I usually skim a couple paragraphs to get myself back into the flow and remember exactly where I left off.

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I don't re-read anything. Maybe if I've put a book down for a few weeks or months, I might re-read a page or two, but never for just one day!

I just read starting from the exact sentence I left off on, even if I stopped in the middle of a chapter.

Hey if you don't have books lined up may I recommend Stranger in a Strange Land from the 60s? It is outdated but is just a wild read.

I actually just made a Niche fantasy/sci-fi/horror reading challenge for myself on storygraph yesterday! It focuses on diversifying the books I'm reading every month. It has 13 prompts, so my minimum goal is to read 1 that might check off a prompt per month.

My bigger goal is one book a week until I lose steam lol.

Hey it is okay despite my challenge this year I only read three last year!! It is good that you are reading either way.

My book challenge is to read 52 books I haven't read before, basically one for each week. They can be any book, any subject (hell I knocked out a pagan method one a bit ago).

I've never re-read a page, always end my reading session at the end of a chapter, starting a new chapter next time I pick up the book

Last year I read 122 books and this year I just want to read at least 123. I use to average a book a day and for some reason last year I couldn't make myself read. I started off the year strong but by June I'd was going weeks without picking up my kindle, in 4 months I only read 3 books. So far this year I'm up to 24.

Depends on how asleep/drunk I was, since I usually read in the bed and I often do stop at random points either because I can't see straight or somebody else is ready for the lights to go off. I also listen to audio books a lot and I always back it up between 30 seconds and 2 minutes.

I loved this book! I thought the first half was wayyy more easy to read then the second half. The second half had an odd, slow pace.

If I was able to stop at a clear breaking point, I don't usually reread anything. If for some reason I stopped on just a random page, I skim the page until I find where I left off.

0 words. I usually stop at a chapter end or a break.

Yes the aesthetics of a book matter to me. I'm retired, my eyes are not young and I do not want to strain my eyes to read for pleasure. Glasses and good lighting can only get you so far at my age. Thank God for smartphones with lights and zoom features.

A book like that feels more like artistic expression and if that is more important to the author than sales or profits, good for them. As long as they understand that they are limiting their reach by making it inaccessible to some people.

I love to read traditional paragraph books and books that have unique styles of writing. I do not want to squint, stare or be confused by what I am looking at or reading.

To a certain extent, I think we all benefit when creative people are able to be self-indulgent and odd with their choices. Because the opposite would be every detail of every book being calculated just to sell the most to the widest audience, which would be boring.

Obviously, literature and writing is its own art, but if the goal is to treat a book more as a visual art piece when seen as a whole, then do what you want. But if the goal is to be ready then there's no need to re-invent the wheel here.

I mean it's entirely up to the author what they want their book to be like, but yeah things like that will narrow the audience and readership for sure.

Yeah... I literally wouldn't read that book based on your description of the aesthetics

Agreed. Light gray text doesn’t belong in books. Why wouldn’t someone want as many people as possible to be able to read the words that they wrote?

Usually the last paragraph of the preceding page to jog my memory!

I don't. I try to stop at the end of chapters, so I just pick up with the next chapter.

Here's a thought. Can you look at the book objectively and not as the work of a friend? If his choices are bad for everyone who doesn't know him, then he made a book for a limited group of people, and maybe no one but himself. So what would be the point of publishing independently instead of saying, making 10 copies and handing them out? Anyone can do it "their way" that doesn't make it good or right or appealing to anyone but the writer. Sounds like he made personal journal.

None. I just start from where I stopped.