Hi!
I used to be someone who would say I HATED reading. I loved the idea of getting lost in a book, I think books are incredibly important and powerful tools, but I never found myself lost or interested in a book (besides non-fiction). I have no idea why I struggled so much, it felt like every sentence I read my mind would actively be thinking about something else, and I would have to go back and reread over and over again. It wasn't that I didn't understand the words, but rather that they just didn't process in my mind. I even enjoyed writing in middle school and would write my own stories all the time but proofreading my own works felt like hell.
My all-time favorite book that I have read (one of few) was The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The way he described the world was so…satisfying? Something about the 'delivery' of it made it click, and I didn't have to go back and reread sentences.
I feel like I should clarify that my reading level was never lower than expected, it was often much higher than my peers, I just didn't like to read. I also am in college currently and often have to write or proofread scientific research, so please don't hold back even if it's a high reading level! 🙂
Anyway, I would like to change that and spend more time off of social media and replace that with reading more. If you have any books recs that people just should read (like The Great Gatsby, which I have read, for example) then please let me know! Also, if any books are written in the same style as the Baldur's Gate 3 narrator that would be awesome (especially if its classical poems or a romance!)
by Flat_Imagination8287