i tried reading 150 pages EVERY DAY for a week 📚✨🫶🏻 a reading vlog!

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hi friends! today, we have a reading experiment where i tried reading 150 pages every day for a week (featuring some romance, thriller, sci-fi, and manhwa novels) 🤭 the concept was simple: sit down for at least 2 hours every day in the hopes of reading a minimum of 150 pages and hopefully finishing some books from my tbr. it was certainly not easy, but the result was mind blowing. enjoy!
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when browsing for books to read, i always look for book reviews. as i continue my search for a sustainable reading routine, this time i tried to read 150 pages a day for a week, and it quickly turned into a very chatty video about the books i want to read this month and me losing my mind over some of the new book releases of 2024. booktube and booktok have buzzed about some of these books… but did i enjoy them? i hope you guys enjoy this one and come out with more books to add to your TBR and some good book recommendations for 2024!
- books mentioned
wild love by elsie silver
good girl, bad blood by holly jackson
villains are destined to die, vol. 5 by gyeoeul kwon
villains are destined to die, vol. 6 by gyeoeul kwon
dune by frank herbert

[@grff_]

I find that if i read a 100 page book, i progress slow, but if i read a 300+ page book i reach the 100 mark much faster, so i guess i like to pace myself haha🔮

[@bilhawere7720]

Twin I feel the same way

[@frenchtoez8419]

so trueeeee

[@MelReads]

HARD agree on this🏋🏻

[@BookishlyKatherine]

Setting a page goal a day seems so much more doable than reading for a certain amount of time a day. I’m going to have to try this out

[@MelReads]

omg i hope you try it out and it works🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I love how your kitties just hang out with you as you read 🥹

[@MelReads]

where i go, they go🤣🫶🏻

[@aurora-cc6hk]

i’ve read nothing in almost 4 months so thank u for reminding me to read with this video ❤ love ur videos

[@E.Cerulean]

Same lol

[@MelReads]

🥹🫶🏻

[@T0urneSOI]

Super interesting challenge! I might try it myself since I read at a very slow pace and see where it leads me. Love your vibe, you look si nice ❤🔮

[@fozzymup268]

I generally read along with reading sprints these days. I've read more books in the past couple of months because the sprints help me concentrate. Thanks sprints! So I don't care how many pages I've read, as long as I'm enjoying reading! I've tried Dune a few times, but can't get to grips with it, so I've given up and just sticking with the films! Lovely vlog as always Mel, thanks! Best Wishes 💕 🪄🧙🏻‍♀️

[@MelReads]

reading sprints are always the best motivator!!

[@amiam8998]

I started to focus more on reading this year, and currently have 13 books for the year. My favourite for sure was Dune, which I reread because I want to get through at least the original trilogy this year. I do agree that the book can feel a bit difficult, on my first read when the first movie came out I had a hard time. On my reread I read around 100 pages every time I read, which is VERY rare for me. So the second reading experience was great and I found myself loving Herbert's storytelling a lot more. Also, I really loved seeing another woman around my age reading it! As a book recommendation I recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. It's a cool supernatural scientific time-travel romance between a witch and a vampire. It's a long read with four books at the moment and the fifth one coming this year. This is the first video I saw from you so I don't know if you've read it but I always like recommending something :)

[@MidWestBookLover-jb6jj]

I make sure to read a chapter of my ebook. 20 pages of my physical book and listen to a hour of my audio book a day.

[@MelReads]

i love this system, omg🫶🏻

[@chocolateoreo6489]

We love the routine with reading, I hope it helps you feel more motivated to read more and enjoy the books more by reading more ❤

[@MelReads]

tysm🥹🫶🏻

[@chocolateoreo6489]

@@MelReads anytime love, it’s true!

[@mmook507]

I started reading villians are destined to die because of you and I’m LOVING every second of it 🥰

[@MelReads]

YES YES YES!!!! this makes me the happiest ever🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@hereiscatrina]

Starting this challenge TODAY!

[@MelReads]

heeeell yeeeah🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@megantempleton5814]

Callisto is my vote too!

[@amyschmelzer6445]

My personal goal is to average 100 pages a day. I haven’t done it the last two weeks. It’s hard. However, I have read 500 pages the last three days, so maybe this week I will meet my target. It’s gardening season here in Ohio and I have been busy outside getting the plants in the ground.

[@MelReads]

okay slay, 500 pages!!!🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@mmoollaayy]

i love ur long form content♥️ i get to watch snipits here and there throughout my day and it fills my cup up a teeny bit everytime! where is your griffin antiques sweatshirt from?? such a cute subtle book merch!

