Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish meme originally created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits, where every Friday, bloggers write discussion posts based on a weekly prompt and Dini @ dinipandareads has cohosted since the beginning of 2025.
This week’s topic is:
May 9: Motivation to Read (Jillian @ The Bookish Butterfly)
Prompts: How do you motivate yourself to sit down and concentrate on reading? Do you have a set reading time/schedule that works best for you to focus? Do you have tips/tricks that you would recommend others try?
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How do you motivate yourself to sit down and concentrate on reading?
I actually have lots of motivation to read to escape from reality! lol…so I have no trouble doing it.
Do you have a set reading time/schedule that works best for you to focus?
I actually like to read at night when it’s nice and quiet, when everyone is asleep. If I’m blogging and doing stuff on the computer or stamping out orders for my Etsy shop then I try to find an audiobook or not. Sometimes I have an hour in the day before picking up my kids from school. But mostly I do my reading at night.
Do you have tips/tricks that you would recommend others try?
Yikes, I’m not sure how to motivate anyone to read. I suggest it to my son only because sometimes he can’t go to sleep right away and reading a little does help him, I think. Audiobooks does help if you are determined to knock some titles off your TBR list or something like that and don’t feel like picking up a book. If you don’t have any motivation to stay still, sit and read, then you can even work out and read – I’ve definitely walked on the treadmill before with my kindle app on my ipad (or audiobook) and read a few pages of a book in the 30-45 minutes I work out.
May Topics:
May 2: Bookish Fandoms
Prompts: There are very popular bookish fandoms out there, especially in the romance fantasy genre (Maas, Yarros, LOTR, etc.). Are you part of a bookish fandom? If you are, what do you love about it? If not, do you think you’d ever want to be part of one? Does being part of the online book community help you connect to fandoms?
May 9: Motivation to Read (Jillian @ The Bookish Butterfly)
Prompts: How do you motivate yourself to sit down and concentrate on reading? Do you have a set reading time/schedule that works best for you to focus? Do you have tips/tricks that you would recommend others try?
May 16: What is one book that everyone else seemed to love except you? (Isabella @ The Ink Bound Reader)
Prompts: Have you ever experienced what seems like the whole book community raving about a book, only to discover it’s not all that? What are some story elements that put you off while reading? What about books others dislike that you love? Feel free to share examples of which books everyone loved and you didn’t, and vice versa! 🤭
May 23: Literary Palette Cleansers
Prompts: Do you ever feel like you need a reading reset? Maybe you’ve been reading dense literary fiction, or in a reading slump. Are there certain books you read to help reset? Do you ever take a break from reading? Do you find yourself needing those literary palate cleansers at certain times of year?
May 30: Freebie
Prompts: It’s the fifth Friday of the month, so this week is a freebie! Use this week to revisit an old LTB topic, or write about something you’re interested in! You can check out a bunch of topics on our blogs (Dini’s & Aria’s) and Rukky’s blog for more ideas!
Past Midnight Book Reviews & More 
I love how natural reading seems to be for you—using it as a way to escape is so relatable, and reading at night when the world is quiet sounds so peaceful. I also really appreciate your tip about mixing reading with other activities like workouts or errands; that’s such a smart way to fit books into a busy day. Audiobooks really are a lifesaver sometimes!
Feel free to check out my post on this topic too: https://wp.me/pdHDpe-2Ny
Thanks! My hubby always tries to recommend shows for me to stream and I said, but I have no time to watch shows right now and he said yeah, because you read so much. 😅. I was like, oh he’s right…reading to me is like him binging shows or movies on Netflix.
I’ve just discovered the joys of audiobook and workouts and so far, since I started going last week, it’s been a joy to make progress in my reading while also doing what I need to do at the gym 😂 I can now work my way through my audiobook library that has been growing steadily without much reading progress being made, lol. I also mostly read at night and it feels weird when I don’t read before sleeping cos it’s become ingrained in my routine now for as long as I can remember.
Great post! Thanks for participating in LTB this week 🙂
That’s amazing Dini! I’m glad you can knock out two things at once – health and reading. And yes reading at night, even if I’m so tired, and I read a page or two, is a routine for me now!
I still haven’t got used to audiobooks so I still read eBooks or physical book. I never have a fix time for reading. Whenever my kid is in school or occupied in something I try to read as much as I can so it’s safe to say my reading clock changes as per kid’s clock.
I’m listening to an audiobook right now and I feel like I need to stop and get the book lol. Especially with kids, it’s hard to have a fixed time to read!