when i was a kid, i read so voraciously. i would consume entire books in one sitting. i lost that in high school, so i’m really trying to start again. i miss loving books. so thank you :)
Similar thing here. I used to read so much, but through the end of high school I read less and less as more and more of my time was taken up by school. Got stuck back in properly a little while ago and I'm reading like I used to again. Picked up mistborn the other day and read it cover to cover in one day
I was in the same spot! Read a lot as a kid and in high school, but then I had to read so much for college that I didn't want to see another page. After college I was so burnt out with reading that I spent YEARS without reading. My Kindle cover _literally_ grew mold because it was stored away so long. I picked it up again and could read in 15min bursts because social media left me the attention span of a rodent. After a while I developed a better concentration capacity and now it is once again one of my favorite hobbies! Don't get frustrated if you can't read that much at first, your brain needs to pick it up. An slowly but surely I guarantee it will! Welcome back! :)
As an English teacher I 100% agree we shouldn't force kids to read classics. We should be reading books that they can relate to/enjoy which opens the door for them to fall in love with reading and potentially the classics down the road. I'm 29 now and just beginning to appreciate the classics.
So true!, I starter ti read again this year after almost seven years without reading and last month i started The Lord of The Rings, wich i dumped whem i was 14 bcs can't read, now i just enjoy everything from the style to pacing and the way Tolkien slowly sets everything up. I still want to read, this year, Dune (before de movie came out) and Ana Karenina. Read classics is so much better whem you go for spontaneously
I think it should be a little of both. “Classics” are there as a good history into a genre or just the thinking of the time. It’s interesting to compare let’s say “classic sci-if” to “modern sci-fi” and see what’s changed culturally (if you’re comparing books that talk about a similar topic like technological advancement or race or what have you). But yeah, don’t force kids to read. This isn’t books, but I think it would be interesting to have an “English class” that let you choose to analyze books or movies or both. Not everyone will like reading, even if it’s not forced. But analyzing movies can be an interesting skill.
I remember back in high-school I used to dread English, mainly didn't like the class being assigned a book and having to read it over time. I didn't read back then, I thought it was boring, that changed lol. But the one exception to this was the outsiders, I remember me and most my buddies really liked that book and used to talk about it a bit and make Jokes about the characters, it kind of resonated with a lot of the class, the people who didn't like reading or hated it genuinely enjoyed that book especially when we read it during class. I can't say the same about any others though. Wish I had more of an open mind back then, would have liked to connect more with my English teacher back then beyond just being a class clown and making her laugh n stuff. Hindsight though eh.
Daniel: if you haven’t read Lord of the Rings, you’re a bad person. Also Daniel: if you read one page of LoTR and decide it’s not for you, I’ll still respect you and talk to you about fantasy.
ramona robot haha I just bought Lord of the Rings (50th anniversary single book edition) last week! Excited to pick it up and give it a go. But first I wanna finish Kings of the Wyld which for some reason I’m struggling to pay attention to during audible. So I ordered hard copy yesterday.
I've been struggling with adhd all my life and it took me 23 years to realize that it's okay for me to consume 90% of the books I read as audiobooks. There's no shame in that. The alternative would be for me to struggle through a single novel for 10 months. It feels so good to come to terms with that and not deny myself all these amazing stories anymore.
I’m going to try medication for my ADHD soon. Do you know if that will help with my concentration while reading? I do read. But I sometimes takes a long time to get through a chapter because of mind wandering
Just read more. Ignore your job. Ignore your spouse. Ignore your life. Just read. Then you'll read a lot. And end up homeless and divorced, but you'll read more. EDIT: I apparently now have a license to shove people off bridges. Thanks, Daniel!
_ don't force yourself to read _ diversify formats _ read more to increase overall stamina for reading _ change location _ turn off your phone _ Physical activity _ have a cozy spot _ don't read books that you're not enjoying , dnf
I started this year(a mont after lockdowns) and I've read 6 so far and at the end of 7th one. And my first book was Dune and excited for the MOVIE.( READ THE 1st 3 books)
27 for me including all of the wheel of time books. Covid allowed me to read more but this channel influenced most of the books I picked and very glad with them. Haven’t read this much since starting uni.
I have a bachelor's in English Literature, and when you said "sometimes when people are forced to read things for school and so they no longer enjoy reading", I FELT that. It took me YEARS after graduating to pick up books again for enjoyment and I'm so glad I did! Reading fatigue is real, breaks are 100% okay. Makes the comeback to reading for fun that much better!
I was just about to post this exact comment. I remember being 18 months out of my lit degree, picking up a book and having the dawning realisation that reading could be, like, fun?!
I did engineering in college. Hats off to you for sticking with your English degree. I had to take an English course as a requirement freshman year. Hardest course ever. Calc 4 was easier for me. Just curious, what kind of job does an English degree land you?
@@Wordsalad69420 Thank you! It was difficult, but it was honestly a lot of fun too! I work as a technical writer currently but finishing up my masters soon with a concentration in medieval works.
My 7th grade teacher killed my love of reading. She had us read from a list of non fiction, historical fiction, or some books she thought had a “moral to be learned.” I didn’t read for about 4 years. I finally got back into reading late in high school with Game of Thrones. That series will always have a special place with me for that.
I’m alone in life and in this room I’m a nihilistic nothing matters there’s no point of anything we’re just smart monkeys who made electricity damn Daniel we need to talk
Instead of a book store, returning readers should hit up their local public library! It's free & you don't have to feel guilty if you don't finish a book. I helped a young patron a little while ago. She had a few books she was interested in, but was worried she'd pick a book for her summer reading that was boring. She was shocked when I told her she *didn't have to finish every book*! I could see the wheels turning in her head. I showed her the shelves and said, "We have all of these if you don't like that one. You don't have to force yourself to read a book you don't enjoy- when we have all these others you might like more." I'm so glad you mentioned that! I've read interviews with Neil Gaiman where he explained that graphic novels-despite not being as wordy as other books- work as an "entrance drug" to reading. I fully agree. Kids should be helped to find *anything* they'll read to show them the worlds that open up to them... And I wish more adults realized the library is there and free, and that we even have different ways to experience books so people can enjoy them whatever way works best for them...
The weirdest thing happened to me. I got into a literature degree, was forced to read more, and started enjoying it MORE. But yeah, reading assignments in school were horrible here as well. The books were terrible and the teachers couldn't get us engaged with any of them.
What I would do for some teachers was think of it like a predictive strategy game, I would try and predict the main talking points that professor would pick, and pick counter points, etc... I did pretty well and it helped my mind stay focused, but your mileage may vary.
In college I made it a point to read for personal enjoyment. Other students would ask how I had time to do so. I just took the time to do it. Yes, I had lots of other reading to do, but my personal reading was one of the ways I took study breaks. You CAN balance required reading and personal reading.
@@Rogue_VI if you've spend the whole evening reading books for your career .honestly reading more in your break sound really bad.... if I have read all evening it doesn't matter how much I want to read another kind of books, My eyes will stop me from doing it
@@matias_rgt1429 I always made it a point, and still do, to have some "me" reading time, even when I have to read a lot for work. That doesn't necessarily mean I read every day, but I do read more days than not.
@@mischarowe The alarm on most phones usually go off with sound even when muted :-D, best feature ever, that way I never need to have my phone's sound turned on
After suffering a massive stroke in January 2016, I lost the ability to hold and read a physical book. My vision was decimated and with my glasses I only have 30% of my overall vision - all of it through my left eye, really. So, I've had to get used to a Kindle, and audio books. However, from 1978 -2015, I'd read over 5K books. I loved to read. Unfortunately, I have forced myself to finish some books based on hype (Dune for one), but no longer. Life is too short. Loving these videos, kiddo; very relatable!
Daniel in the library: *looks up from his book. Sees someone open their phone. Checks watch and writes down the time. Gets back to reading until he notices them close their phone again *
This was a great video. I actually was one of those people that lost my love for reading but am slowly gaining it back. I have definitely come across some gatekeeper and I try not to let it get me down. Ultimately, books are for us to enjoy, learn, and cherish.
I'm dyslexic and it takes me so long to read just one page never mind a chapter, I've recently started using audible and I'm now on book four of the wheel of time, I now only read an actual book if it's a standalone
Mk. Rowe I’ve heard a couple dyslexic friends say that helped them a lot. Also reading along with the audio book, in the beginning, helped them. One person did that with the fist page of every reading session the whole time I knew her. She said that by the end of that first page she was ready to start reading faster than the narrator.
