Growing up I really wasn’t a fan of sitting and reading a book. To me it would just be words on a page, and often I would have to reread the same sentence multiple times and eventually feel drowsy. I recall being sat in the school library during some mandated reading time, and borderline falling asleep.
It wasn’t until I was much older that I decided to give books another go. They are no longer words on a page to me, I now picture scenes with the characters. I don’t know what changed it but I enjoy reading now, when I get the time. Maybe it was a change from it being almost a mandatory thing, to instead being my choice?
I was going to say that seems high actually, then realized it’s the UK, not the US.
That’s still pretty high, we have all the same problems as the US, just on a 2-3 year lag it seems
I’m 43 and read daily for pleasure.
I write for pain.