Reading novels (or just fiction, in general). Not sure why but I simply lost the ability to do it a few years ago. Still like to read a couple of nonfiction books every month, but feel like I’m missing something lately
I was in the same boat until about a month ago. Feel like I’ve figured out a brain hack for myself and I’ve been looking for someone to share this with!
Here’s what I’ve done; Kindle app on my phone, set to infinite scroll, white text on black background and the Kindle app widget on the home screen, displaying current book I’m reading.
Infinite scroll makes it feel like I’m just reading a really long article, something I’ve never had trouble with. White text on black background is easier on the eyes. The widget is 4 times the size of other app icons so drawn to it over Lemmy or Mastodon.
I’ve gone from reading nothing in about 5 years to about 200 pages a week!
As long as it’s both a good book and a fantastic sounding narrator. Some good books have been made totally inaudible by lousy narration and wrong voices.
Same. I’ll sit and veg out to shows or a movie occasionally but I get obsessed with nonfiction, mainly news (which isn’t necessarily nonfiction I’ll grant you). It’d be nice to get absorbed in a good story once and a while but I usually find it hard to just “push through” some books when the setting is rather alien (i.e. fantasy and sci-fi). That’s the kind of stuff I like to watch but maybe I’d do better reading stuff in a more real-world setting.
Reading novels (or just fiction, in general). Not sure why but I simply lost the ability to do it a few years ago. Still like to read a couple of nonfiction books every month, but feel like I’m missing something lately
I was in the same boat until about a month ago. Feel like I’ve figured out a brain hack for myself and I’ve been looking for someone to share this with!
Here’s what I’ve done; Kindle app on my phone, set to infinite scroll, white text on black background and the Kindle app widget on the home screen, displaying current book I’m reading.
Infinite scroll makes it feel like I’m just reading a really long article, something I’ve never had trouble with. White text on black background is easier on the eyes. The widget is 4 times the size of other app icons so drawn to it over Lemmy or Mastodon.
I’ve gone from reading nothing in about 5 years to about 200 pages a week!
Will try that out, thanks! I’ve enjoyed the Libby app a lot on an old ipad mini, bet they have a similar infinite scroll feature somewhere
How do you feel about audiobooks?
As long as it’s both a good book and a fantastic sounding narrator. Some good books have been made totally inaudible by lousy narration and wrong voices.
Haven’t listened to any, but think I’d have a hard time hearing someone talk for that long. Really enjoy the silence of books
It’s good solution how to “read” while doing some manual chore, like cooking.
However, I don’t do it, but I think it’s worthy of a try.
Same. I’ll sit and veg out to shows or a movie occasionally but I get obsessed with nonfiction, mainly news (which isn’t necessarily nonfiction I’ll grant you). It’d be nice to get absorbed in a good story once and a while but I usually find it hard to just “push through” some books when the setting is rather alien (i.e. fantasy and sci-fi). That’s the kind of stuff I like to watch but maybe I’d do better reading stuff in a more real-world setting.