i've always been a big reading person, i don't think there's ever a moment i'm not reading something, even if it's just a couple pages a day. i think the intimidating thing is precisely that people think they have to do it in this very "classics first" or "only non-fiction" way, which has never made sense to me. the first thing i ever read as a child were pulp on my grandma's magazines and horoscopes. later i started reading encyclopedias about dinosaurs and astronomy and history. then i really got into greek mythology. then i started really enjoying children's books. then i liked children's graphic novels. then i found fanfiction. then i read philosophy. and this entire time i've always loved romance novels. only two years ago i felt comfortable reading non-fiction about topics that interest me beyond plain history. you can start and just keep reading a lot of things that already align with your interest. the habit does kinda build itself like everything else but you need to start. right now i'm reading manga during the day, and 5 or 10 pages of the illiad before i go to sleep. you don't even have to sit an entire evening reading if you don't have the time. and specially when everything is so overstimulating every day (phones but public life as well), having something that can slow your brain a bit and help you breathe is always welcome. i was born to love reading not to judge readers!
FIRST COMMENT LETS GOOOO!!!! anyway loved the video man, well done. I'm not a big fan of reading but I want to get into writing (I have a few story ideas), that being said I love manga and that being said as well, I'm very picky with what I read. I like stories that aren't necessarily vague but more like unelaborated I guess. Like I don't want to be told someone is sad I want to read their body language in see their actions and try to piece together what they are feeling. I'm a huge darksouls fan and love manga like berserk and chainsawman. I also love small and deep stories like Lookback and goodbye eri. If you can recommend anything that would be awesome dude. Hope you have a splendid night! In fact, I hope both sides of your pillows are cold!
i've always been a big reading person, i don't think there's ever a moment i'm not reading something, even if it's just a couple pages a day. i think the intimidating thing is precisely that people think they have to do it in this very "classics first" or "only non-fiction" way, which has never made sense to me. the first thing i ever read as a child were pulp on my grandma's magazines and horoscopes. later i started reading encyclopedias about dinosaurs and astronomy and history. then i really got into greek mythology. then i started really enjoying children's books. then i liked children's graphic novels. then i found fanfiction. then i read philosophy. and this entire time i've always loved romance novels. only two years ago i felt comfortable reading non-fiction about topics that interest me beyond plain history. you can start and just keep reading a lot of things that already align with your interest. the habit does kinda build itself like everything else but you need to start. right now i'm reading manga during the day, and 5 or 10 pages of the illiad before i go to sleep. you don't even have to sit an entire evening reading if you don't have the time. and specially when everything is so overstimulating every day (phones but public life as well), having something that can slow your brain a bit and help you breathe is always welcome. i was born to love reading not to judge readers!
FIRST COMMENT LETS GOOOO!!!!
anyway loved the video man, well done. I'm not a big fan of reading but I want to get into writing (I have a few story ideas), that being said I love manga and that being said as well, I'm very picky with what I read. I like stories that aren't necessarily vague but more like unelaborated I guess. Like I don't want to be told someone is sad I want to read their body language in see their actions and try to piece together what they are feeling. I'm a huge darksouls fan and love manga like berserk and chainsawman. I also love small and deep stories like Lookback and goodbye eri. If you can recommend anything that would be awesome dude. Hope you have a splendid night! In fact, I hope both sides of your pillows are cold!