How to read Moby-Dick in one summer

I mentioned in the first article of the year that I've started reading Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby-Dick. What I suppose I failed to mention is that reading said novel is one of my summer projects this year. (I usually work through the summer, but this year I've been on vacation, which is a horrible thing unless you have projects. More on how not to go crazy during vacation later.)

When it comes to reading very long novels and other books, I have a hack that I used back when I read the Bible and the Koran. It's a good hack that, when used correctly, will help you read long novels in a relatively short time without the threat of giving up.

Here's the hack:

Set a duration of time in which you'd like to read the book, calculate how many days there are in that time, divide the book's page count with the number of days, and then read that number of pages every day until you reach the end of the book (and the duration of time you set).

Over-explained. Simply put: figure out how many pages you have to read daily, and then stick to that number. This strategy effectively eliminates the risk of giving up in the face of the possibly massive length of the novel, because all you need to do is take on tiny sessions at a time. You never need to worry if you'll finish the book in time; you don't need to feel depressed by the thickness of the book. All you need to do is read those X pages every day.

For example, when I started Moby-Dick, I calculated that I need to read 8 pages a day to finish it by the end of August. 8 pages is nothing. I can do it in five minutes. It's no trouble at all.

As long as you're not being unrealistic (like reading the Bible in two days, with a daily page count of 600), before you know it, you'll have read gigantic novels that most people, feeling discouraged by the length, will never read.