i don't think we should "celebrate" anything hahaha you guys fixate too much on how people perceive your reading habits. whether you read fast or slow or a million books simultaneously or barely at all, it doesn't actually matter and trust me when i say no one cares. i think we should be more concerned about the texts we engage with and the kinds of ideas that interest and challenge us. the question of pacing is irrelevant. goals and stats are also helpful, i liked seeing my stats sa storygraph dati when i was still using it because it let me recalibrate a lot of what i read i.e. maybe i should expand my genres. if you fixate on all these too much tho idk like yeah for sure just read in peace. but again, i think you're all fixating on the "act of reading" too much. at the end of the day, i think we're more interested in the things we learned through the text and the criticisms we can form through it. like....i could care less how long it took you to read something or how many books you read, instead, what did you think about it? how did it change or challenge or validate your perspectives?