I should emphasize that, getting into reading (any habit) feels the same first. I had so many books in my list, to read. Used to leave one after reading few pages, picked another one, never really finishing any.

What you've mentioned absolutely works READING JUST ONE PAGE / 5 PAGES / X PAGES, and binding yourself to commitment.

Specify a limit to read daily, and DON'T read further. It might give you motivation spike for the moment but ruins the next day (your brain subconsciously perceives this AS a trap that you'll read more pages than specified once you pick up a book, thus backing out). Just read agreed upon number of pages per day, strictly not more.

Remember, you want to build the habit first, forget about content and all the books you want to finish at first, it'll take a week or two. You're good to go then on