I'm also dyslexic and found reading took forever. What I tend to do is listen to the audiobook and read along with the book. So rather than reading about a book a year (which is bad given I love to write) I've read about 20-odd this year. I find reading along with an audiobook massively helps with my comprehension of what I'm reading too.
As a reader with ADD and knows many people with ADD who feel like "Its impossible for them to read" heres some of my advice. Try and make a quota of two chapters a day but dont do it all at once since unless you're on medication you will most likely get distracted. One chapter in the afternoon during say lunch, and then the second chapter during or around dinner. Two chapters a day is a steady pace for most books on the bookshelf and you can finish or at least get close to finishing one book per week depending on size.
I read with some chill-ass lofi playing in the background. My mind tends to wander if it’s just silent. Also I fidget and move a lot so it gives me a rhythm to rock back and forth to and it helps me read to a beat.
Yep definitely fall into the category that was a fantasy nut through school, but by studying in English and the classics in college, it burned me out. Took me like 4-5 years before I could read again. Started with the wheel of time, and building up my reading stanima with them. Getting through each of the books slightly quicker with each one.
I find this to be one of the most common reasons why people read less than they would like. They have a stack of 'smart' (philosophy, sociology, history, etc.) books beside their bed and never read them because it's too draining after a work day. I suggest they read something with a narrative that can hook you and they're like nah I'd rather keep buying books and stacking them up and not read them ever.
I have ecaxtly the same experience as you. I studied literature for four years, had to force myself read complicated books, boring books, some good books and now, three years after graduating, I started to read the wheel of time and after two books was reading other books too. Reading burnout is real.
I adore how creative your content has become since you went full time. I've noticed it a lot in the last few weeks especially. It's SO cool to see and makes me more excited to find out what's next!
You were definitely the inspiration to me picking up reading again as an "adult". I will also say that getting my first kindle this year has helped me read SO MUCH more.
So in school they tried to force me to read many “essential” books and my fantasy/scifi little brain didn’t wanted to, and since the education system its absolute trash in my country, I didn’t. I would just read a one page summary of the book and get a good grade at the test, so I went through the entire school reading the total amount of like two books (some times we were able to pick the books we wanted to read). I thought I hated reading. Then by many recommendations online I decided to pick up Mistborn and by now, since I finished school 3 years ago, I have read 39 books, currently reading 3 at the same time and with 9 to go in my 2020 challenge. So yeah, school sucks, reading is awesome.
PootatoTree All my life I did things like that, like watching 3 series at a time, reading 3 different comics and everything. Even now during quarantine im learning to program in python, c++ and c#. So I don’t now, I find it harder deciding which one to go on with than trying remembering who is who and whats happening. Obviously I have a limit, Im reading Oathbringer and Im not going to start The Wheel of Time until I have finished RoW, thats just asking for your head to explode.
Ironically for me public school is what got me to tolerate books, which led to me eventually finding enjoyment in reading. It also helped that they provided food and wouldn't take it away if I decided against reading.
I feel that. I wanted to read Lord of the Rings this month but my school said you can't. And now I have to read 4 books I would never heard of if my school didn't obligated me (sorry if my English isn't very good it's not my first language)
I recently got a job that allows me to read 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. This channels recommendations will help a lot for the mass of books I'm going to be shredding through!
A tip for yall from me is when reading a series of books BREAK THEM UP dont read a seven book series back to back for me it gets tiring real quickly and it all mashes into one big mess, try reading small contained stories inbetween a series for me this gives some breathing room between the books in a series and when i get back to the next book in the series i feel more competent recapping the last books without reference because the information has settled in my head. :)
So happy I found your channel. I was a huge reader as a kid, like, the kid that would walk around school with my nose in a book, kept one on my school desk all day for any second I could get in between lessons, then came home and sat in a chair and just continued reading all evening until my parents forced the book out of my hands. I would read 300+ page books in two days, sometimes one on a weekend. I would get stacks of books for my birthday, parents driving me back and forth to the library every week, bookstores were my favourite place in the world. This came to a screeching halt when I went to uni, and I had to do academic reading, and between that and other things I just found I didn't have time or energy anymore. But I never let go of the idea that I was a 'reader', and continued to buy and buy and buy books that I swore I was going to 'get round to reading eventually'. Yet every time I picked one up I would pressure myself to do what I did as a kid and sit for hours and churn through half of it in one afternoon like I used to. I don't have that stamina anymore, and I don't have that time. Reading now competes with video games, tv, socialising, studying (my MA degree is significantly more work than like, high school was lol) all sorts of stuff I didn't do as much of as a 10 or 14 or even 17 year old, and that I genuinely enjoy and also want to put time into. Because of that, for a few years now I just haven't been reading at all because of that thought that I don't have time to sit down and get through a book in a couple of days. Additionally, looking at my bookshelf and the absolute plethora of books I now own and haven't read yet is so intimidating. I don't think I've finished a book since I was maybe 18 (I'm turning 22 next week), and my bookshelf has gone from being my trophy case to a guilt-filled wall of all the money I've spent on books I just haven't even started. It was only after finding your channel and remembering my love for reading and especially fantasy that I thought, why am I putting all these time-limits and pressures on myself? Yes, I own a gazillion books, but I don't actually have any need to get through them in a certain amount of time. And even if I read only one or two chapters a few days in the week, I'll still get through the books quicker than if I try to find time to plow through 200 pages in one sitting, because that's so never going to happen anymore. So, partly thanks to your channel and enthusiasm for reading, that's what I've started doing - bedtime ritual of two chapters just before I go to sleep most nights. And this might slowly increase over time anyway! But for now, super happy to have rediscovered what's important about reading - actually reading! And enjoying it! Maybe one day I'll get to the point where the bookshelf consists of more finished than unread books like it used to. Until then, happy reading!
I’ve read 20 so far and I’m pretty happy about that because I don’t think I read more than 10 last year. This channel really got me into reading again! I’m very thankful
Yeah it took me almost two years after finishing college to enjoy reading again, I started with comics, then pick up some novellas and now I'm reading 3 books at the same time, also watching booktubers like you make me be excited to read again!
Honestly, I'm surprised how much I've been reading this year. Setting a time slot to read every day and reading what I want, not what I "should" really did it for me.
I've started reading again for fun after tapering off for years. I started reading before bed last year and putting my phone aside at a certain time and replacing it with a book to wind down. It's a good time to read because you can read to be chill and quiet and once you are tired you can sleep. After barely reading for ages I have now read a handful of Discworls books this year already. :)
When I read a book and enjoy it, I tend to get lost in it and can plow through an 800 page novel in a day or two. I've been forced to get a lot of my books in audio format so I can keep my hands busy (during menial 'round-the-house-jobs or while driving; following the wife around a store...with audiobooks I've blasted through hundreds of books this year (I do re-read books that I enjoy) I actually read Tarzan at age 11 while sitting in a tree :). When I read (actual book/ereader) the wife has caught me standing in the garage at 2AM
I am so recognizing myself in this I walked (and rode my bike) to and from school while reading a book( audiobooks are so much safer lol) and I could get away with listing my books at my work.. and its amazing while in traffic or public transport
This was so so helpful! As a history major I have to read… all the time… about horrible, horrific and fascinating things. But! I grew up loving fantasy, I even have a Sindarin tattoo, but through college I don’t think I’ve finished a single book for fun. But right now I am reading Breach of Peace, inspired by what you have said about it, and it’s really kindling a new love of shorter fantasy tales. I appreciate this channel so much. 💛
As someone who is close with teachers, the books that you're told to read in school are literally books that stuffy old men decided are required. Some are actually interesting reads but, in general, teachers are given a list of books to pick from to teach that year. Interestingly enough, this is why in high school, my sophomore year we read the book 13 Reasons Why instead of MacBeth. The teachers reasoning was that we get forcefed so much Shakespear every other year that she wanted to give us a break, and honestly, going through that book in a classroom setting was actually really helpful for a lot of the kids in the class
During high school, my English teachers would often spice things up a bit by giving a select number of students a character they'd encapsulate while they read the in between stuff. It was actually pretty fun and it helped make it a lot less boring.
