I’ve been reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and it’s a beautiful book but I feel the need to read it slowly. I think it’s the meditative and contemplative nature of the book itself, and essay collections especially lend themselves well to a slower speed. Now I want to read this more consistently but slowly. One chapter a day, maybe two today, finishing it at the very end of this month (I have 21 chapters left). Have you ever set yourself some sort of limit with a book? I want time to chew on the information. I’ve felt this before- when I read Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown on Audiobook. I own the hardcover and want to reread it at some point at a similarly slow speed to take it in with more detail. I find myself leaning away more recently from the fast paced thrillers (I think the one for the spring reading challenge, Razorblade Tears by SA Crosby is the only high stakes thriller I’ve read in a while.) I’ve also read Ray Bradbury’s books, Dandelion Wine and others at purposely slow speed in the past. What are your favorite books to read slowly?

I’m getting close to hitting my reading goal for the year already!! I think I need to change it, should I double my goal?? What does everyone else do when they hit it in the first half of the year?