What are you reading?

[chomper94]

Started reading Educated by Tara Westover.

[Amaranthine]

This really doesn't count, but my old threads back from 2008 and onward. Just. Wow, I feel like a very different person from back then.

[ImpracticalDino]

Mo-o-o-o isn't really reading at the moment. However, the fishy does want to ask if anyone else can relate to the situation that I have regarding books. So like, I have plenty of books in my bookshelves as of now, many that I have bought recently or in the past because those books have piqued my interest in some form or capacity. And yet, lots of them have just ended up collecting dust, staying unread, some for a few years at this point! It's not that I do not want to read them...but maybe, mayhaps...I'm just too distracted/focusing on one thing, or just prefer to do other things, whether focusing on my future career aspects, play video games, watch YouTube/listen to music, other obligations, etc! Like, when will I ever be in the correct mo-o-o-od to pick up a book for once?

Speaking of which, it feels like the last time I've read a book in its entirety was like 3-4 years ago, both Watership Down and Animals of Farthingwood when I was solely into those shows before discovering The Land Before Time. Maybe I have read a book sooner than that, but if so then I've forgotten at this point.

[RainbowFaceProtege]

[ImpracticalDino]

Mo-o-o-o isn't really reading at the moment. However, the fishy does want to ask if anyone else can relate to the situation that I have regarding books. So like, I have plenty of books in my bookshelves as of now, many that I have bought recently or in the past because those books have piqued my interest in some form or capacity. And yet, lots of them have just ended up collecting dust, staying unread, some for a few years at this point! It's not that I do not want to read them...but maybe, mayhaps...I'm just too distracted/focusing on one thing, or just prefer to do other things, whether focusing on my future career aspects, play video games, watch YouTube/listen to music, other obligations, etc! Like, when will I ever be in the correct mo-o-o-od to pick up a book for once?

This sounds exactly like the reading slump I fell into for a few years due to internet overuse and school taking up most of my time. Embarrassingly, I’ve only just started reading again in the past year or two! And let me tell you, I spent a lot of time waiting around to be in the right mood for a read…which, as it turns out, doesn’t actually work. The internet in particular damaged my attention span to the point where I never found myself turning to books in my spare time anymore. It became my instinct to get on the computer instead. I realized I’d have to set aside time specifically for reading if I ever wanted to go back to it, so that’s what I’ve done—and I’m quite glad I did! I didn’t realize how much I’d missed it!

Mo-o-o feel yo-o-ou so-o-o much, Rainbow! The computer feels like my soul, life essence, one of my main reasons for living each and every day. As far as I remember, I pretty much go on the computer for many hours, daily, since 2009 up to the present day. And as the prophecy fulfills, my choice of study when I first went to community college was Cybersecurity. Lol, this means Mo-o-o cannot get away from computers even if he wanted to-o-o-o!

But here's the sad thing though. Like alright, Mo-o-o isn't reading the books that he has bought, not yet at least. But hopefully in the meantime I'd be reading the fanfictions that I want to finish/keep reading as well, right? Unfortunately, nope, nope, nope! No-o-ot even that!

The aforementioned problems earlier is also somehow keeping me away from those! Not sure what sort of swirling weird mindset that I'm in at the moment, but I hope to set things all straight sooner than later. At least summer break is approaching, and I do not have any internship obligations this summer, finally for once after the past 2 years. More time for relaxation and refreshing my mind and daily routine would be nice.

[Gentle Sharptooth]

The new Hunger Games Book, Sunrise On The Reaping.