I’ve read tons of ideas about how to extract “nuggets of information”, and reading more effectively, etc. Blinkist, for example, creates great and short summaries of books. That’s all good and fine. But it does not work for me. I need to read through a book. I need it to take time. I don’t want the nuggets, I need it all. I need all of it to help me let the points sink in. I might remember a book years later, but I cannot recall a Blinkist summary after even two weeks.

I do agree with the “reading of multiple books in parallel” part though. It’s a natural way of reading, when curiosity is the driver.

But what’s the rush? It’s not a competition (I think). Let’s just read the books like the author intended them to be read (which, for non-fiction often is suggested in the preface or similar).