Heh. Shouldn't it be the other way around? When I'm retired I will have a lot more time to waste on slow starting books than nowA writer friend has a rule for reading books.
take 100 minus your age and if you are not hooked by resultant page number throw it and try one of millions of other books. (@Corwin might be negative though, not sure how the algorithm handles that.)
or a hypnotist.The man is a bona fide literary genius.