<p>This is just something I've noticed over the past few months for me ; I suddently have found myself almost incapable of reading through an entire book. I go out to libraries/bookstores very frequently, and I've even created a summer reading list and all, but after reading the first 30-50 pages, I just ... I dunno, lose interest in whatever book I've read. This is a bit disheartening ,as I've always considered myself a pretty good reader (though I've always stuck to just Mystery books and current best sellers), but for once this summer, I wanted to read a lot of the great classics out there. Anyone ever gone through this experience of not being able to get through a book like this?</p>
<p>yeah i used to be a pretty avid reader until my sophomore year of high school. now it's a pretty awesome thing if i read a couple books on my own. i started mrs. dalloway last week but read the first 50 and forgot about it. gah! could be my ADD i suppose.</p>
<p>I have the same problem. I have read maybe three books of my own volition this year.</p>
<p>An aftermath of reading such a ton during semester?</p>
<p>Yeah, i think Upoh hit the nail on the head.</p>
<p>Upoh, nope,actually, I haven't read any books for pleasure since...Winter break, so I'm not sure that's the reason.</p>
<p>You switched from easy reads to classics, duh. Are you reading stuff that really interests you, or things you feel like you "should" be reading? There's nothing wrong with trying to read some of the greats on your own, but you need to realize they might take more effort to get into. Great books often require more attention and work, but the work you put in will usually pay off when you get more out of them than you would have with a cursory surface read.</p>
<p>i remember i was into the boxcar children myteries in fifth grade...then i'm reading paradise lost. just compare the difference of difficulty between the two!! it's tremendous and yet, i read today with teh same degree of interest i had with the boxcar children. isn't that just amazing?</p>
<p>perhaps, u lost interest in books because u have better ideas urself...usually i read because i don't have enough ideas in my head to keep me amused or from sleep during a boring lecture or sermon...or the boring rambling of a friend about anime and japanese language.</p>
<p>thanks for your replies guys (lol sauronvoldemort boxcar children - i remmeber reading those!)</p>
<p>I'm choosing to read these books based on reviews, movie adaptations, and just recommendations by friends who have read these as well. More so than just reading them because I "should" be, I'd really like to read them because I think they're A) interesting and B) will give me interesting insights. As for most of the pleasure books I read, I usually just shoot straight through them, and reflect on it at the end. </p>
<p>I realize this is just based on personal preference as well, but to those who read those kinds of "great books", do you guys read straight through like that or do you wade slowly through it?</p>
<p>I was a very avid reader up until high school, then I kind of stopped reading for pleasure. But since starting college last year, I've gotten back into reading. Mostly nonfiction though.</p>