How I Read More Than 400 Books a Year Using the Zibby Method

The secret formula will help you unlock all your reading potential

Zibby Owens
Moms Don’t Have Time to Write

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“You Can’t Possibly Read All Those Books!”

As many of you have pointed out or, perhaps, whispered to each other, it would be physically impossible for me to read every page of every book I feature on my podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. After all, I did 449 episodes in 2021 alone!

And yet, I get everything I need out of every book I cover. Perhaps how I read will help you because it has helped me enormously and exposed me to more stories, authors, characters, and information than I ever thought possible.

The Backstory

When I started Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books back in March 2018, I made sure to read every single page of every book I covered. Slowly. Carefully. After all, I’d be talking directly to the author about it. How could I show up unprepared?!

I underlined. I dog-eared. I typed up questions before every interview, including at least one quote or passage, and then sent my questions to the…

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Zibby Owens
Moms Don’t Have Time to Write

Host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Author, Blank and Bookends. Co-founder Zibby Books publishing house and Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica. Mom of 4.