[@MelReads]

aahhh that makes me so happy!!! the sweatshirt is from bibliostyles🫶🏻 bibliostyles.com/products/griffin-antiquities-crescent-city-crewneck-sweatshirt

[@mmoollaayy]

@@MelReads thank uuu!

[@somestuff3912]

Omg, I'm so happy that you published this video! I needed the motivation to read again much more than I'm reading right now :)

[@MelReads]

hope this was some good motivation💃🏻

[@katiediaz9952]

I love you and your content I legit genuinely wish we was friends. Your like the ideal bestie I honestly watch ur videos over and over lol like a binge lol 😂 I love when it rains I live in Florida I can’t wait for hurricane rain season lol super cozy reading vibes

[@MelReads]

omg you're so sweet😭🥹🫶🏻 rain season is in full effect here in panama, and i'm thriving!!!

[@Des_Diane]

I love that you do that. Wait for the end of the chapter i do the same thing but smaller with 20pages a day then I will try to do 50pages a day. Or 30 mins a day. It take me about 30 mins to read 15 pages.

[@MelReads]

waiting until the end is just the most satisfying🤣 it feels wrong to stop mid chapter!!

[@emilymurphy1239]

it’s so strange when people say they don’t like kids in books, maybe because i have one it just truly never bothers me at all :)

[@Taabea]

Good girl, bad blood was a 5-star book for me but I don‘t remember anything about it 😭😂

[@MelReads]

omg not the mental lagoon🤣

[@katiea1760]

🔮

[@sakurachanis]

Now I want every book on this video uh 😂

[@Sharletwitch]

My goal every day is to read at least for 30 minutes. It’s the most I can realistically do with being a working single mom of twins 😂 on the weekends I can do a bit more though 😁 all these books sound so cool!

[@BooksWithJudy]

I don't know where I heard it but I heard that you need 90 days to build a habit, so a week won't do anything if that is true, but I love the idea nonetheless.

[@bilhawere7720]

I think the concept is conditional, but time does play a part and consistency too helps but yeah I also love the idea

[@theywannafwleah]

idk,but I think it’s 1 week to build a habit and 2 weeks to undo a habit.i think I may be wrong but that’s what I’ve heard!!(not trying to argue just telling you what I’ve heard)🤍

[@MelReads]

the videos are more about finding what is the most sustainable around my work/life routine, than building the habit itself🫶🏻 based on the experience, then i may adapt it for a full habit, if that makes more sense!

[@abibliophobe2731]

Depending on the genre, I read 100-150 per day. Romance and historical fiction I can easily read that. Fanro/Fantasy not so much. My routine is to read an hour or two before work. I don't focus as much on page count...but with full time work I want a routine where I can read every day... My morning routine guarantees that. To be fair, every so often I choose to sleep in and I don't read for a week before work... But that's rare. Almost always aligns with the week before or of a vacation coming up.

[@MelReads]

100% agree on the genres influencing how much i'm able to read! carving time out before work also seems to be the best move for me, personally🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@Annes.library]

Ok, but we need a top tier on the love interests of Villains are destined to die❤

[@MelReads]

i think this would be my ranking👀 - callisto - derrick - winter - reynold - eckles

[@micalmontanares8512]

Me encantaría ver un video en español. Me gusta que tus opiniones de las lecturas sean más que un "me gusta" y ya, sino que hay fundamentos. 🧙‍♀🪄

[@MelReads]

ayyy mil gracias!! a veces siento que hablo demasiado, pero es porque siempre trato de dar opiniones solidas🤓

[@kristensmith8778]

200 pages a day please 🪄🧙‍♀️

[@MelReads]

oh, it WILL happen🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@girlmom2129]

I'm always interested in people's opinions on Wild Love if they didn't love it. I can't settle on a final star rating for it still after months and months. I think the beginning of the book is way stronger than the end for me because I enjoyed the build up of Ford and Rosie's frenemies relationship and banter. Unfortunately, it got old when it didn't change when their relationship changed. Rosie became an immature brat in a not fun way and Ford lost his backbone except for wanting to throw his money around to prove himself to Rosie. I also think the book was trying to be too many things when it added the coworkers element and finally the revenge billionaire element. I also didn't enjoy the spice beyond their first kiss and foreplay which was strange coming from Elsie Silver. And don't get me started on the paint stain...🙄. Still excited for Wild Eyes and early reviews are saying the story is deeper which seems promising.

[@BeccaM4]

I have a min threshold I try to meet. Some books are just dense so reading 100 pages of fine is not the same time as reading 100 pages of a romance. So I try to read for 1 hour on work days and 2 hours on weekends, if I read more then I read more.

[@MelReads]

totally agree that depending on the genre, the minimum page count becomes easier/harder!!

