I've been doing very little reading throughout the years, since gaming has been taking up most of my time. But even without putting this all on gaming, I've never been the biggest reader. So recently I've been contemplating putting some serious limits on how much I play games, and want to try and replace as much of that with reading. This especially since, in all of my gaming it's stories and narratives that I appreciate the most. So then, why not jump on books which are nothing but that?
One issue I've always had, and which has lead to a lot less reading on my part, is my apparent inability to stand still for long periods of time. Once I reach the 1h mark I just can't stand still anymore and need to get up and do something else. Not sure it's an attention issue. I can easily game for hours on end. But standing still, I assume, does something to me. I toss and turn across the time that I do read, and at a certain point I just don't have any new pose to take while reading. It's a weird one, I know. Not sure how I'm gonna get around that if I want to do this consistently and for longer periods.
Anyway, so I'm curious, how do people generally choose what books to read? I've started to compile a list of so-called, must-read books, but it's gotten to around 500-1000 books so far. And most of these are what are considered classics.
So how do you guys and girls choose what you're gonna read next? Do you go back and read the classics, or mostly contemporary authors? Or a mix? Do you go off only recommendations, or do you ocd it like I did with these must-read book lists?
I do follow a few booktubers, so maybe I could also try those on for size.
I'm afraid I've stumbled onto an optimization obsession at this point, as far as what to start with, and a bit of paralysis by analysis. I should probably just choose one and go with it.
