<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Toasty Blog</title><description>Writing about reading habits, finishing books, and the tools and rituals around them.</description><link>https://toastypages.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Kindle, Paper, Audio: Why You Don&apos;t Have to Pick One</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/kindle-paper-audio-pick-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/kindle-paper-audio-pick-one/</guid><description>The e-reader vs physical books debate asks the wrong question. Each format is good at a different situation — here&apos;s how to run all three without friction.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tools-rituals</category></item><item><title>Reading Three Books at Once: A System That Actually Sticks</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-more-than-one-book-at-once/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-more-than-one-book-at-once/</guid><description>Juggling books fails when they compete for the same moment. Give each one a lane — a time, a mood, a format — and reading several at once gets easier.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>finishing-strategies</category></item><item><title>How to Set a Reading Goal You&apos;ll Actually Enjoy Hitting</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/a-reading-goal-youll-enjoy-hitting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/a-reading-goal-youll-enjoy-hitting/</guid><description>Annual totals make reading feel like a scoreboard. Here&apos;s how to set a reading goal built on pace and pleasure instead — one that survives a bad month.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>healthy-reading-relationship</category></item><item><title>Why &apos;I&apos;ll Read on the Weekend&apos; Never Works (And What Does)</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/why-weekend-reading-never-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/why-weekend-reading-never-works/</guid><description>Saving reading for the weekend sounds reasonable and almost never works. Here&apos;s the mental model behind it, and the small change that fixes it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>reading-habit-science</category></item><item><title>Building a Reading Ritual That Fits a Busy Week</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-ritual-busy-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-ritual-busy-week/</guid><description>A reading ritual that depends on free time will not survive a real week. Here&apos;s how to anchor one to moments you already have, at a size that holds.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tools-rituals</category></item><item><title>Why You Keep DNF-ing Nonfiction (And What to Do About It)</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/why-you-keep-dnf-ing-nonfiction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/why-you-keep-dnf-ing-nonfiction/</guid><description>Nonfiction usually gets abandoned around chapter three for structural reasons, not lost interest. Here&apos;s what&apos;s happening — and what helps you finish.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>finishing-strategies</category></item><item><title>The Reading Habit Secret Nobody Talks About: It Isn&apos;t Willpower</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-habit-isnt-willpower/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/reading-habit-isnt-willpower/</guid><description>People who read every day aren&apos;t more disciplined than you. They&apos;ve just lowered the cost of starting. Here&apos;s how a 15-minute reading habit actually forms.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>reading-habit-science</category></item><item><title>Your TBR Isn&apos;t Too Big. Your Relationship With It Is.</title><link>https://toastypages.com/blog/your-tbr-isnt-too-big/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toastypages.com/blog/your-tbr-isnt-too-big/</guid><description>A to-be-read pile is an inventory, not a bill. Here&apos;s how to treat yours like a menu you get to order from — and start reading from it again.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>healthy-reading-relationship</category></item></channel></rss>