Have you lost interest in reading?

I can barely sit down because of the books. Fortunately, the spaniel knows not to lift leg on books. On furniture? He's less certain.

Reading seems crucial. My interest in novels has waned somewhat, but history, math, science, aviation and chess are still going strong.

At the moment, on the coffee table in my humble dwelling, there are 11 chess books (including one ostensibly by Reshevsky) that I've actually spent time with over the last few days. Next to me at the kitchen table sits one more (an excellent book about Fischer by Donaldson).

when riding the porcelain bus, I tend to read Churchill. The location is NOT a reflection on Sir Winston. He is among the better writers to have graced the English language. Really well-written history provides excellent mental nutrition. And there's more of that around than one could read in a short lifetime.

Reading in more than one language is the ideal. And if a person can develop speed in two, he or she will get exponentially more benefit, I believe. Real speed in three would be delightful -- but pretty rare.

Used bookstores make it pretty easy to pick up more books than one can actually ever read. But read we must, and read we shall! Every stinking day and every starry night.

The more one reads, the more fluently one can speak and write. Indeed, it seems almost the only way to improve at both, as a practical matter. (Public speaking is another way -- but before that comes much reading).

And as a practical way to do better on the much-hated "standardized tests" of our youth, reading much and steadily seems to work wonders.

After much reading -- years of it -- one may stop dogpaddling in the ocean of words and start really to swim.

@AveraWyvern said ^

I used to read a lot before, but somehow I've lost interest in reading which is kinda sad. I used to enjoy it so much, but now I just don't feel like reading anymore :/

Anyone else experiencing this?

You’re a wyvern read wings of fire by tui t sutherland
Very good book

I did experience it throughout the last couple of years. Some months ago I got back the interest. If you‘ve ever REALLY liked reading it‘ll come back eventually.

I've been procrastinating on The Count of Monte Cristo since foreverrrr. I got to page 310 in a span of three days, then never opened the thing again. I have read so many books since that, but just can't bring myself to read it. It's not like I didn't like the book, I tell ya, its story is one of the best I've read! But I haven't read it whole... and that bothers me. Maybe I should start sleeping with it on my bedside (the first thing you see when you wake up is the book you read last night -- left at a cliffhanger, the feeling of excitement and restlessness overcomes you, and you immediately open the book; that is the way of the readers).

@morphyms1817 said ^

I had an interest in classic fiction of the 1800s. Then I started in like a dozen novels and my interest was not sustained past 100 to 200 ppg of each new one I picked up.

For a sec i read "in the 1800s" and i was like yo what!? I didn't know people lived that long.

@Be-Kind-Always if you want, here's two recommendations of mine from the same period, that you can read before getting back to The Count of Monte Cristo :

• The Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo
  This one is a bit like an UFO between "Les Misérables" and "Notre Dame de Paris", since the main character Gilliat is heavily reminding both Quasimodo and Valjean. It have also a "story in the story" with a little thriller plot in the middle.

• Robin Hood, The Prince of Thieves, (Alexandre Dumas Père). Globally, way much longer than Monte Cristo, but since the characters are well known, it's more easy to read, so keep it as a training backup, though I preferred it to Invahoe from Walter Scott.

@CSKA_Moscou thank you! will definitely check those out :)

@Be-Kind-Always said ^

I've been procrastinating on The Count of Monte Cristo since foreverrrr.

I read the whole book in 2-3 days. I was so absorbed in it that I read in bed for hours without even sleeping It was one of the best books I've ever read out of the thousands I've read :D

@CSKA_Moscou said ^

@Be-Kind-Always if you want, here's two recommendations of mine from the same period, that you can read before getting back to The Count of Monte Cristo :

• The Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo
  This one is a bit like an UFO between "Les Misérables" and "Notre Dame de Paris", since the main character Gilliat is heavily reminding both Quasimodo and Valjean. It have also a "story in the story" with a...

I must have at these.

@Be-Kind-Always said ^

I've been procrastinating on The Count of Monte Cristo since foreverrrr. I got to page 310 in a span of three days, then never opened the thing again. I have read so many books since that, but just can't bring myself to read it. It's not like I didn't like the book, I tell ya, its story is one of the best I've read! But I haven't read it whole... and that bothers me. Maybe I should start sleepin...

The Count of Monte Cristo is actually one of the best books I’ve ever read.