I mean, the classics are good and important, but we should just enjoy reading whatever we want and not feel forced to read something we don't like. However, there are times when books are difficult to read but it feels like an accomplishment to finish them, mine was Moby Dick, it was a chore, but once I finished I felt great and I actually enjoyed it (not immensely though). Let's just all have fun and enjoy reading lol.
@@JLchevz oh, I agree. Classics are classics for a reason. But if someone sits me down and tries to make me read Kafkas metamorphosis again, I'll bleed out my eyes
The book that got me back into reading was actually I Am Legend (my favorite shorter novel!) But I hadn't read for fun in YEARS because of the required reading in school, so I found I Am Legend and saw that it wasn't too much of a commitment time-wise and it got me right back into reading again! Love this video!
I'm just getting back into reading again. I used to be a serial reader, then I moved to a country where english books are expensive and I was scared of collecting books that I'd have to take with me or get rid of when I go home. I finally bought an ereader and I've been so excited to be able to read again that I've read 5 books in the last 2 weeks since it arrived. I've always been that person who just sits down and reads the whole book in one go. Last Saturday I read 2 in one day, I felt so good haha.
I like to listen to an audiobook AND read the book at the same time, sort of like when I was a kid and had those read-along stories... LOL. The only thing missing is the "You will know it is time to turn the page, when you hear this sound (chimes)."
I stopped reading for years.. because of my eyesight and mental health (stress made my eyes sight very bad ) I used to go everywhere with 1 or 2 books last Feb I started listing to audiobooks again and I have listened to 108 books since then.
@@Rendref i ment 2020.. I was on a average of 1 book a day untill summer vacation started in juli and my daughter was home all day. And now we do arts and other fun stuff. I can be out of bed max 5 hours a day the rest I'm stuck in bed and I listen to books crochet draw or play games while listing. I make breakfast and wave my daughter good by to school rest make lunch and clean as much as my back and energy alow me to and rest again then when she gets from school we drink tea or lemonade and chat or do other stuff or she does her own thing and at 17 my husband comes home and I break off and lay down again.. this is my ritme per day and I dont sleep much so I listen to books to avoid bleu light/screen time. So that atleast a full 12 hours I can spend on a book. If I want i also watch series or movies and UA-cam. So aka I barely have a life outside the little fam life I have atm. ( I have chronic pain from a worn out back+ hernia since I was 28🤷♀️ )
@@Rendref i listen in regular speed i love books like the Dresden files because james acts out every voice and emotion but when i listen to chick flick urban fantasy the narrator's arnt as good and i sometimes fall asleep 🤣🤣 when i need to count or think i cant listen properly so i either rewind or stop. I dont listen when im with my husband but when he games im in the same room but with 1 earbud in and with some art. a day is ling when you only sleep 3 hours and are stuck in bed. Its bin 7 years and reading/listing is better then my wow addiction. I played 16 hours a day and you cant pauze a raid.. so my child comes first im never on my phone when she is around ( accept in the car for loooooong drives i snooze off with a book and the sound of the engine thats heaven right there ) on double speed i can't fully enjoy and boring books i dnf its like riding as a pasenger on a motorcycle through the most beautiful terrain and your going way to fast to see the sights. Drink in the tranquility or apricate it. But i have on occasion when i re read the first entries in a series to familiarize myself again with the story lines i can fast forward a few minutes if its boring or akward or cringe Cuz since listing when your also doing art its no real effort its easier to waist time on pulp. Check my good reads i listen to all the dresden files again i just finshed the witcher series but i also listened to advised series....😬 and a lot where pulp for shure. shayne silvers all 3 series + the iron druid chronicles and i even read 26 janet evanovich stephanie plum series (romance stuff) because I started that years ago left at book 9 and i have a ocd about finishing even when its pulp not realizing it had 27 books.....🤯. As long as a book isnt boring i finsh it. I quit on the weel of time when i was 16 in book 2 but i have to try again i guess. I have a to read list with better book on it brandon sanderson for sure and pratchett some Abercrombie and mark Lawrence. But when you do not have an abundance of time edit your to read list. Make sure the book has good ratings or sparks interest and enjoy it savoring the story on normal speed and edit or dnf the rest. Time is precious.
@@Rendref aaahhh that's cool man I get that. I can't stand slow speakers I get antsy so I guess that's how you experiance narrators. Do you do at double speed or 1.5 ? Do you have narrators you do like the speed of ? Who are your best narrators ? I like accents myself so when I listened to iron druid I liked the Irish a lot I think that was leek Daniel's. James marsters is my fav though I met him at Amsterdam comic con 6 years ago I was sk flustered and made a fool of myself but he signed my first Dresden book
@@Rendref i heard the kramer and reading couple names so kuch the last few weeks that i found booktube. I will have to listen to wot now and joe Abercrombie is on my tbr list already ill screenshot the comment to look them up. Thanks for the awesome conversation btw ive just found booktube and realy got inspired to go back to epic high fantasy some grimdark shit and just good writing instead of just getting by with pulp and chicklit.
I think people tend to underestimate the importance of short breaks when reading. I know I used to have a bad habit of reading for half an hour and getting worn out but pushing through to get to the arbitrary hour mark, which led to me reading at a much slower pace and losing the motivation to read at all for the rest of the day. This would result in 30 pages over an hour read for the entire day. Now I'm able to recognize when I need to recover and give myself 5-15 minutes of anything else to just reset my brain before carrying on and I'm reading at a faster pace for more hours of the day. It's a very small thing but it's so important.
It's funny for me to see everyone sharing trick on how to read more. If I decide to read something, it's either gonna be done in a couple days or it's not gonna be done because I think it's shit.
Totally agree on your views on installing joy for reading in young minds, and that these old classics and whatnot should rather be a pile of 'try to get through a couple of these' kind of thing, then otherwise make them find out what kind of genres and topics they like (or encourage them to diversify their reading). You got yourself a new subscriber! :3
As much as I like LoTR lore and mythology, movies and games, the actual books were a struggle for my ADHD brain. The pacing was so slow I would zone out at nearly every page and have to reread it several times to absorb it, slowing it down even more. I managed to get through all 3 but it took me literal years and several breaks. I don’t regret it but I don’t think I would ever reread it
True, I despised reading because of school and didn't even read 1 in years because I just accepted that I wasn't a reader. Now that I'm done with school I'm trying to pick it up as a hobby by reading fantasy and sci-fi :)
can definitely agree on the education system ruining people's natural love of reading. i was raised to regularly read by my grandma, which im extremely grateful for considering it IMMENSELY strengthened my language and comprehension skills as a child, i did amazing in English classes. eventually high school's required reading ruined my enjoyment. only for my sophomore english class were we allowed to choose a book to be ordered in by our teacher, and work on a project on it, which was very enjoyable but sadly that was only one single instance in my whole high school life. now gonna be 2 years since i graduated, i picked up some books back in December and ive happily rediscovered the love of reading and i couldnt be happier. i hope others rediscover their love of reading after hating it after high school as well because its an amazing feeling.
My job let's me listen to headphones so I just put on audiobooks most the time, and I find that having an audiobook as I do other things helps me get through them so easily!
I go through moods. Start of this year, I did nothing but read. Read 50 books already. Helps that if my job is quiet, I can sit back and read in-between workload coming in. But last two months, been in the gaming mood again. Been playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition (played them back in the day too). Now on Mass Effect 3. Will finish that, and then be back reading again. I agree with what you said about keeping fit, improves attention span. I find I have far more energy to focus, when I have been to the gym and walked my dog.
I’m personally not a fan of audiobooks, as I like to give my own ‘voice’ to characters and sort of imagine how they sound. For me, someone giving that character a voice takes something special about reading away. That being said, it’s absolutely a valid platform. No issue with audiobooks in general, just prefer reading.
I don't usually like reading fantasy or sci-fi, but my spouse is a very big fan. This video has encouraged me to start listening to The Wheel of Time. I had tried reading, but it didn't grab me, because I usually read sociology or psychology text books. My spouse is super happy now, because I'm finally ready to get into this story. Thanks to you I'm looking forward to seeing the series on screen as well. I'm not into reading fantasy, but I love your videos. Thanks 🙃
My biggest issue with reading is that when I've gone trough the entire series and I loved it, I'm always afraid the next book will be boring next to the previous one, so I have to let things settle down a bit before I can pick up another story, which will probably enjoy as much as the previous one (took me 18 months to get over finishing ASOIAF haha)
Middle School: Ready a ton By end of High School: Zilch. I remembered loving goosebumps and so I picked some up from the library recently, and now I am reading again! So, I would add to your final point about reading what you love: don't be ashamed if it is a little kids book that re-sparks your interest.
