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Before Breakfast

Your 2500 books

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

How to figure out what's worth reading

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0:00.0

I'm Paul Muldoon, a poet who over the past several years has had the good fortune to record

0:07.9

ours of conversations with one of the world's greatest songwriters, Sir Paul McCartney.

0:14.0

The result is our new podcast, McCartney, A Life in lyrics.

0:20.6

Listen to McCartney, a life in lyrics on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

0:28.5

you get your podcasts.

0:33.6

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart radio.

0:39.4

Good morning.

0:41.2

This is Laura.

0:43.3

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:46.5

Today's tip is to keep in mind how many more books you will actually read in your life.

0:53.8

This can help you make good choices about what to read and what to skip.

1:00.5

So I know that before breakfast listeners love to read.

1:04.5

You read before bed.

1:06.4

You read little snippets on the Kindle app when you're waiting for things.

1:10.5

You listen to audiobooks in the car.

1:13.7

There are a lot of amazing books out there, both those coming out these days plus those

1:18.8

from all the years past.

1:21.5

There no doubt your To Be Red List is a mile long.

1:26.3

But here's the thing, you will only read so many books in your life.

1:31.6

Let's say you read 50 books a year.

1:34.9

That is a lot of books, and it's a lot more books than most people read.

1:40.1

Let's also say that you will live for 50 more years.

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