Should I Schedule Books To Read?

I have been carrying this question around on a card in my stack of index cards for I don't know how long.

Should I schedule books to read?

Given I haven't added anything else to the card, and haven't actually asked this question, I figure it's time to decide.

No. No, I'm not going to schedule books to read.

I have my goal of "Read a book a week." I managed 73 books last year, and 105 books in 2015. I expect 52 - 54 books a year to be the normal with my book-a-week pace, with that 105 books in a year being a reaction to my reading only 40 books in 2014. I really wish I had started tracking the books I read like decades ago. Alas, I didn't.

In early 2015 I had expressed my woe about reading only forty books in the previous year to Mom, and I was thinking of making the goal of reading a book a week. She said, don't put that stress on yourself, having to read to reach a goal. Reading is about the pleasure of the experience and the delight of learning something new. I might have thought, "And the temporary escape from reality," but I didn't voice that comment. Having the pressure of reading a particular number of words ruins the joy of reading, so, no, don't create that goal.

Turns out, the goal of a book-a-week is fine, but TWO a week, now that's a stress.

So, I have a number of books I want to read, but not the actual books as a list. I am good with this. I have my giant stack of books to read, my boxes of books I've read and the boxes of books I haven't read, and my wishlist of books I think I want to read. I like browsing my books to figure out what I want to read next. A book I bought six years ago might be interesting today, because now is the time I want to read it, now is the time I'm ready to read it. Scheduling books to read, no, that'll add the pressure I don't want.

Deciding no and crossing that task off the list.