I'm not against reading goals, and believe they can help if done right. But you need to set REALISTIC goals. If you're not used to read A LOT and, on top of that, you have attention span issues, your reading goal seems way too high!

How many books have you read last year? How is your routine? Do you work full time? Study? Etc.

Make yourself these questions before you set a goal. If you haven't read any book past year for example, and you set a goal of 6 books this year, this means that, if you reach your goal you read 600% more than last year, which is a huge improvement.

And if you read beyond your goal that's even better! There's nothing stopping you to go beyond it or even raise it after you actually got there.

But, specially if you have ADHD, setting up an unrealistically high goal will only make you anxious and frustrated.

I don't like to study books deeply, because I think it defeats the purpose of pleasure reading. But a good way to memorize a book, imo, is to enter discussions about it. That way you will see other people theories and point of views different than yours and as you answer someone else's doubts you also reflect on what you read. It works great for me and it's much more fun than studying the book like a textbook.

I mean, in Harry Potter isn't Voldemort objective exactly to rule both worlds and dominate the non-magical humans? So they're not unanimously agreeing with the rules they live by. And Voldemort had his share of allies, they just kept themselves in the shadows when they felt their aspirations wouldn't get enough traction.

It's not very popular among critics and reddit specially because of it's inaccuracies I think. But I liked it nonetheless... Imo it's a good emotional fictional novel from the pov of a child. Never seen the movie though.

Just as the other user said, it has some basic benefits such as getting more contact with a rich vocabulary and the language in general.

But there's also a subjective benefit imo. For me at least reading is both fun, healthy and an active habit. When I spend some time reading I am able to push away depression and usually get more active overall, more well-disposed. It gives me a feeling that I have done something both enjoyable and productive.

I also, for whatever reason, get more thoughtful and able to articulate better during the periods I read. Even my dreams seem to become much more vivid in that period.

I think that being such an imaginative habit it might be good for the mind.

I have listened a bit of it's audiobook and didn't like it too much either, but for a different reason. I actually found interesting the premise and the narration style, but it seemed to me characters were too stereotypical and it kinda made the stories sound less convincing.

But I still intend to read or listen to it again. Maybe the narration of the actors made them feel more stereotypical then the writing itself. Would like to give it one more chance.

It's a solid but most predictable list. That's why I find more interesting top lists of books published on said year, instead of all time.

Giving how popular games are nowadays, specially Playstation big IPs, I think it's very unlikely people who already know about the show never heard about the game before.

That being said, since I like TLoU more for the story and characters rather than gameplay, I think it could indeed make a pretty good show. Specially on HBOs hands.

I have read some and I believe they helped me in some way. They will not change your life immediately after, as if you had just discovered the secret of a good life, but some of the messages and advices might stick to you in a way you will start to implement them in your life, slowly improving some aspects of it. In an almost unconscious manner.

But I would recommend to take a look about the author first. The ones that helped me the most were from people who had a backstory that felt legit and that I could connect to some extent.

I was trying to read 12 books this year, and I managed 14 (trying to finish the 15th before Saturday). Will probably keep the same challenge for the next year.

I don't like to be too "precise" with this sort of challenge, because I think it could hinder me, instead of motivate, that's why I don't do page count challenges.

Still, since I'm doing it for myself, I also don't cheat by reading small books just for the volume, I just read what I feel like... in fact, this year I read 4 Dune books (1st to 4th) and 3 Dark Tower books (4th to 6th, currently trying to finish the 7th), so the page count is fairly decent.