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Ordering and buying them but not finishing them?
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Reading several books at the same time?
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Iām reading a āSpanish by storiesā book at B1 level right now.
I reed a couple of pages every day.
I sometimes donāt finish books if I find them boring but I usually figger that out early on.
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That sums me up. I read a few at once and finished neither.
Noah Yuval Sapiens, Who goes there?, 1984, and a Richard Dawkins book.
I donāt read books anymore these days. Itās a shame. Iām too lazy.
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I have so many unread books. Iām in the middle of two right now. One of which I dont think Iām going to finish because it was painfully boring. The other is a book about PTSD and Iām only on chapter 2 after about 3 monthsā¹ļø
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I canāt read books anymoreā¦audio books saved me.
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i find books are usually hit or miss. sometimes theyre gonna be good sometimes theyre not. One thing we can do is buy the ebook on the google app first or download a sample and read a bit of it first. Then you can see if its to your liking without droping $20 - $50 on a book
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Yeah i do that. I start one, get half way through and then start another and neglect the former book. Ive got a lot of half read books. I do emd up finishing a fair few though eventually.
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I have 1 audio book via Spotify.
The last time I listened to it was a month or two agoā¦
Itās so interesting but Iām lazy.
I donāt give up with good books like dat. HOWEVER , it can take a year or more to complete listening or reading a book.
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I keep changing what Iām reading. For one week Iāll read one book and without finishing it I want to read a different one.
I want to straighten out my reading
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I know the first 50-100 pages of all my books that I havenāt read. You could say Iāve started them but I like to get a feel for them and if I am sucked in so be it, all the better, but if I am not feeling it I will put it on the shelf for a long time until the moment arrives that I feel like reading it. I am very bad at reading paper books, I donāt do well. I canāt focus on what they are talking about and skip over sentences or all over the book. I canāt read novels because I canāt seem to relate. I have had a few books that I can relate to but not nearly as many as I have read. My main reason, I think, is I am too skeptical, I donāt give books a chance.
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I can take several years to finish a book especially if it is long or very intense. Also have several books going at the same time so I can take breaks from 1 if needed and read a less demanding book for awhile instead.
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I stopped reading, it doesnāt make me feel better. I would rather hangout with others outside
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You must read stuff online? I get that books in general donāt make you feel better but what about non-fiction that is high density information? Itās fun to learn new stuff. I recommend anything by Jeremy Rifkin. Especially, Entropy, The Empathic Civilization, and I know there are others but I canāt seem to find them right now. If facts arenāt your bag I would suggest a classic novel. Either Henry James Portrait of a Lady or Dostoevsky The Brotherās Karamazov, perhaps something Nabokov. I liked golden age science fiction because thatās what I had access to first and I think itās a good entry point. Itās like a video game that you watch in your mind. Asimov is my favorite besides Heinlein because of his Stranger in a Strange Land.
I read other things too like Robert Anton Wilson. He has an excellent book I can send you the pdf of if you canāt find it, called Quantum Psychology. I guess it is a later book than his Prometheus Rising but a continuation of those ideas. I havenāt read all of that book yet but I do own it. Itās paperback so thatās my problem.
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Yes this forum and social media
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Iāve always loved to read. My stroke in September permanently damaged my right eye so that I can no longer read a book. So now Iāve switched to audiobooks and itās been enjoyable reading again.
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Yeah I donāt read much else beside this forum, my google news feed, and whatever things I search up, which is a surprising amount of things for someone that has been asking questions as long as I have. Sooner or later you would think youād run out of questions. Iāve just always found the internet so fascinating! How cool that I am talking to you a fellow sz sufferer that has similar issues. Iāll never get over that feeling of meeting people online that you can relate with. That never gets old.
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I read this as having a problem with looks and be like:
Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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I donāt understand this statement. Can you clarify it?
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I think he was replying to the thread title āwho has a problem with booksā but instead āwho has a problem with looksā
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Wellā¦call me denser than a doornail. 
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