I’ve got so many books that I want to read that one of my top criteria for reading a book is length. I tend to favour shorter books – that way I don’t get bogged down in a book for a long time, and I can get quicker onto the next book which I can’t wait to read. Reading challenges help keep me reading shorter books too – my target is fifty books read in 2020, and I’m more or less on target but can’t afford to spend several weeks on one book. This sort of thinking isn’t necess