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What did you expect from the tiktok audience?

thank you sm!! definitely!!

yes thank you so much!!

literally so pathetic😭😭

Curb stomped? Grow up

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Have you read Gregor the overlander? Her other series. It’s similar but in my opinion better then hunger games

Yes I so agree. Also hunger games got a lot of people into reading and that’s never a bad thing.

Thanks for this info! I use the hell out of ebooks from the library (around 100 a year). The library is one of my favorite things in my life!

Thanks for posting this. It's an eye-opener.

Reading does wonders for one's spelling and vocabulary. Nevermind the dictionary. Context cues will help in many cases. Why say 'like' jitterbug phones? Try not using it. I love your thoughts and how you present them. Have a lovely life and enjoy it.

The actor Chris Pine was visibly upset at himself on a recent late night talk show; he was talking about how much he used to read until he got a smartphone. So now after a few years of having a phone, he wants to get rid of it.

I found it interesting that he couldn't overcome whatever addiction we have to our phones. So it's not just "us"!

Take notes.

Exactly. I stopped giving out book and movie recommendations probably 20 years ago, it's just a waste of time. I like what I like and that's the end of it.

But I'll happily seek out from others when I ask for it. But if someone just tells me to see a book or movie, it's not gonna happen.

That said, luckily I've never experienced my opinion being "slated" (I think OP meant slayed)

I don't think you have to, for a good 90% of the books I've read, I remember the impression they left behind. I couldn't tell you the plot, or maybe I could very vaguely remember tidbits about it but I can narrate the way they books made me feel and the sentiments it covers

But anyway. I do recommend writing short essays on the books you read, I don't do it for book but I do it for films I watch. Pin down several central themes / motifs you spotted in the book and write about them. To me, the plot is secondary to the ideas a book conveys

not booktok gatekeeping mental illness im dead

If you binge read, your memory doesn't retain it as well. Same for TV shows. People love to binge an entire show, but after they do, it's forgotten.

Pace yourself.

Reddit has the best content moderation of any of the big social sites. Because it's mostly done by transparent votes. I've always found reddit, with a curated approach, to be the most positive place on the internet other than group chats with friends.

Kids aren't reading because adults aren't reading. Parents might say "you have to read because it's good" but then they don't do anything to facilitate a love of reading.

Different things are contributing to this, but I think technology is the main culprit. And not so much in an "it makes kids too stupid to read!" sense (though I have my concerns about tech addiction and how it might damage the attention span) but in the sense that it competes for their time. Any time you introduce a Cool New Thing, that's going to mean less time for the old things. These days it's normal for teens and even preteens to have smartphones, books have a hard time competing with that.

I'm also thinking that it's a problem that perpetuates itself. Like, they're reading less as preteens, which means that they aren't developing reading skills as well as they otherwise could. This causes them to read less and less over time, because reading is boring when it's too difficult.

I don't think the majority of teens are dealing with heavy academic workloads. If you're not in AP classes you're probably not doing much.

I think the heavy drop in teens versus preteens probably has a lot to do with smartphones. Like, I figure teens are much more likely than preteens to have their own smartphones. And preteens with smartphones probably have more parental regulation than teens who have them.

I also figure it's a problem that feeds into itself. They're reading less as preteens, so they don't develop their reading skills as well as they could, and this causes them to lose interest in reading as they get older. People aren't going to enjoy reading if it's too difficult for them.

Do you completely forget the book or is it just not at the top of your mind?

I read a lot and for a few weeks I can remember a lot of details about each book I read, but then they kind of move lower in my memory. If someone asks me about the book if I see the cover or read a bit of the book summary I will recall a lot more details of the book, but some of it will just be lost over time.

This is the same with movies I watch, TV shows I watch, interactions I have with people etc. My husband says his brain is like a computer hard drive, you can only store so much on it or it starts to slow down, so we forget things that aren't important to us.

I write out a review for each book I read, that way if you don’t remember the next year you might be reminded by your own review.

Also if you talk to others about it as your reading, that helps to remember it later

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I’m this way too. Are you a speed reader, by chance?