. In January I set the amount of books I would like to read at 10, I’m 7 books in (I haven’t updated my Goodreads account yet) and I’m hoping to exceed that challenge. A challenge really gives you the kick up the backside that you need sometimes.

Try Audiobooks

If you don’t fancy carrying a book around with you and you would prefer to listen to a book, then audiobooks are definitely the way to go. Laying in bed listening to a good book can be so soothing or on the way home when you’re walking back and you’re wanting to drown out the world while you walk. I’ve listened to 2 audiobooks, I do enjoy it, but there is something so lovely about holding a physical book in your hand.

What are your tips for finding time to read more books?

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