Don't forget that these things stick with you forever. I used to read every single day as a kid, and then I stopped reading fkr a few years aside from audiobooks, I started reading again recently and I have no problem reading 200-300 pages per sitting. Sometimes more.
Honestly watching booktube has lead me to read more. When u surround yourself with other readers you want to read more. I didn’t read much anymore but when I found Daniel and Murphy’s channels my love of reading came back. Because of booktube I’ve read 38 books since the new year started
Running/cycling is also a perfect time to consume audio books. I've got through the first 37 books of the Horus Heresy mostly just on daily runs & rides.
Agree with most of these things! I also find it helps sometimes to put books on my phone. As mentioned, we all have that ingrained response to pull out and look at your phone and having books on your phone is a great way to take advantage of that. Feels like yet another way to trick yourself into reading.
this is like the second video of you ive watched in a long time and the second video in a row of you talking into a knife honestly, im not even surprised, glad to be back
Totally agree with your first point! I have finally started regularly listening to audiobooks and reading ebooks and I am reading the most I ever have in my life!! And I'm not even paying for them---I'm borrowing them through apps connected to my library card. I can listen to audiobooks while walking, while in the shower, etc. I always have my phone with me, so if I have a few minutes while out and about I can catch some ebook. I must look like your typical phone addict, but hey, if it means I get to read and don't have to carry around a book (beating it up in the process), then I'm going to keep doing it. It also gives me something good to do on my phone rather than mindlessly scroll.
Got burned out from reading physical books due to nursing school. Started listening to audiobooks. Been through about 100 in the last 2 years. Rekindled my love of reading! Great advice on the dnf and reading in different spots too!
I like to mix up my genres too, I find it really helps if I feel like I'm entering a fantasy burnout. I've just finished The Way of Kings but I'm not going to jump into the next 1000+ page book just yet 😂 I usually read a thriller or a romance in between epic fantasies, just to have something that's quick to get through.
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying!! Thank you for the point about Stamina. People ask me how I read so much and I just say “I do it a lot”. I’m not at ALL a fast reader but I can sit and just chug 4-5 chapters in one sitting and be good. People don’t always understand that reading more just means slowly turning that 30 mins every day in 1hr every day.
I liked some of the books I used to read in highschool, but I think that those books are way better to read now. Because now I actually understand them.
I'm one of those people. I loved reading all up until middle school. Then we got all these boring, awful "classics" for our required reading, plus all the textbooks we had to read and take notes on, totally killed it for me. I'm 25 and I've only read a few books for pleasure since middle school. Because now, reading feels more like work. I've just felt so frustrated with it, especially since a lot of the books I try to read now have been dnf's for me. Like, the last several books in a row. And it makes me want to give up again.
Great content and Channel! I will definitely share this will my daughters who are currently 8 and 10 years old. We started a book reading channel to improve their English reading and comprehension skills. Plus, I wasn't much of a book reader growing up and now having the opportunity to read with them and share it with the world. Thank You and looking forward to your future videos!
I guess Daniel spends all his time in the library watching other people on their phone instead of reading
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@Dillon Byron thats pretty awesome. Can u help me find a file explorer coz i wanna find who the fuck asked u stupid dumbfuck
@@maedre9330 What the hell happened here
@@erburu i forgor💀
when i was a kid, i read so voraciously. i would consume entire books in one sitting. i lost that in high school, so i’m really trying to start again. i miss loving books. so thank you :)
Similar thing here. I used to read so much, but through the end of high school I read less and less as more and more of my time was taken up by school. Got stuck back in properly a little while ago and I'm reading like I used to again. Picked up mistborn the other day and read it cover to cover in one day
I was in the same spot! Read a lot as a kid and in high school, but then I had to read so much for college that I didn't want to see another page. After college I was so burnt out with reading that I spent YEARS without reading. My Kindle cover _literally_ grew mold because it was stored away so long.
I picked it up again and could read in 15min bursts because social media left me the attention span of a rodent. After a while I developed a better concentration capacity and now it is once again one of my favorite hobbies!
Don't get frustrated if you can't read that much at first, your brain needs to pick it up. An slowly but surely I guarantee it will! Welcome back! :)
@@LPChipi I had the same thing happen to me. I didn’t regain my love of reading till I was 30.
Same. I’m now an English teacher and I’m trying to be better
Happened the same to me. To restart, I challenged myself to read one book a week. It was hard, but a couple of years later I read more than ever 😁💪
My mom: "Is that man speaking into a knive?!?!?!"
Me: "Yea......he does that sometimes.... just roll with it."
It says a lot about his style that I never even questioned it.
@@bigbundle3223 Nah, he's just cosplaying as Ethan Becker.
@@jacerockman1031 YES
Man, I never even thought about how that was weird
Ethan Becker no doubt
As an English teacher I 100% agree we shouldn't force kids to read classics. We should be reading books that they can relate to/enjoy which opens the door for them to fall in love with reading and potentially the classics down the road. I'm 29 now and just beginning to appreciate the classics.
So true!, I starter ti read again this year after almost seven years without reading and last month i started The Lord of The Rings, wich i dumped whem i was 14 bcs can't read, now i just enjoy everything from the style to pacing and the way Tolkien slowly sets everything up. I still want to read, this year, Dune (before de movie came out) and Ana Karenina. Read classics is so much better whem you go for spontaneously
I think it should be a little of both. “Classics” are there as a good history into a genre or just the thinking of the time. It’s interesting to compare let’s say “classic sci-if” to “modern sci-fi” and see what’s changed culturally (if you’re comparing books that talk about a similar topic like technological advancement or race or what have you). But yeah, don’t force kids to read.
This isn’t books, but I think it would be interesting to have an “English class” that let you choose to analyze books or movies or both. Not everyone will like reading, even if it’s not forced. But analyzing movies can be an interesting skill.
I remember back in high-school I used to dread English, mainly didn't like the class being assigned a book and having to read it over time. I didn't read back then, I thought it was boring, that changed lol. But the one exception to this was the outsiders, I remember me and most my buddies really liked that book and used to talk about it a bit and make Jokes about the characters, it kind of resonated with a lot of the class, the people who didn't like reading or hated it genuinely enjoyed that book especially when we read it during class. I can't say the same about any others though. Wish I had more of an open mind back then, would have liked to connect more with my English teacher back then beyond just being a class clown and making her laugh n stuff. Hindsight though eh.
Yes, I am a college student and I never stopped reading fiction. But all my other friends say 'i just cant find another book'
If you want to get a kid to read a classic, forbid the child from reading it. ;-)
Daniel: if you haven’t read Lord of the Rings, you’re a bad person.
Also Daniel: if you read one page of LoTR and decide it’s not for you, I’ll still respect you and talk to you about fantasy.
I am a conflicted man.
Daniel Greene haha well thanks for getting me back into reading this year. We love you dawg
I DNF’d the book when the hobbits’ party went on and on and on...omg
ramona robot haha I just bought Lord of the Rings (50th anniversary single book edition) last week! Excited to pick it up and give it a go. But first I wanna finish Kings of the Wyld which for some reason I’m struggling to pay attention to during audible. So I ordered hard copy yesterday.
Trevor Fultz hope you have better luck in lotr than me. I get distracted with audible too. My eyes and mind can’t help but wander off.
I've been struggling with adhd all my life and it took me 23 years to realize that it's okay for me to consume 90% of the books I read as audiobooks. There's no shame in that. The alternative would be for me to struggle through a single novel for 10 months. It feels so good to come to terms with that and not deny myself all these amazing stories anymore.
I love audiobooks for the longer novels, especially as I struggle with attention due to mild autism. I like to mix both methods up 😊
I’m going to try medication for my ADHD soon. Do you know if that will help with my concentration while reading? I do read. But I sometimes takes a long time to get through a chapter because of mind wandering
Smoke weed. Once. Your adhd will go away for 1 year 🙃
I too have discovered audiobooks to help my ADHD! The speed adjuster is game changer!!!
Audiobooks are awesome! If you find a good performer too it’s awesome - I do recommend tackling LOTR this way they’re great
Just read more. Ignore your job. Ignore your spouse. Ignore your life. Just read. Then you'll read a lot. And end up homeless and divorced, but you'll read more.
