If you've stopped reading..

[ConstantRain]

When was the last time you read a book?

I read Where the Crawdads Sing last summer (2022). I loved it but haven't been able to pick up a book since.
I really want to read again but I just need up being on my phone, regretful. Like right now.

I put the kindle app on my phone and leave it open. That way when I am flicking through apps procrastinating I am more likely to read a little when the kindle app flicks up on screen

I have been a bit bored of reading so looked at some classics and am now reading/listening to my cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier. It's so good!

I've got so many books to read. On kindle and actual books but just can't seem to motivate myself.

Audiobooks any good for you? I ‘read’ in the car on my commute. Just finished Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead and it was SO well read as well as brilliantly written

Actually I do listen to audiobooks in the car on my commute! They tend to be easy listening/reading types. Whatever is free on YouTube or library app.

I absolutely loved Where the Crawdads Sing! I've recently read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, which was a 'I can't put it down' book.

The sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, All the Broken Places, was also a great read.

I find that once I've read a book I couldn't get my head out of, it's really hard to pick up another!

I'm similar to you , I brought Peter James new book recently, always love his and still haven't picked it up to read ! I get to the time of night where I can sit down and read and end up scrolling on here etc on my phone

I have an Echo dot in the kitchen and I listen to audiobooks on it every time I'm in there making dinner. I also have books on the go on my Kindle app on my phone and iPad (they sync) and I also usually have a paper book going (currently Kate Atkinson's "Transcription ", which is brilliant.

What got me back into reading was first reading the first few pages of each new book so I could put them in order of most excited to read - least excited to read. Then I told myself I’d just read for 15 minutes each night I was at home. Most of the time I’d then want to read beyond the 15 mins and I actually found myself a few times being excited to get home after a dinner out to carry on the story

I haven’t read for a couple of months because I was forcing myself through one where I disliked the main character so I just didn’t want to read it. But life is too short to struggle through rubbish books and I’m looking forward to starting my 15 mins of a new book next week

I never really started reading, TBH. The few books I do have largely reflect my interests - civil aviation and music - but I haven't read any kind of fiction for decades. I've read a few Frederick Forsyth novels but that's pretty much it. My eldest sister, on the other hand, and her family are all real bookworms. They like Shakespeare too.

I stopped reading about 10 years ago ! I now only read if I go on holiday, it's really sad as I love reading. I find it easier to watch TV or scroll on my phone which doenst even make sense.

i read where the crawdads sing
and a man called Oto
but very rarely read now
i need reading glasses which i now have but never seem to have the opportunity or willingness to read

people donate books at work, which i take, i sometimes buy books from charity shops, i have a kindle app on my phone, i must make time

Probably 10-15 years since I read a book. Whenever mum got the message that I don't like reading.

Same problem. I started heavy doomscrolling during Lockdown. Now I'd like to get down to a good book. Problem compounded by my boycotting Amazon , therefore no Kindle.

I tend to buy a book, put it on my bedside table, give it a few weeks then buy the audio version 😂. I listen while walking the dog or on a long car journey.

Recent titles have included And Away (Bob Mortimer), Lessons in Chemistry, Tough Crowd (Graham Linehan) and Simon Schama's A History of Britain.

I keep going to library to get books but don't have time/energy to read them with 20 month old to take care of. I would love to get back to reading again but am just so tired by the time she goes to bed.

@Neitheronethingnortheother that's a great idea! How does it work though-does it sync with your actual kindle so you can read from both devices at different times?

It does sync across devices so if I pick it up on the kindle itself it knows where I'm up to

Having said that the issue was that I wasn't picking up the kindle so I tend to find I do the majority of my reading on the app on my phone instead

Omg me too… last time I read a book was around the beginning of the first lockdown… just haven’t been able to read since… I read online that it’s quite common but have no idea why. Used to be a real bookworm too - hope I get it back sometime 😕

I have listened to some books on YouTube lately. Often ' comfort food ' like Sherlock Holmes , Agatha Christie . Ghost stories by MR James. Too often I doze off mind you.

Last book book I raced through was Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan. But that's a bit of a one off. I need to get into a genre of fiction really.

I'd love to be able to read again, but my concentration is so bad. I also become bored easily, so if a book isn't well written and immediately holds my attention then I just can't persist with it and it gets tossed aside. I blame my phone habit and I have adhd too. When I had adhd medication I managed to read my first book in years, but I'm no longer medicated.

I love reading, just never seem to have the time these days.

@Neitheronethingnortheother thanks. I've downloaded the app on my phone and iPad and have used it already. It's great.

Highly recommended for those who want a good series to start - "Just one damned thing after another" by Jodi Taylor, the first in the Chronicles of St Mary's series. Gripping and funny.