• innermachine@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      I got back into reading like a year ago. I must say reading articles online and messaging boards etc do NO favors for your reading comprehension lol. It’s like capping yourself at a 3rd grade level of reading. Not that you shouldn’t spend time reading stuff online and getting up to date on current events etc but reading books is a different kind of focus imo and most even young adult books are written at a higher reading level than most of the stuff we consume on the internet.

  • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
    322·
    11 days ago

    Remember, reading isn’t about numbers.

    Don’t turn into that douche that always quotes how many books they’ve read that year like speed reading and skimming are admirable and all books are the same length.

    Maybe the sort that piles them all up and posts to social media thinking it is impressive or that people will like them for it.

    You read for you. Take your time and enjoy.

  • turtlesareneat@piefed.caEnglish
    18·
    11 days ago

    I figure I already read tens of thousands of words a day on here and the news apps, and it’s not exactly doing me mental health favors - so I went and renewed my library card this winter and have knocked out about 15 in 4 months. It feels really good to get your sense of focus and attention span back! Takes a bit of time but its like riding a bike, your brain goes back to being a kid.

    I hope you had books as a kid.

    I hope your kid has books today.

    • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      10 days ago

      This was me, last week lol. Already had the card, but criminally underused it. I love philosophy, but haven’t read most of the actual works, so I picked up some Camus and Kafka. Just finished The Fall, and I’m so glad to have done so.

      I also signed up for Libby, thinking audiobooks on hikes would be dope, but so far my mind wanders too much to absorb the words, so that’s been challenging.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
      1·
      10 days ago

      I just wish we could do anonymous book checkouts. No way I’m giving the State a list of everything I read.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.ca
      1·
      10 days ago

      I’m right about on track with you, I’ve read 19 books so far this year, but that includes Roger Zelazny’s Amber series, which are fairly short novels.

      I also read a lot on Lemmy, but I’m recently retired, and don’t have a lot else going on.

    • volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      10 days ago

      I hope your kid has books today.

      My kid has books and we constantly read books so I am absolutely outread by the end of the day. To be fair, the hat trilogy by Jon Klassen and gymnastics for the tail Grigori Oster are a lot of fun to read and cut straight to the point, not like grown up books, so I find a lot of enjoyment in what we read in general. But whenever I try to pick up a book for adults I now automatically fall asleep. Best I can do is manga and graphic novels right now. Unfortunately my kid finds them and mistakes these for comics, I ended up having to read Persepolis to a four year old.

      This has also impacted my ability to go back to work. I can’t read a scientific paper without falling asleep anymore.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    13·
    10 days ago

    Idk, I’m not a particularly slow reader but it’s May and I’ve only gotten through two and a half books this year when reading ~40 min per day.

    • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      I’m a slow reader, arguably a bit dyslexic even. 15 minutes of reading is maybe 3 to 4 pages.

      I find myself accidently skipping lines, then having to go back and re read what I already read, then realize I skipped that line too and the page all over again.

      Even if not dyslexia, that font designed for dyslexic readers actually helps me a lot.

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.caEnglish
    141·
    11 days ago

    Pro Tip: Take long bathroom breaks at work and spend the time reading labor laws.

    Hopefully when they start complaining about your bathroom breaks, you’ve already understood most of the labor laws to file a lawsuit against your shitty employer.

  • blitzen@lemmy.ca
    13·
    11 days ago

    I’ve been trying to read more, and stumbled on a little hack that’s worked for me.

    I’ve used the app Margins (of course, no app is required) and it allows me to list all the books I’d like to read. The hack is arranging the list by book length ascending. Started with the shortest book on my list, and when I was done I moved onto the next shortest. Completing books gives me the motivation to keep reading.

  • moistclump@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 days ago

    I read to my partner for 10-15 minutes every night before bed. Hard to know how many books it’s been because we accidentally started East of Eden and it’s been over 6 months I think.

    Enjoying the process is key here I think. Don’t count books. Enjoy each page and each chapter as part of a journey where you’ll eventually get there.

  • Gerudo@lemmy.zip
    9·
    11 days ago

    I have a sales job with TONS of down time. I’m on book 5 of Dungeon Crawler Carl and I just started the series last month. I’m usually getting through a book a week for the last 6 months. it’s been awesome.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
      2·
      10 days ago

      It’s so sad to see people with downtime jobs scrolling Instagram or tiktok all day instead of reading.

  • cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
    6·
    10 days ago

    i work night shift, and i found Libby and suddenly was burning through a novel every day or two. i used to be  bookworm as a teenager and its nice to get back into it :)

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      Ah, Malazan, the series that filters out most of its potential audience with the driest and most incoherent first book I can remember reading.

      For anyone who bounced off it, know that it gets so much better after that. It’s like asking Tolkien readers to start with the Silmarillion - I just skip book one entirely on rereads.

      • rollerbang@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 days ago

        Rereads? Rereads?? The hell, I can’t even get myself to finish the first read 🤣 can’t get past the fifth book… The first one was actually quite interesting to me. After I got some sense of what’s it about 🙂

  • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    11 days ago

    Hardest part is finding something that tickles me even when I’m exhausted. Something floral and alluring, but soft and flowing. Reading can feel like a chore when you don’t have the mind space. I’m presently trying to distract myself with sci-fi and I just can’t take this much information.

    Fuck you, Peter watts, you goddamn wordsmith. I can’t take your verbal girth as I currently am!

  • quick_snail@feddit.nl
    3·
    10 days ago

    That’s good. I beat myself up for only reading a few books some years.

    But I read a looot online.