Hey all, I’m a 33 M, I have struggled with reading all my life. When I say struggle I don’t mean like I am partially/ fully illiterate. I mean when I read any book (except graphic novels, manga, or comic books) I find myself droning after a few paragraphs and my eyes can read continuously but my brain is somewhere else. This happens with any form of fiction or non fiction, it makes no difference. I have had to read books for schooling and other projects and I have been able to but with great difficulty each time. What takes my wife a few days to read would take me weeks to months due to the constant pattern of reading a few paragraphs, getting stuck on a word or phrase that put me into a tangent of what I forgot today or an idea I had, or something else meaningless. After all of this I find myself heavily craving to love to read but due to this issue I end up hating the very idea of dragging my brain through this process. It starts as a desire and turns into a chore quickly. I adore fantasy and sci fi and romance and adventure, I’ll even get recommendations from my wife or friends but when I go to indulge in this I find myself hating the process that seems to be harder for me than anyone else I’ve met. What’s worse is even in some of my reading over the years I’ve developed favorite I enjoyed more, the process never changed and it still took forever to read them but the count of monte cristo and great expectations were my favorites to slog through, classics I know and for awhile I thought maybe that’s what I liked and therefore my issue was I just didn’t enjoy the others I tried but no in fact all of the books I’ve tried are impossible to read at a decent pace and to enjoy without my many thought tangents and wanderings. Before anyone says it, I refuse to believe I just don’t like reading enough. I feel the very fact that I have read as many as I have over the years proves that wrong and I just love stories. Also I understand it sounds childish to say I only read picture books well, I get it for real. It’s just like a child though, they are easier to engage with. Can anyone help me understand what is wrong with me? I’m not looking for a diagnoses but maybe just some guidance as to what I can look for or how I can make this wanting love work… anything would be helpful.

1984 by George Orwell is my number one favorite classic, To kill a mockingbird by Harper lee is my second favorite classic, And The Catcher In the Rye is my third favorite classics. Starting the Count of Monte Cristo with my friends next week.

I have like 4 books I call my ‘all time favorites’ and if I’m being honest, I’ve only actually reread one of them. The rest just live in that title because I loved them once, years ago, and the feeling never got downgraded even though I never went back to check if it still holds up.

I think there’s a difference between a book that changed you in the moment and a book you’d actually choose to spend time with again, and I’m not sure I’m always separating the two when I make these lists. Curious if that’s just me overthinking it, or if everyone’s favorites list is secretly more nostalgia than active love. Do you actually go back to yours, or do they just get to keep the title forever once they’ve earned it once?

Tomorrow is September 1st! The best season of the year! With 2027 around the corner, what are your reading plans for 2026?

Mine is reading all the books currently on my TBR cart. All my graphic novels and all the books I’ve received in Allurial, a Romantasy book box I am subscribed to. On my nightstand are books I’m saving for Banned Books Week and Halloween in October. In September, I want to read some classics, as well as start my holiday reading. I’m really excited and I hope to stick to these.

I like to read a lot myself and was curious as to how much do others read for. For a day I already spend like 2 hours reading, tho it’s only because I’m a slow reader.

So my question to anyone is “how much do you read for fun on an average day?” Answer with a number please, for example it can be 5 minutes or 2 hours as long as it’s a number. Just wanted to be accurate for this.

Edit: This is for a class project if you want to be a part of this. People will be anonymous as I’m only collecting data on the amount of time and how many people respond to meet the project’s requirements.

Made a little reading corner in my daughter's playroom because of limited space. Hoping to build a reading habit for her from a young age. What do you guys think?

hi there! has anyone ever done a full-day readathon? i've been looking at vlogs and they seem so interesting. how did you structure your read-a-thon? was it with different genres or by the hour?

I used to read all kinds of books in my late teens and early 20s. The habit somehow vanished gradually which I realised when I entered my 40s. To rekindle the love for books, I started with this. More than half way through. So far so good. However something tells me that as the remainder pages are thinning, the end might be shallow. Amanda seems to be the most unfortunate soul of the book with nothing to gain. All have some motive, but she seems to be riding on her sense of self righteousness. Hope to have a good ending. Nevertheless, wanted a page turner to hang on to, which it has succeeded.

I'm currently reading a few things around psychology, communication and human behavior.

I've always found it interesting how two books can be about the same subject but completely change the way you look at it.

What are you reading right now?

And more importantly — what made you pick that particular book?