Did someone just mention that snake oil salesman Tai? Anyways - I have read tons of books and have always like reading, what you find though is when you read enough - alot of things are just duplicates of things written before, or just very useless information to pad the book out, therefore:
1) Read Table of Contents - It will give you an idea if there is anything interesting in the book you want to learn sepcifically. If there isn't anything interesting there, its doubtful you will find anything interesting inside the actual book.
2) If it's interesting, but looks times consuming then just google for a book summary, which will usually tell you everything you will learn from the book in a page or two
3) If it's really up your alleyway then start reading, but to really absorb a book you have to make notes - keep a small A5 notebook and just bullet point important or interesting concepts. It's useful for reference later and helps you actually memorise what you read, even it doesn't feel like it makes a difference - it does - you just don't know it yet until you try recalling what you've read. If you want to make notes later you can buy those bookmark tab sticker things
4) For practical skills always pick books with tutorials or online interactive courses over reading. Short stories are often better than novels.
5) Diversify your subjects so ideas can cross pollinate in your head, avoid self help books if you can most of them are just rubbish - you are better off just googling for self help from the hundreds of I will make you rich guys online who write a lot of free stuff.
6) Just go at your own pace, you will either love reading like I do, or just find it annoying like having to work out. The most important thing is just to realise that learning anything is better than nothing, people who don't learn new things fall behind and miss out on opportunities. Instead of reading a book a day, try adopting an lifelong learning mindset.