I love the idea of reading. Love the idea of getting engrossed in a story and caring about characters and eagerly turning the page.
But reality is different. I’ve got about 100 books on my audible wishlist and fifty unread in my audible library. Another 50 unread in my physical home library. (Audible is more realistic for me right since I have a long commute and little free time).
Anyway I feel like I have more fun researching new books and collecting them than I do actually reading them. But again I love the idea of reading them. But every time I start one I just feel like I won’t care about the characters or I know pretty much how it’ll go. If I’m not sucked in by page ONE I assume I’ll never be sucked in. So it’s on to the next one rinse repeat.
Then part of me thinks why take a chance on some silly book when there are “important” works of fiction out there. Or I’ll start to listen to one and before the first chapter is done I want to try a different one to see what it’s like. Is it better?
I think part of (not all) the problem is I’ve gotten halfway or even three quarters of the way through a book and just never got to where I cared about the story or characters. Felt like a HUGE waste of time.
Help!? Is anyone else like this? It’s getting worse by the week!
by hunter1899