EDIT: I apparently now have a license to shove people off bridges. Thanks, Daniel!
Zollie Berdy where did you get that license? I want one.
Aschult42 Daniel said so. You go shove those haters off a bridge.
Sounds like a fun activity
@@SirGrimLockSmithVIII Oh god how do I know exactly what your talking about.
_ don't force yourself to read
_ diversify formats
_ read more to increase overall stamina for reading
_ change location
_ turn off your phone
_ Physical activity
_ have a cozy spot
_ don't read books that you're not enjoying , dnf
I read on my phone
@@DLCS-2 I do too, but you can still apply the other tips
@@DLCS-2 turn off notifications or block apps
I'm proud to say that I read 25 books this year so far....which is about 20 more than last year. Your channel helped a lot:)
Me too!! Usually I cram a bunch in December to reach like 12 books but I've already ready 26 this year.
Great job!
I started this year(a mont after lockdowns) and I've read 6 so far and at the end of 7th one.
And my first book was Dune and excited for the MOVIE.( READ THE 1st 3 books)
I've been reading a lot this year too compared to what I usually read. It's only been 11 books so far but I'm really proud
27 for me including all of the wheel of time books. Covid allowed me to read more but this channel influenced most of the books I picked and very glad with them.
Haven’t read this much since starting uni.
Daniel Greene: "It's my job to get through books I don't like..."
Everyone: Thanks for the epic Terry Goodkind rants!
Yes, but Daniel DNF'd Goodkind.
Mood 1: reads 23 books in three months
Mood 2: reads nothing but fanfics for the rest of the year :)
It all depends on what to feel like doing
My fanfic consumption is ridiculous compared to my actual book reading xD I must read like a hundred million more words of Fanfic.
Same :')
Now if that doesn't describe me perfectly...
I just got over my 3 month fanfic phase and got into books again :D
Why hello, Me. 😂
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"Read for enjoyment"
Shows clip of person reading a dictionary....
Don't judge. We are all different people with different interests. If someone loves to read the dictionary, let them.
To be fair though, all of us have read the dictionary at least once
@@nickolasdiamond5619 I have not. At least all the way through which is what I think you mean. I have though about doing it extensively though.
@@nickolasdiamond5619 the whole thing???? All the way through???? For enjoymentt?????
thinking about how i used to read cookbooks cover to cover as a kid...
To be fair: I was going through a freakishly large growth spurt.
How to read nearly 100 books a year: be a truck driver, listen to audiobooks on the road.
& they say truckers aren’t that smart
Winning
I actually thought of being a truck driver for this very thing. (Didn’t end up doing it tho)
Technically you're not reading anything
@@ryanhlfc technically I don't care if it is or isn't technically reading. I'm still experiencing the books.
Daniel: "Do you want to get through multiple chapters every day-ing?"
Me reading a Stephen King book: "Well, half a chapter would be great!"
same with wheel of time lmao
I’d recommend Pet Semetary, there are a LOT of two-four page chapters 😂
*Laughs in Witcher*
The institute was a great page turner for me! Wasn’t bored one time
Same....... I started IT and i am so slow
I have a bachelor's in English Literature, and when you said "sometimes when people are forced to read things for school and so they no longer enjoy reading", I FELT that. It took me YEARS after graduating to pick up books again for enjoyment and I'm so glad I did! Reading fatigue is real, breaks are 100% okay. Makes the comeback to reading for fun that much better!
I was just about to post this exact comment. I remember being 18 months out of my lit degree, picking up a book and having the dawning realisation that reading could be, like, fun?!
Hats off to all English majors who managed to push through I studied English for teaching it and even there reading fatigue got me several times
I did engineering in college. Hats off to you for sticking with your English degree. I had to take an English course as a requirement freshman year. Hardest course ever. Calc 4 was easier for me. Just curious, what kind of job does an English degree land you?
@@Wordsalad69420 Thank you! It was difficult, but it was honestly a lot of fun too! I work as a technical writer currently but finishing up my masters soon with a concentration in medieval works.
@@artemisiaabsinthium1794 If you didn't enjoy reading, how did you get the idea that a lit degree might be the right thing for you?
My 7th grade teacher killed my love of reading. She had us read from a list of non fiction, historical fiction, or some books she thought had a “moral to be learned.” I didn’t read for about 4 years.
I finally got back into reading late in high school with Game of Thrones. That series will always have a special place with me for that.
Seeing Daniel say "hi kids" while holding a real ass knife is the highlight of my day
"That was words."
My favorite Daniel Greene quote right after "words are hard".
"I'm alone in life and in this room"
You and me both Daniel 😂😂
I’m alone in life and in this room I’m a nihilistic nothing matters there’s no point of anything we’re just smart monkeys who made electricity damn Daniel we need to talk
Why are you in Daniel's room? 👁👃👁
@@kaladinstormblessed9829 let go of nihilism, acquire hope
Glyph the Denier Too relatable
@@thingshappenedpr Easier said than done, Doug! How the hell can you acquire hope? It's not a physical thing that you can lock in a cage!
Instead of a book store, returning readers should hit up their local public library! It's free & you don't have to feel guilty if you don't finish a book.
I helped a young patron a little while ago. She had a few books she was interested in, but was worried she'd pick a book for her summer reading that was boring. She was shocked when I told her she *didn't have to finish every book*! I could see the wheels turning in her head.
I showed her the shelves and said, "We have all of these if you don't like that one. You don't have to force yourself to read a book you don't enjoy- when we have all these others you might like more."
I'm so glad you mentioned that!
I've read interviews with Neil Gaiman where he explained that graphic novels-despite not being as wordy as other books- work as an "entrance drug" to reading. I fully agree. Kids should be helped to find *anything* they'll read to show them the worlds that open up to them... And I wish more adults realized the library is there and free, and that we even have different ways to experience books so people can enjoy them whatever way works best for them...
That's a good tip about self discipline... but also, I don't wanna.
The weirdest thing happened to me. I got into a literature degree, was forced to read more, and started enjoying it MORE. But yeah, reading assignments in school were horrible here as well. The books were terrible and the teachers couldn't get us engaged with any of them.
Daniel: read for enjoyment
Me: looks at the pile of books I have to read for school
Me: throws them out of the window
What I would do for some teachers was think of it like a predictive strategy game, I would try and predict the main talking points that professor would pick, and pick counter points, etc... I did pretty well and it helped my mind stay focused, but your mileage may vary.
In college I made it a point to read for personal enjoyment. Other students would ask how I had time to do so. I just took the time to do it. Yes, I had lots of other reading to do, but my personal reading was one of the ways I took study breaks. You CAN balance required reading and personal reading.
@@Rogue_VI if you've spend the whole evening reading books for your career .honestly reading more in your break sound really bad....
if I have read all evening it doesn't matter how much I want to read another kind of books, My eyes will stop me from doing it
@@matias_rgt1429 I always made it a point, and still do, to have some "me" reading time, even when I have to read a lot for work. That doesn't necessarily mean I read every day, but I do read more days than not.
It could be worse. At least schools are required to feed you
Listen to audiobooks while running, working out, walking, biking (with one earbud out), etc. It changed my life!!
People don't have their phone on mute normally??? My phone has always been on silent. ALWAYS 😳
I mute most of the time too but then "I need to check my notifications...🙄" it's better for me to leave my phone across the room or in another room.
I meant more like do not disturb where it won’t even light up.
@@DanielGreeneReviews ohhh that's a good point!
I use my phone for alarms so I can't mute it.
@@mischarowe The alarm on most phones usually go off with sound even when muted :-D, best feature ever, that way I never need to have my phone's sound turned on
After suffering a massive stroke in January 2016, I lost the ability to hold and read a physical book. My vision was decimated and with my glasses I only have 30% of my overall vision - all of it through my left eye, really. So, I've had to get used to a Kindle, and audio books. However, from 1978 -2015, I'd read over 5K books. I loved to read. Unfortunately, I have forced myself to finish some books based on hype (Dune for one), but no longer. Life is too short. Loving these videos, kiddo; very relatable!
If I could whisper one thing into every readers ear, it would be that DNF’ing is the best thing to do to a book that isn’t bringing you joy.
So Mari Kondo ... does it bring me joy? Then Mari Kondo "thank the book" and DNF.
There was one book I finish out of pure spite lmao.
Anon sag their name! Which book was it? Why did you spite finish it?
