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This. I consume books endlessly and almost always have... Unless I stop. A few times in my life I've started reading a book and when it didnt hold my interest I
by Taylor_OD 8y ago
This. I consume books endlessly and almost always have... Unless I stop. A few times in my life I've started reading a book and when it didnt hold my interest I stopped picking it up. 3 months to a year later I would come across an interesting book and then it was back to constantly reading.
To help avoid this situation I've made it part of my morning routine to read for 15 minutes every morning (keeps the world/story alive in my head) and if I don't pick up a book for 7 days I move on to another book.
Using this method I'm at 27 books for the year and I've moved on from 2.
- kbenson 8y agoI actually limit my exposure to novels because I find it extremely hard to stop reading once I start. I'll stay up way too late, and sneak reading in throughout the day, basically doing whatever I have to to continue and finish the story. I enjoy this process, as it keeps me immersed, but it's not healthy.
- stephengillie 8y agoI got in trouble in high school for reading the Dragon Reborn novels during class. Mostly band class.
- Greed 8y agoCarai an Ellisande! Tai'shar Manetheren! Tai'shar Malkier!
- stephengillie 8y agoTai'shar Cualquier!
- Latty 8y agoThis has always been the thing for me - I hate reading a novel and not going cover-to-cover. I get so immersed and coming out of it feels like ruining the experience.
- hodgesrm 8y agoBinge reading was serious problem with the Stieg Larsson Millenium novels, starting with 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. I didn't sleep much until I finished them.
- romwell 8y agoI remember that. Nothing else was done while I was reading them. Seriously, that's why I read so few books - it's like jumping on a long-haul express train, when I really need to get off in 30 minutes to do all that I need to do. But nooooooooo. I'm very thankful to authors that have chapters with a small sense of closure, it somewhat alleviates the problem. The last book I read was "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" by Connie Willis - a great sci-fi - and it had this property, along with a brief summary of the chapter preceding it (a summary that somehow was not a spoiler!), in the style of "Three Men In A Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" -- yet another great brook that inspired this one. It really helped me to put it down and go to bed at night, and I wish other authors followed suit.
- WalterSear 8y agoSomeone should create a book that helps us manage this harmful technology! We should, at least, keep novels out of the reach of children.
- walshemj 8y agoIndeed "Is It a Book That You Would Even Wish Your Wife or Your Servants to Read?" This is a Quote from the LadyChatterley’sLover Trial in the 60's
- starshadowx2 8y agoYou may find webserials interesting. They're novels (generally multiple novels in length) published a couple/few chapters a week. You may get into the binge mood if you're reading one already completed or catching up with one currently publishing but once you're at the point waiting it's really nice to be forced to stop and wait.
- kbenson 8y agoI actually deleted my second paragraph before posting, which was about how recently a couple webserials have made this even worse. According to their estimated page counts, I've read something like 10,000 pages in less than 3 months.
- bigger_cheese 8y agoOh wow I have exactly the same problem. I really dislike putting down a novel half read I usually won't start reading until I know I'll be able to spend a large amount of uninterupted time on it. Which typically means a weekend. Long distance flights are good too. It also does mean a lot of late nights. Perhaps as a result of this I am a very fast reader. My former housemate would lend me novels to read sometimes and would be astonished when I'd return them to him a few hours later read.