Speed reading techniques mentioned in this article might help, the pointer method is especially helpful.

Article: https://www.mindtools.com/aokg6bn/speed-reading

A regular bookstore will sell me what I know I want. A second hand bookstore will sell me what I don’t yet know that I want.

I just skip it to be honest

Wow the arrogance in this comment is astonishing. Austen’s stories aren’t compelling… to you. Millions of readers over 200 years would disagree.

Speaking Bones by Ken Liu. It’s the last book in the series and I don’t want it to end 😭😭😭

The faster I read it, the faster I can move onto something I actually want to read.

Sounds interesting. If you want an alternative take on the same concept, check out Drew Magary’s The Postmortal.

Pretty much everything by Hans Zimmer works perfectly :) For me especially Interstellar, Inception and Man of Steel. That also depends on the setting and the overall feeling of the book of course :)

Sure. Sometimes a book just isn't a good fit at the moment. And there can be all sorts of reasons for that. Like, I'm a seasonal reader when it comes to horror. I usually collect a few spooky novels on my TBR throughout the year and wait for Halloween season to read them.

And like you, I also feel that classic literature requires a bit more time and focus. There are times when I'm just not in the mood for it.

Ooh that’s a wonderful idea! Any recommended scores?

Me too :)

I have so many classics that I want to read but have been putting off too. Anna Karenina, Master & Margarita, Jane Eyre, etc. I love classics but it feels like such a commitment to start one. It’s much easier for me to just blow through a romance book in a couple sittings lol

Sometimes I prefer listening to Audiobooks of classics to get started. Audible has some celebrity narrated classics that I think are pretty cool

I just read this book a week or two ago and loved it! So so good, I didn’t want to put it down. Love the style and the different POVs

I also enjoy this so so much!! I usually listen to movie scores and it makes the reading experience so much more epic! :)

I would love if there's some sort of open courses on it on YouTube or something.

I am reading it and ... Well, sometimes it comes off a bit dry.

I understand. not many people would have seen it. You can delete that final comment if you want, I'll delete mine too. Have a great day.

I dont necessarily agree with your comment but I respect your opinion.

Also I would love to get a book suggestion from you.

The smell will make you need to poop!

I was trying to be a little obtuse because I really didn't want to say his name publicly

It's boring, pretentious, unnecessarily teen-angsty and Holden Caulfield is the single most insufferable character I've ever encountered. It's just not a good book. I have nothing positive to say about it.

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I put off reading series until they are finished, unless it's an author that's known for delivering (like Sanderson). I have been burned in the past and I will not do this to myself again, since there are hundreds of other books I could be reading instead of investing time and money into a story that will never be completed.

SF is the literature of ideas, which may be the issue you have with Foundation.

i dont know I just know that I love it