It took me a long time to learn this
Impossible, torturing myself to complete books I hate is the only way to exist
Daniel in the library: *looks up from his book. Sees someone open their phone. Checks watch and writes down the time. Gets back to reading until he notices them close their phone again *
Daniel: I read things that I'll like.
Also Daniel: *reads Wizard's First Rule and Fifth Sorceress*
xD
Mistakes were made.
@@DanielGreeneReviews I wouldn't call those rib-cracking videos mistakes
@@CatSingerB The videos were good. The books themselves were mistakes, lol
Wizard's First Rule literally got millions of people into the fantasy genre. Slay the hate for them.
This was a great video. I actually was one of those people that lost my love for reading but am slowly gaining it back. I have definitely come across some gatekeeper and I try not to let it get me down. Ultimately, books are for us to enjoy, learn, and cherish.
I'm dyslexic and it takes me so long to read just one page never mind a chapter, I've recently started using audible and I'm now on book four of the wheel of time, I now only read an actual book if it's a standalone
I think that's why Daniel needs to switch between physical, audio and ebooks. Maybe that particular advice from him would help you a lot. :)
Mk. Rowe I’ve heard a couple dyslexic friends say that helped them a lot. Also reading along with the audio book, in the beginning, helped them. One person did that with the fist page of every reading session the whole time I knew her. She said that by the end of that first page she was ready to start reading faster than the narrator.
If you open a pdf book in microsoft edge you can make it read to you and you can read and listen at the same time. I use that to study textbooks.
Thank you all for the advice, I'll try them out
I'm also dyslexic and found reading took forever. What I tend to do is listen to the audiobook and read along with the book. So rather than reading about a book a year (which is bad given I love to write) I've read about 20-odd this year.
I find reading along with an audiobook massively helps with my comprehension of what I'm reading too.
As a reader with ADD and knows many people with ADD who feel like "Its impossible for them to read" heres some of my advice. Try and make a quota of two chapters a day but dont do it all at once since unless you're on medication you will most likely get distracted. One chapter in the afternoon during say lunch, and then the second chapter during or around dinner. Two chapters a day is a steady pace for most books on the bookshelf and you can finish or at least get close to finishing one book per week depending on size.
I've also heard you can listen to the audiobook while you read (sometimes speed it up a little) and it makes your brain engage
Also good advice if you have to read a book for school.
I have adhd, and have recently learned I really enjoy listening while also following along with a physical book.
"TURN OFF YOUR PHONE" i came out to have a good time and i'm feeling so attacked right now
Ehat of you habe e reader or my case Hoppla where you reading from the phone.
I read with some chill-ass lofi playing in the background. My mind tends to wander if it’s just silent. Also I fidget and move a lot so it gives me a rhythm to rock back and forth to and it helps me read to a beat.
This has really worked for me thanks!
I'm the opposite, I prefer reading in the quiet, while in bed.
“Bounce around like a ping pong ball of nerdyness” that describes me perfectly
Find a place where you dont bump or Barack things and read and walk. Just make sure your preference virw is good.
Therapist: Wide Daniel can't hurt you he's not real
Wide Daniel:
Yep definitely fall into the category that was a fantasy nut through school, but by studying in English and the classics in college, it burned me out. Took me like 4-5 years before I could read again. Started with the wheel of time, and building up my reading stanima with them. Getting through each of the books slightly quicker with each one.
This was my exact experience after my English degree! Glad I took the long break, and even happier to be enjoying books again! Glad you are too!
I find this to be one of the most common reasons why people read less than they would like. They have a stack of 'smart' (philosophy, sociology, history, etc.) books beside their bed and never read them because it's too draining after a work day. I suggest they read something with a narrative that can hook you and they're like nah I'd rather keep buying books and stacking them up and not read them ever.
I have ecaxtly the same experience as you. I studied literature for four years, had to force myself read complicated books, boring books, some good books and now, three years after graduating, I started to read the wheel of time and after two books was reading other books too. Reading burnout is real.
I adore how creative your content has become since you went full time. I've noticed it a lot in the last few weeks especially. It's SO cool to see and makes me more excited to find out what's next!
"I am alone in this life and in this room" - Daniel Greene 2020.
You were definitely the inspiration to me picking up reading again as an "adult". I will also say that getting my first kindle this year has helped me read SO MUCH more.
So in school they tried to force me to read many “essential” books and my fantasy/scifi little brain didn’t wanted to, and since the education system its absolute trash in my country, I didn’t. I would just read a one page summary of the book and get a good grade at the test, so I went through the entire school reading the total amount of like two books (some times we were able to pick the books we wanted to read). I thought I hated reading. Then by many recommendations online I decided to pick up Mistborn and by now, since I finished school 3 years ago, I have read 39 books, currently reading 3 at the same time and with 9 to go in my 2020 challenge. So yeah, school sucks, reading is awesome.
Well my school doesn’t allow us to bring books to school at all and they took every book I brought with me so yeah I’m in the worst school
PootatoTree All my life I did things like that, like watching 3 series at a time, reading 3 different comics and everything. Even now during quarantine im learning to program in python, c++ and c#. So I don’t now, I find it harder deciding which one to go on with than trying remembering who is who and whats happening. Obviously I have a limit, Im reading Oathbringer and Im not going to start The Wheel of Time until I have finished RoW, thats just asking for your head to explode.
I agree schoolbooks are no fun.
Ironically for me public school is what got me to tolerate books, which led to me eventually finding enjoyment in reading. It also helped that they provided food and wouldn't take it away if I decided against reading.
I feel that. I wanted to read Lord of the Rings this month but my school said you can't. And now I have to read 4 books I would never heard of if my school didn't obligated me (sorry if my English isn't very good it's not my first language)
I recently got a job that allows me to read 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. This channels recommendations will help a lot for the mass of books I'm going to be shredding through!
What job is that? 🙃🤔😱
A tip for yall from me is when reading a series of books BREAK THEM UP dont read a seven book series back to back for me it gets tiring real quickly and it all mashes into one big mess, try reading small contained stories inbetween a series for me this gives some breathing room between the books in a series and when i get back to the next book in the series i feel more competent recapping the last books without reference because the information has settled in my head. :)
So happy I found your channel. I was a huge reader as a kid, like, the kid that would walk around school with my nose in a book, kept one on my school desk all day for any second I could get in between lessons, then came home and sat in a chair and just continued reading all evening until my parents forced the book out of my hands. I would read 300+ page books in two days, sometimes one on a weekend. I would get stacks of books for my birthday, parents driving me back and forth to the library every week, bookstores were my favourite place in the world. This came to a screeching halt when I went to uni, and I had to do academic reading, and between that and other things I just found I didn't have time or energy anymore.
But I never let go of the idea that I was a 'reader', and continued to buy and buy and buy books that I swore I was going to 'get round to reading eventually'. Yet every time I picked one up I would pressure myself to do what I did as a kid and sit for hours and churn through half of it in one afternoon like I used to. I don't have that stamina anymore, and I don't have that time. Reading now competes with video games, tv, socialising, studying (my MA degree is significantly more work than like, high school was lol) all sorts of stuff I didn't do as much of as a 10 or 14 or even 17 year old, and that I genuinely enjoy and also want to put time into. Because of that, for a few years now I just haven't been reading at all because of that thought that I don't have time to sit down and get through a book in a couple of days. Additionally, looking at my bookshelf and the absolute plethora of books I now own and haven't read yet is so intimidating. I don't think I've finished a book since I was maybe 18 (I'm turning 22 next week), and my bookshelf has gone from being my trophy case to a guilt-filled wall of all the money I've spent on books I just haven't even started.
It was only after finding your channel and remembering my love for reading and especially fantasy that I thought, why am I putting all these time-limits and pressures on myself? Yes, I own a gazillion books, but I don't actually have any need to get through them in a certain amount of time. And even if I read only one or two chapters a few days in the week, I'll still get through the books quicker than if I try to find time to plow through 200 pages in one sitting, because that's so never going to happen anymore.
So, partly thanks to your channel and enthusiasm for reading, that's what I've started doing - bedtime ritual of two chapters just before I go to sleep most nights. And this might slowly increase over time anyway! But for now, super happy to have rediscovered what's important about reading - actually reading! And enjoying it! Maybe one day I'll get to the point where the bookshelf consists of more finished than unread books like it used to. Until then, happy reading!
I’ve read 20 so far and I’m pretty happy about that because I don’t think I read more than 10 last year.
