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I was a bookworm during childhood and teenage years, when I felt alone because nobody shared my interests ("you like books more than people-boys"). I got a BA in Political Science, meaning I spent 5 solid years reading and reading and reading.

Apparently my brain got tired of that and when I moved abroad, where I spent 10 years, I simply stopped reading books - fiction and not. Because of working in front of a computer 8hs/5d, my capacity to focus on a narrative decreased with time.

I have tried to enjoy reading novels but it hasn`t happened. I felt this as a "I should be able to as before". That feeling is not there anymore, it may be hidden in the hustle of our everyday lives with a mobile in our hands.

But I found a way to read something each night: I have subscribed to two printed journals, delivered weekly at home, and I am focusing on (world affairs :/ ) for 15 minutes a day.

Far behind from my Anna Karenina´s and Gone with the Wind days, but it is still something.

Thanks for all the resources shared, I would like to try audiobooks!

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Hi Silvina, thanks for that perspective. You're like my friend whose degree put an end to her enjoyment of novels... I wonder how many others have had that experience of university/academia! It sounds like you do lots of reading even if it's not Anna Karenina (I reckon that's a good contender for the 'pressure that I should read' list) and maybe your bookworm days will come back around? But printed journals on world affairs sound just as impressive! I love novels on audiobook too so interested to hear how you get on there. Francesca

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Hi Francesca, the story from your friend resonates, no wonder we have lost interest in novels and reading in general. I have noticed the same in some colleagues from the university days.

Anna Karenina was a book I felt I had to read, and read it till the end. Why is that? I don`t know. And I didn`t like it (but it was a must read and I expected something WOW would happen in the end... well it didn`t). That`s something I don`t do anymore. To finish a book just for the sake of a check list? No more!

I will download a small audiobook for the upcoming Holidays! Maybe a Xmas story :)

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I love your writing ♥️

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Thank you darling ❤️❤️

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