Oct 19, 2026 · 1 hr · 11 segments
After we discuss the genre of the kind of person who reads a thousand books a year, we talk about the slow elevator of sanctification, particularly as it is experienced by us ladies. Can we encourage…
Summer YeagerHost
And the person interviewing her asked, how many books do you read a month? And she said 30 because she reads a book a day.
And I have a lot of thoughts about the people who, you know, read a thousand books a year.
But one of the thoughts I have is like, if I read a book a day and you asked me about the book that I read two and a half weeks ago, I wouldn't be able to tell you a thing.
And so I'm just like, how much are you enjoying these books? Like how much are you retaining? Am I a small pea brain? Because the first thing that comes to my head is like, how do you retain? Are you not trying to retain or remember any of these books? Is this pure entertainment? I don't know, but you know, People are out here reading a book a day.
Yeah.
Yeah.
There's some people that, well, and I guess at a certain point, like some of the book people that I follow, it's reading has kind of become like a career for them.
So in a way that makes sense.
Right.
Because it's like, if you read a book a day, you'd be like, well, I was working.
Right.
Like if you read eight hours a day, you'd be like, well, My job.
Right.
But yeah, no, that's very, that's very interesting.
A part of me, it would be like, she, I don't think she would do such a thing if she didn't enjoy it.
Right.
So she must retain that.
whatever she retains is sufficient for enjoyment for her
And the person interviewing her asked, how many books do you read a month? And she said 30 because she reads a book a day.
And I have a lot of thoughts about the people who, you know, read a thousand books a year.
But one of the thoughts I have is like, if I read a book a day and you asked me about the book that I read two and a half weeks ago, I wouldn't be able to tell you a thing.
And so I'm just like, how much are you enjoying these books? Like how much are you retaining? Am I a small pea brain? Because the first thing that comes to my head is like, how do you retain? Are you not trying to retain or remember any of these books? Is this pure entertainment? I don't know, but you know, People are out here reading a book a day.
Yeah.
Yeah.
There's some people that, well, and I guess at a certain point, like some of the book people that I follow, it's reading has kind of become like a career for them.
So in a way that makes sense.
Right.
Because it's like, if you read a book a day, you'd be like, well, I was working.
Right.
Like if you read eight hours a day, you'd be like, well, My job.
Right.
But yeah, no, that's very, that's very interesting.
A part of me, it would be like, she, I don't think she would do such a thing if she didn't enjoy it.
Right.
So she must retain that.
whatever she retains is sufficient for enjoyment for her
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