This channel really got me into reading again! I’m very thankful
Yeah it took me almost two years after finishing college to enjoy reading again, I started with comics, then pick up some novellas and now I'm reading 3 books at the same time, also watching booktubers like you make me be excited to read again!
Honestly, I'm surprised how much I've been reading this year. Setting a time slot to read every day and reading what I want, not what I "should" really did it for me.
I've started reading again for fun after tapering off for years. I started reading before bed last year and putting my phone aside at a certain time and replacing it with a book to wind down. It's a good time to read because you can read to be chill and quiet and once you are tired you can sleep. After barely reading for ages I have now read a handful of Discworls books this year already. :)
When I read a book and enjoy it, I tend to get lost in it and can plow through an 800 page novel in a day or two. I've been forced to get a lot of my books in audio format so I can keep my hands busy (during menial 'round-the-house-jobs or while driving; following the wife around a store...with audiobooks I've blasted through hundreds of books this year (I do re-read books that I enjoy)
I actually read Tarzan at age 11 while sitting in a tree :). When I read (actual book/ereader) the wife has caught me standing in the garage at 2AM
I am so recognizing myself in this I walked (and rode my bike) to and from school while reading a book( audiobooks are so much safer lol) and I could get away with listing my books at my work.. and its amazing while in traffic or public transport
This was so so helpful! As a history major I have to read… all the time… about horrible, horrific and fascinating things. But! I grew up loving fantasy, I even have a Sindarin tattoo, but through college I don’t think I’ve finished a single book for fun. But right now I am reading Breach of Peace, inspired by what you have said about it, and it’s really kindling a new love of shorter fantasy tales. I appreciate this channel so much. 💛
As someone who is close with teachers, the books that you're told to read in school are literally books that stuffy old men decided are required. Some are actually interesting reads but, in general, teachers are given a list of books to pick from to teach that year. Interestingly enough, this is why in high school, my sophomore year we read the book 13 Reasons Why instead of MacBeth. The teachers reasoning was that we get forcefed so much Shakespear every other year that she wanted to give us a break, and honestly, going through that book in a classroom setting was actually really helpful for a lot of the kids in the class
altoguy16499 in my highschool we had a similar experience a teacher we had would read us stuff like Skellig and stone cold instead of shakespeare
During high school, my English teachers would often spice things up a bit by giving a select number of students a character they'd encapsulate while they read the in between stuff. It was actually pretty fun and it helped make it a lot less boring.
I mean, the classics are good and important, but we should just enjoy reading whatever we want and not feel forced to read something we don't like. However, there are times when books are difficult to read but it feels like an accomplishment to finish them, mine was Moby Dick, it was a chore, but once I finished I felt great and I actually enjoyed it (not immensely though). Let's just all have fun and enjoy reading lol.
@@JLchevz oh, I agree. Classics are classics for a reason. But if someone sits me down and tries to make me read Kafkas metamorphosis again, I'll bleed out my eyes
@@altoguy16499 haha I agree even though I read it and kinda liked it, but it was depressing as hell
The book that got me back into reading was actually I Am Legend (my favorite shorter novel!) But I hadn't read for fun in YEARS because of the required reading in school, so I found I Am Legend and saw that it wasn't too much of a commitment time-wise and it got me right back into reading again! Love this video!
Come out, Neville!
I'm just getting back into reading again. I used to be a serial reader, then I moved to a country where english books are expensive and I was scared of collecting books that I'd have to take with me or get rid of when I go home. I finally bought an ereader and I've been so excited to be able to read again that I've read 5 books in the last 2 weeks since it arrived. I've always been that person who just sits down and reads the whole book in one go. Last Saturday I read 2 in one day, I felt so good haha.
I like to listen to an audiobook AND read the book at the same time, sort of like when I was a kid and had those read-along stories... LOL. The only thing missing is the "You will know it is time to turn the page, when you hear this sound (chimes)."
I stopped reading for years.. because of my eyesight and mental health (stress made my eyes sight very bad ) I used to go everywhere with 1 or 2 books last Feb I started listing to audiobooks again and I have listened to 108 books since then.
Same. And other people pressure you to do it when you're *not* ready for it.
@@Rendref i ment 2020.. I was on a average of 1 book a day untill summer vacation started in juli and my daughter was home all day. And now we do arts and other fun stuff. I can be out of bed max 5 hours a day the rest I'm stuck in bed and I listen to books crochet draw or play games while listing. I make breakfast and wave my daughter good by to school rest make lunch and clean as much as my back and energy alow me to and rest again then when she gets from school we drink tea or lemonade and chat or do other stuff or she does her own thing and at 17 my husband comes home and I break off and lay down again.. this is my ritme per day and I dont sleep much so I listen to books to avoid bleu light/screen time. So that atleast a full 12 hours I can spend on a book. If I want i also watch series or movies and UA-cam. So aka I barely have a life outside the little fam life I have atm. ( I have chronic pain from a worn out back+ hernia since I was 28🤷♀️ )
@@Rendref i listen in regular speed i love books like the Dresden files because james acts out every voice and emotion but when i listen to chick flick urban fantasy the narrator's arnt as good and i sometimes fall asleep 🤣🤣 when i need to count or think i cant listen properly so i either rewind or stop. I dont listen when im with my husband but when he games im in the same room but with 1 earbud in and with some art. a day is ling when you only sleep 3 hours and are stuck in bed. Its bin 7 years and reading/listing is better then my wow addiction. I played 16 hours a day and you cant pauze a raid.. so my child comes first im never on my phone when she is around ( accept in the car for loooooong drives i snooze off with a book and the sound of the engine thats heaven right there ) on double speed i can't fully enjoy and boring books i dnf its like riding as a pasenger on a motorcycle through the most beautiful terrain and your going way to fast to see the sights. Drink in the tranquility or apricate it. But i have on occasion when i re read the first entries in a series to familiarize myself again with the story lines i can fast forward a few minutes if its boring or akward or cringe
Cuz since listing when your also doing art its no real effort its easier to waist time on pulp. Check my good reads i listen to all the dresden files again i just finshed the witcher series but i also listened to advised series....😬 and a lot where pulp for shure. shayne silvers all 3 series + the iron druid chronicles and i even read 26 janet evanovich stephanie plum series (romance stuff) because I started that years ago left at book 9 and i have a ocd about finishing even when its pulp not realizing it had 27 books.....🤯. As long as a book isnt boring i finsh it.
I quit on the weel of time when i was 16 in book 2 but i have to try again i guess. I have a to read list with better book on it brandon sanderson for sure and pratchett some Abercrombie and mark Lawrence.
But when you do not have an abundance of time edit your to read list. Make sure the book has good ratings or sparks interest and enjoy it savoring the story on normal speed and edit or dnf the rest. Time is precious.
@@Rendref aaahhh that's cool man I get that. I can't stand slow speakers I get antsy so I guess that's how you experiance narrators. Do you do at double speed or 1.5 ? Do you have narrators you do like the speed of ? Who are your best narrators ? I like accents myself so when I listened to iron druid I liked the Irish a lot I think that was leek Daniel's. James marsters is my fav though I met him at Amsterdam comic con 6 years ago I was sk flustered and made a fool of myself but he signed my first Dresden book
@@Rendref i heard the kramer and reading couple names so kuch the last few weeks that i found booktube. I will have to listen to wot now and joe Abercrombie is on my tbr list already ill screenshot the comment to look them up. Thanks for the awesome conversation btw ive just found booktube and realy got inspired to go back to epic high fantasy some grimdark shit and just good writing instead of just getting by with pulp and chicklit.
This is incredibly enlightening
I think people tend to underestimate the importance of short breaks when reading. I know I used to have a bad habit of reading for half an hour and getting worn out but pushing through to get to the arbitrary hour mark, which led to me reading at a much slower pace and losing the motivation to read at all for the rest of the day. This would result in 30 pages over an hour read for the entire day.
Now I'm able to recognize when I need to recover and give myself 5-15 minutes of anything else to just reset my brain before carrying on and I'm reading at a faster pace for more hours of the day.
It's a very small thing but it's so important.
It's funny for me to see everyone sharing trick on how to read more. If I decide to read something, it's either gonna be done in a couple days or it's not gonna be done because I think it's shit.
