Lately I’ve been seeing many more people reading books in public.

Yesterday, 5 books on one bus.

Newspapers and magazines stay losing. Zero zero.

EBook readers occasional.

Is it some performative fad?

  • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m on the opposite end. I’ve only been able to start reading more after I stopped taking notes or doing anything extra. If I don’t understand something, I’ll back up a bit and re-read. But annotating or anything made me anxious to where reading wasn’t something I could get myself to do because I was preoccupied with whatever I was getting out of it, making notes, etc like I was back in college.

    Now even for nonfiction, I just go for it and if I only understand and retain 30% of it, that’s 30% more than before.

    • SwagliacciTheBadClown [comrade/them, null/void]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Love the way brains work differently! I struggle with not just glossing over things unless I actively mark up in some way; totally get what you’re saying though. I’m fortunate enough to not have to have annotated too much in school so I’m not totally sick of it yet lol.