sakiminki

sakiminki t1_j9n6k0f wrote

Reply to As you've gotten older do you find it hard to get into fiction books/easier to read nonfiction? by godisinthischilli

Interesting question. I have always been an avid reader but I am more likely now to pick up a history or science book than I was when I was younger. Although I would argue that my reading has just really grown more diverse. I pretty much used to just stick to classic literature fiction, kinda cycling through "phases" of favorites (Russian, French, women, 20th Century African American, South American...). I skipped over a lot of popular current stuff that I thought I was too old for at the time it came out, but I had a job a few years ago where I had the luxury of reading during down time and picked up things like Harry Potter and Hunger Games as well as some Roman, Medieval, American Civil War, Australian histories and more science type stuff. If you had asked me 15 years ago if I'd read any of that type of fiction, I would have scoffed. As for the nonfiction I'd probably have bought the book and put it down after a few days in favour of just rereading some Camus or Bronte.

I've gotten a lot less snobby and a lot more diverse in my reading choices and it's been very rewarding.

(Side note: Reading can be dangerous! I "literally" injured my radial nerves and ended up with floppy hands for a few months bc I was so into reading GoT one night, I forgot to take a break and leaned on my elbows holding the book too long! Take a break people...for reals.🤣)

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