This is so true but extra fact listening to an audiobook while running or working out is really fun
“I’m alone in life, and I’m this room” he just went all out and described my life as well... (just started online school so yeah)
Totally agree on your views on installing joy for reading in young minds, and that these old classics and whatnot should rather be a pile of 'try to get through a couple of these' kind of thing, then otherwise make them find out what kind of genres and topics they like (or encourage them to diversify their reading).
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As much as I like LoTR lore and mythology, movies and games, the actual books were a struggle for my ADHD brain. The pacing was so slow I would zone out at nearly every page and have to reread it several times to absorb it, slowing it down even more.
I managed to get through all 3 but it took me literal years and several breaks. I don’t regret it but I don’t think I would ever reread it
True, I despised reading because of school and didn't even read 1 in years because I just accepted that I wasn't a reader. Now that I'm done with school I'm trying to pick it up as a hobby by reading fantasy and sci-fi :)
can definitely agree on the education system ruining people's natural love of reading. i was raised to regularly read by my grandma, which im extremely grateful for considering it IMMENSELY strengthened my language and comprehension skills as a child, i did amazing in English classes. eventually high school's required reading ruined my enjoyment. only for my sophomore english class were we allowed to choose a book to be ordered in by our teacher, and work on a project on it, which was very enjoyable but sadly that was only one single instance in my whole high school life. now gonna be 2 years since i graduated, i picked up some books back in December and ive happily rediscovered the love of reading and i couldnt be happier. i hope others rediscover their love of reading after hating it after high school as well because its an amazing feeling.
My job let's me listen to headphones so I just put on audiobooks most the time, and I find that having an audiobook as I do other things helps me get through them so easily!
I once read a 3 book/500 pages each series in one day because of how good it was. Woke up the next day with neck pains but worth it 👌
I wish Daniel could put his energetic, standing up in front of a green screen videos in a playlist. They are definitly a fav of mine!
Did the math, I'm up to 35 books this year. Not a flex, just thought it was really cool! :)
Congrats!
Wait actually 37 if you count the ones for school
I go through moods. Start of this year, I did nothing but read. Read 50 books already. Helps that if my job is quiet, I can sit back and read in-between workload coming in. But last two months, been in the gaming mood again. Been playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition (played them back in the day too). Now on Mass Effect 3. Will finish that, and then be back reading again.
I agree with what you said about keeping fit, improves attention span. I find I have far more energy to focus, when I have been to the gym and walked my dog.
I’m personally not a fan of audiobooks, as I like to give my own ‘voice’ to characters and sort of imagine how they sound. For me, someone giving that character a voice takes something special about reading away.
That being said, it’s absolutely a valid platform. No issue with audiobooks in general, just prefer reading.
I used to read so much but then I kinda just stopped a couple of years ago, I’m glad I found this
This "being forced to read" theory you have sounds reasonable and probably explains why I stopped reading anything.
For YEARS.
I don't usually like reading fantasy or sci-fi, but my spouse is a very big fan.
This video has encouraged me to start listening to The Wheel of Time. I had tried reading, but it didn't grab me, because I usually read sociology or psychology text books.
My spouse is super happy now, because I'm finally ready to get into this story.
Thanks to you I'm looking forward to seeing the series on screen as well.
I'm not into reading fantasy, but I love your videos. Thanks 🙃
Yay.... I'm so excited! 😀 😎
@@mathewroelofs4669 ha ha slowly my love. Thankfully Daniel has explained enough of the context, so I'm not completely lost. 😇🙏🏼
My biggest issue with reading is that when I've gone trough the entire series and I loved it, I'm always afraid the next book will be boring next to the previous one, so I have to let things settle down a bit before I can pick up another story, which will probably enjoy as much as the previous one (took me 18 months to get over finishing ASOIAF haha)
Middle School: Ready a ton
By end of High School: Zilch.
I remembered loving goosebumps and so I picked some up from the library recently, and now I am reading again! So, I would add to your final point about reading what you love: don't be ashamed if it is a little kids book that re-sparks your interest.
Don't forget that these things stick with you forever. I used to read every single day as a kid, and then I stopped reading fkr a few years aside from audiobooks, I started reading again recently and I have no problem reading 200-300 pages per sitting. Sometimes more.
Honestly watching booktube has lead me to read more. When u surround yourself with other readers you want to read more. I didn’t read much anymore but when I found Daniel and Murphy’s channels my love of reading came back. Because of booktube I’ve read 38 books since the new year started
Running/cycling is also a perfect time to consume audio books. I've got through the first 37 books of the Horus Heresy mostly just on daily runs & rides.
Bless the Horus Heresy
Agree with most of these things! I also find it helps sometimes to put books on my phone. As mentioned, we all have that ingrained response to pull out and look at your phone and having books on your phone is a great way to take advantage of that. Feels like yet another way to trick yourself into reading.
i have read 82 books this year, most of them starting march (and thats not counting the rereads!) I AM BREAD, I AM ON A ROLL-
I think you are ham
Ham goes on a roll
@@clymbr that is absolutely correct i am outraged
this is like the second video of you ive watched in a long time and the second video in a row of you talking into a knife
honestly, im not even surprised, glad to be back
“Caffeinated Space Apes” is the best description of the human species I have yet heard.
Totally agree with your first point! I have finally started regularly listening to audiobooks and reading ebooks and I am reading the most I ever have in my life!! And I'm not even paying for them---I'm borrowing them through apps connected to my library card. I can listen to audiobooks while walking, while in the shower, etc. I always have my phone with me, so if I have a few minutes while out and about I can catch some ebook. I must look like your typical phone addict, but hey, if it means I get to read and don't have to carry around a book (beating it up in the process), then I'm going to keep doing it. It also gives me something good to do on my phone rather than mindlessly scroll.
Me : Trying to control my reading time.
Daniel : How to read more!
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Me too! I let other important things go too long before I address them because I like to binge read.
For me, the key to reading more is dropping all personal responsibility 😝
:-)
Got burned out from reading physical books due to nursing school. Started listening to audiobooks. Been through about 100 in the last 2 years. Rekindled my love of reading! Great advice on the dnf and reading in different spots too!
I like to mix up my genres too, I find it really helps if I feel like I'm entering a fantasy burnout. I've just finished The Way of Kings but I'm not going to jump into the next 1000+ page book just yet 😂 I usually read a thriller or a romance in between epic fantasies, just to have something that's quick to get through.
I absolutely adore this video and agree with each point. Cheers, Daniel. 👌
9:58 So true, leaving Wuthering Heights in page 250 has changed my life.
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying!! Thank you for the point about Stamina. People ask me how I read so much and I just say “I do it a lot”. I’m not at ALL a fast reader but I can sit and just chug 4-5 chapters in one sitting and be good. People don’t always understand that reading more just means slowly turning that 30 mins every day in 1hr every day.
Read 35 books in 2021 and hoping to up it to 40 in 2022, love tips!
I liked some of the books I used to read in highschool, but I think that those books are way better to read now. Because now I actually understand them.
You showed the green screen. I thought you said you weren’t ever going to show it
Your enthusiasm makes this channel one of the greatest out there!
I'm one of those people. I loved reading all up until middle school. Then we got all these boring, awful "classics" for our required reading, plus all the textbooks we had to read and take notes on, totally killed it for me. I'm 25 and I've only read a few books for pleasure since middle school. Because now, reading feels more like work. I've just felt so frustrated with it, especially since a lot of the books I try to read now have been dnf's for me. Like, the last several books in a row. And it makes me want to give up again.
Great advice Daniel! And the bit about our education system forcing teens to read books not intended for them in the first place was super relatable.
"Body scientist" lmfaoooooooo doctor? 😂
I was thinking psychologist
@@DanielGreeneReviews isn't that "mind scientist" :D
@@tracyvargas4725 probably. Dyslexia in addition to autocorrect is a bad combination
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Great content and Channel! I will definitely share this will my daughters who are currently 8 and 10 years old. We started a book reading channel to improve their English reading and comprehension skills. Plus, I wasn't much of a book reader growing up and now having the opportunity to read with them and share it with the world. Thank You and looking forward to your future videos!
That is so great!
School ruined reading for me, being forced to read by my parents and teachers. Then when I get into it it's never the time to read.
Oof
Honestly, this video is top tier gold standard. I'm sure this is the most entertaining thing I've watched this week. Classic Daniel Greene!!!
"we're just caffeinated space apes" *chef's kiss* I love your way with words 😁
You can pace while you read. I’ve done it at previous jobs a lot.