{"id":129,"date":"2026-09-29T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/?p=129"},"modified":"2026-09-29T04:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:01:00","slug":"how-to-read-more-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/2026\/09\/29\/how-to-read-more-books\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read More Books Without Forcing It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people want to read more but struggle to find the time. The secret is not willpower but making reading the easiest option available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always have the next book ready<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Momentum disappears when you finish a book and don&#8217;t know what to read next. Keep a short list and a book waiting on the shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read in the gaps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten pages while the kettle boils, twenty on the commute, a chapter before bed. These small moments add up to dozens of books a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep a book by the bed and another in your bag.<\/li>\n\n<li>Give yourself permission to abandon books you don&#8217;t enjoy.<\/li>\n\n<li>Mix light reads with challenging ones.<\/li>\n\n<li>Join or start a small reading group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few pages a day is a quiet promise to your future self.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget reading challenges and speed-reading tricks. These gentle habits help books fit naturally into your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,41,68],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-books","tag-habits","tag-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}