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I hoped that by reading this many books I’d start enjoying more of them, that there’d be a lower threshold for a worthwhile book since the opportunity cost is lower. “Those who only read a book a year, well, that book better be awesome, but for those who read many books I can appreciate every book for what it has to offer, it doesn’t need to be the best in all categories”, that was my thinking.
But that was wrong, I’ve become even more of a book snob than I already was. I’m like “that was okay, but not as good as such and such and such and such, which were similar but way better”. I’m coming to valuing orginality more. I was hoping the opposite would happen. That I could just relax and enjoy things for what they are without having to be all snooty about it. But so far that’s proving to not be so easy.