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BabCNesbitt · 28/06/2013 11:48

I may be posting this in the wrong place, but this seemed like the best spot to get others' perspectives on this. I have a huge Amazon books wishlist. And I buy books compulsively - we're spending 3 months in the UK and I've already got a small mountain to ship back home, to join the stacks of unread books waiting for me there. (I realise how bloody lucky I am in that regard!) When I do read, I always think 'Dammit, I should do this more often!'

And yet. Once DD is in bed at night or napping (like right now!), I find myself spending hours buggering about on MN, Pinterest, FB, etc etc. I DO want to read the books I buy - it's not like I'm buying stuff to make me look smart or anything like that! :D - but when I think about shutting the computer down and picking up a book, I always open 'just one more tab', or remember something that I have to look up that minute. Until it's well past my bedtime. Sad Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone else finds themselves pissing away valuable reading time because it's just so much easier to faff around online, and if anyone has any great advice (beyond 'Just do it!') for getting off the bloody computer?

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greenhill · 28/06/2013 12:18

YY. I keep wanting to read books and get sucked into threads instead. At least it is still reading, but there isn't the same sense of accomplishment or completion that comes from finishing a book. There is no resolution to reading the news online or MN'ing.

I keep renewing my library books online and adding to my Kindle too.

BabCNesbitt · 28/06/2013 12:01

I think I spend about five times as much time reading book reviews online and adding titles to my wishlist than I do actually reading any! Blush

BTW I have a Kindle, but that hasn't made a massive amount of difference in the books vs internet thing. I think you're right, nicknamegrief, it's buggering up my attention span.

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MardyBra · 28/06/2013 11:52

Yep. Me too. I used to read loads. Now MN is my virtual soap opera. Add an addiction to Words With Friends and Candy Crush and I haven't read a book for months.

poocatcherchampion · 28/06/2013 11:50

me. all the time. I wonder if I am getting stupider because I seem to have much less concentration to read a book these days as well. (although at 7 months preg, I am a bit stupider anyway at the moment.)

Nicknamegrief · 28/06/2013 11:49

That is exactly what I am doing now.

It's my attention span that the www is killing.

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