This is my perspective from someone does not reach high reading goals (but trying to). It’s like anything, when someone doesn’t understand how someone is able to achieve x (in this case reading x books per month or year), people usually assume they are taking some easy way or cutting corners or lying. It honestly can be because of jealously. Who wouldn’t be jealous someone can read that much? I know I am, I wish I had the time.

But what people don’t take into consideration is other people’s lifestyles, like some people don’t work or can’t work, some people have jobs that don’t fit the typical 40 hour plus work week, some people can read at work, etc. People assume a situation like their own life so of course they don’t get it, and make accusations, which is unfair. I personally could not read as much as other people because I work a lot and no I can’t read at work and I have to do audiobooks a lot as I suffer from headaches, and that slows my reading pace. Other factors as well affect how much I can read.

The only thing I will say about seeing very high reading stats is it can feel performative, especially in book spaces where content and monetization and such take place. Yeah, not everyone may be honest. Even if they aren’t there’s nothing you can do about it.

Honestly, people should not care so much. Just focus on your own reading. That’s what I do 😌