Blog RSS FeedWhy is it so hard to read lately?
It’s probably just me, but for the past two years or so, I’ve had a real attention span problem with novels. I find myself reading mostly non-fiction or books I know and love. This is a shame, because on my bookshelves are at least 50 books I’ve never read. I don’t know what’s keeping me from them. I grew up reading a book a week.
I went through a period where I was kind of making it a point to “power through” fiction, and that may have been part of the problem. I read a few not-so-great-but-what-the-hell novels, which is enough to make any self-respecting person with a short attention span move on to greener pastures.
Mind you, there’s some excellent non-fiction out there right now, the standout in my mind being Temple Grandin’s Animals in Translation. One of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read. But I know that at least 10 of my 50 unread books have to be enjoyably good, because of comments I’ve heard from people I respect, or the subject matter interesting me, or whatever. I just can’t seem to physically pick one up and get into it.
Which I think I need to fix, especially if I’m going to be expecting people to pick up my book and read it. Methinks I need to pay off the karma police between now and 2008.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 23rd, 2006 Katie Alender
