Life has limited hours but an virtually limitless number of great books. In this age of information we must change our strategies of reading. Do not just read a book because your friend said its good. Do not read it because it had good reviews. Do not read it because you had heard of it a lot. Do not read it out of habit of finishing books you start. Do not read all the book just to prove to yourself that you can.
Create priority list and stick to it. Some books are more important for you then others. Some topics more beneficial for your situation. If you notice that the book is useless for you, drop it. If it does not interest you, there is no reason to continue reading it. Some books are not worth the trouble. Some are written in a way that takes more time to understand that is worth the benefit of understanding.
If you keep reading uninteresting books you will loose the motivation to read altogether. Some books are just not the right time to read. For example reading war and peace at age of 10 might be an overkill...
Do not read bestsellers because they are bestsellers. Anyone who had been reading long enough will tell you that the best books are read far less then shitty wishful thinking everything is simple books like "you can heal your life" by Louise Hay. While gazillions of people had read that book only few had read books that really could help like books by noted psychologists such as Freud and Carl Jung or Viktor Frankl.
Truth will set you free, read books on truth and not on what you want the truth to be.
Finally some things and especialy in philosophy are better to read in chewed and digested form because reading an original might just not be worth your time. Although in many cases it is. You decide.
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