I think I am looking for an online/ebook type deal. I do not do enough "good" reading. I want to start committing to books, at least more frequently than I do now. Having two toddlers and a wife who usually are asleep before me, I feel like having the ability to read on my Ipad will be beneficial to that, hopeful commitment. what are the best subscription services? Buying individual books seems like it would get costly. I am familiar with Overdrive, I have a registered library card and seem to have access to some things there(I will go check this option out soon). It has been awhile since I checked in there but I feel the availability of the more popular titles was lacking. I do have access to Amazon Prime as well. There kindle service unlimited seems reasonable IIRC. I am looking for the cheapest but yet most effective system.
I tend to read more nonfictional works. A lot of times it centers around finance and motivation and productivity stuff, I guess that's what I am looking for(maybe). I need to branch out though because that stuff is boring. I use those subjects as growth but it's hard to enjoy reading about finance, which then, the reading really gets me nowhere. Biographies sound intriguing. I am also interested in Science as a whole and I enjoy history. I think some fictional reading could be great too, perhaps bring out some creativity in me, and it seems like it would be more of a relaxing read. As I mentioned, I am a parent, I have two children and actually thought of picking this up today:
https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=BV5aBgAAQBAJ I have $5 credit for Google Play, suggestions on how to use the $5?
I want to read a lot, in hopes that something starts to click, that is going to shape my future. I want to find reading that grows me intellectually and motivationally. I want to find something that ignites me and brings out my passions, something I actually can't put down. The only time I remember that happening was when I read "Bringing Down the House," a book about the MIT blackjack team that teamed up and owned, the movie "21" was based off the book and the team. I read that ~13-14 years ago and tbh I think it is the last book I completed, really(read a lot of Boglehead's on Investing).
To note, I also was enrolled as a freshman at college at the time and my ambition was pretty high(1st semester), I got good grades that 1st quarter, then poker snowballed, as did the grades, but they unsnowballed, the rest is history.