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

I was trying to do 100 pages a day this week but that went out the window on Tuesday I am just now picking up books today with not reading for 4 ish days. I love challenge vlogs

[@MelReads]

challenge vlogs are the best😭🏋🏻

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

@@MelReads I have to agree with you on this one here

[@chocolateoreo6489]

I hope you are doing well❤

[@MelReads]

i really am! hope that for you too💖🧚🏻‍♀️✨

[@chocolateoreo6489]

@@MelReads I’m so glad (: I am pretty good🫶

[@verena7195]

Not me buying Villains are Destined to Die Vol 1 because of Mel

[@MelReads]

OMG YESSSS!!! if this ends up being my legacy, i'll be more than happy🛐

[@verena7195]

@@MelReads Yess girl thaank you, it's so good I immediately ordered Vol 2 after finishing it!

[@franbevan1513]

🔮🪄❤

[@MelReads]

🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@brandim1230]

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[@MelReads]

🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@terricaudill7814]

🧙‍♀️

[@Rollypollyrory]

Have you read The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo yet?

[@MelReads]

i haven't yet!! need to get myself a copy 🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@lilianamariatomaz]

🧙🏽‍♂

[@eleonoragiannetti3603]

just so you know.... your page count divided by 7 already makes around 200 pages so.... let's add up to 250 at least :D

[@MelReads]

250 a day is a REAL challenge... bet👀

[@eleonoragiannetti3603]

@@MelReads I know!! but you can still average it out , it works

[@chocolateoreo6489]

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[@MelReads]

💖🧚🏻‍♀️✨

[@chocolateoreo6489]

@@MelReads 💜💜💜

[@Tarasreadingnook]

🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🎩🪄🔮✨️

[@MelReads]

🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@glendaleereads]

I've never tallied my pages before but that seems fun!

[@MelReads]

🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@Pernille842]

🔮🔮🔮

[@MelReads]

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[@x..zari..x]

I read the title as “I tried reading 150 books everyday” idk why 😭

[@MelReads]

LMAO could you imagine🤣

[@bethmetcalf3447]

🧙‍♀️ 🔮

[@MelReads]

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[@josieann4390]

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[@nataliep4672]

challenging myself to do 100pg everyday this week! 🪄🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🧙🧙‍♀️🪄🪄

[@MelReads]

omg i LOVE💃🏻 hope it's the best time!!!

[@fabiolaalmazanolivar3034]

🧙‍♀️ 🪄

[@MelReads]

🏋🏻✨🫶🏻

[@Wolfpack7000]

*Spoiler warning for Dune, you should read it though it's much better than presented in this video* I'm going to be honest, I only came to this video because I saw Dune in the thumbnail, and honestly I think your takes on Dune kinda suck. First of all, yes the prose is very clinical and dry. Is this a problem? no, because a main theme of the book is how history is used to propagandize even unwilling participants. It is written specifically so that no truly good or bad actions can be attached to the main characters via tone, rather the reader is responsible for deciding weather or not an action is good m, which serves to further the message of the book Secondly, you bring up how the book tells you a lot of information rather than show you, this also serves a purpose, it's meant to show you how the language around facts can be altered to create a simplistic narrative. Dr. Yueh is repeatedly told to a simple betrayer he betrayed the Atedies because they had his wife. Realistically though, Dr. Yueh is a man striken by grief whose bonds to his wife and to his masters pull him in opposite directions. This is further shown when he gives the Duke the perfect chance to kill Barron Harkonen, because he's not completely a bad guy unlike what the book tries to tell us. And this is repeatedly the case though out the book, because it's trying to say that context is important when analyzing actions. Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that everything in dune has its purpose (yes even the so called "cringey" inner monologues), and while it may make it different form other books you've read that doesn't make it bad or poorly written. It's not a classic of the genre despite it's flaws, is a classic because it leans into the elements that make it different and makes them part of the story.

[@Alexisreading]

Loved this vlog! I really need to read good girl bad blood 👀 🩸 making progress is better than nothing you did great!

[@MelReads]

good girl, bad blood was a really good time!! defo recommend hehe😮‍💨

[@dianka414]

The way that I don’t even remember who Eckles is cuz it’s been so long since I read these 🫠 Is that one of the brothers? I think it’s time for a reread of the series before continuing lol

[@MelReads]

eckles is the guard!! he's the most annoying😭

[@dianka414]

@@MelReads Ok yes totally agree! I was not vibing with the whole mistress/slave dynamic 🫤

[@Eugenia1412]

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[@MelReads]

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[@NyxCreates]

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[@jorenyer8489]

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[@AncientKombuchaAstronaut]

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[@MelReads]

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[@deannaelsea9923]

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[@MelReads]

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[@naomiking7518]

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[@MelReads]

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