Life influenced Reading

[rune]

I seem to be in a strange mood lately. Frustrated with work and trying to deal with specialists and having a project to complete seems to have affected my reading pleasure . I dont seem to be able to read for long stretches at the moment, not like I normally do

 

[littlemissattitude]

Interesting, rune. I've been having the same problem recently. I can't sit down and read for a long period of time. My attention span just isn't there, no matter how good the book is. Is it possible for someone to develop Attention Deficit Disorder as an adult?

 

[Rosemary]

I wonder how many of us would admit to wanting to escape from the real world!

I too escape from the real world by reading fantasy.

For most of my reading-life I have read the Classics, Travel, History, Biographies and some Fantasy etc. As a youngster I would often read late into the night, by torchlight beneath the bedcovers! I certainly had a wonderful childhood, no traumas there.

Almost 10 years ago an incident changed my whole life around. Escapism is quite normal for many people and for various reasons. If it helps in the long run, being able to return to the real world and cope with lifes ups and downs then there is nothing wrong with that. I too turned to Fantasy and also to start writing once again.

Rune, there are many times when I cannot concentrate on even the most happiest and interesting things but I persevere, I have to. I often push myself to the limit to sometimes achieve just the smallest thing.

There is still so much I want to do in my lifetime and if reading and writing fantasy helps, well so be it. On my next birthday I want to go abseiling and that will surely be a test! I also want to go to Melbourne to visit a friend, this time without a panic attack in the plane!!! However, these activities might result in a story which will be an added bonus.

Read and write as much Fantasy/Sci Fiction as and when you can Rune. There are many of use around the world in similar predicaments, you are not alone.

 

[FelineEyes]

I too will also admit to escaping into books. A book is like a door for me--I am often (as the name may imply) insatably curious of what's on the other side of doors, under covers, and in boxes.
Unfortunately, I go through these phases where I have the attention span of a gnat. (Ex: Now)

As for why that is...I think because it is summer and there just simply isn't enough mental stimulation--either we're bored or overworked or just simply too hot to sit still. Most of us are probably restless. The world seems to be saying that you should be doing things during the summer, going places...
Well, I can pretty much bet that the people on here right now are not doing things and going places with large amounts of speed.

A note on the original topic: my life has not so much affected my taste in books as vice versa. David Eddings and Garfield are the basis for my sense of humor. It helps that my dad is a bit like Sparhawk.

 

[rune]

Interesting, rune. I've been having the same problem recently. I can't sit down and read for a long period of time. My attention span just isn't there, no matter how good the book is. Is it possible for someone to develop Attention Deficit Disorder as an adult?

Well if they can I seem to have a case of it I think it's caused by information overload - well that's my excuse. Trying to put to many facts into my head.

 

[rune]

I too escape from the real world by reading fantasy.

For most of my reading-life I have read the Classics, Travel, History, Biographies and some Fantasy etc. As a youngster I would often read late into the night, by torchlight beneath the bedcovers! I certainly had a wonderful childhood, no traumas there.

Almost 10 years ago an incident changed my whole life around. Escapism is quite normal for many people and for various reasons. If it helps in the long run, being able to return to the real world and cope with lifes ups and downs then there is nothing wrong with that. I too turned to Fantasy and also to start writing once again.

Rune, there are many times when I cannot concentrate on even the most happiest and interesting things but I persevere, I have to. I often push myself to the limit to sometimes achieve just the smallest thing.

There is still so much I want to do in my lifetime and if reading and writing fantasy helps, well so be it. On my next birthday I want to go abseiling and that will surely be a test! I also want to go to Melbourne to visit a friend, this time without a panic attack in the plane!!! However, these activities might result in a story which will be an added bonus.

Read and write as much Fantasy/Sci Fiction as and when you can Rune. There are many of use around the world in similar predicaments, you are not alone.

It's good to see optomism, so often it is lacking in life. Even I've noticed lacking in fiction too A story can be very gritty and dark, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope I can enjoy it
I must be in a bit of a slump at moment, or like I mentioned in my previous post, having info overload and just can't take anymore in (which seems to include reading). I'm sure it'll pass soon - well it better or I'll be peeved.

 

[Rosemary]

It's good to see optomism, so often it is lacking in life. Even I've noticed lacking in fiction too A story can be very gritty and dark, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope I can enjoy it
I must be in a bit of a slump at moment, or like I mentioned in my previous post, having info overload and just can't take anymore in (which seems to include reading). I'm sure it'll pass soon - well it better or I'll be peeved.

Believe me, it WILL pass.

'Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible
and achieves the impossible'

Of course it could be info overload as you suggest, so perhaps you could unload it by writing it all down. Who knows, you might even find a story in amongst it all!

 

[rune]

Believe me, it WILL pass.

'Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible
and achieves the impossible'

Of course it could be info overload as you suggest, so perhaps you could unload it by writing it all down. Who knows, you might even find a story in amongst it all!

My studies are covering personality types at the moment, I should be taking notes but feel reluctant to do so Unsure about my shadow side
I think I need some easy reads - which unfortuantely Tad Williams Shadowmarch isnt! I may have to put this book down and try something else.

 

[Rosemary]

My studies are covering personality types at the moment, I should be taking notes but feel reluctant to do so Unsure about my shadow side
I think I need some easy reads - which unfortuantely Tad Williams Shadowmarch isnt! I may have to put this book down and try something else.

Sorry to take so long getting back. Still trying to remember which thread is which.
Have you found the 'easy reading' books that you were after. Hope they helped.
Have you tried any of Jennifer Fallon's books? I really enjoyed them, magic, not to gory battles, deities that talk to humans and play tricks on them and yet it is not a young adults book. If you haven't read them already, I recommend them.

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

It helps that my dad is a bit like Sparhawk.

Your dad's like Sparhawk?

Guess that makes you Aphrael then

 

[rune]

Sorry to take so long getting back. Still trying to remember which thread is which.
Have you found the 'easy reading' books that you were after. Hope they helped.
Have you tried any of Jennifer Fallon's books? I really enjoyed them, magic, not to gory battles, deities that talk to humans and play tricks on them and yet it is not a young adults book. If you haven't read them already, I recommend them.

I forgot about that thread, thanks Rosemary

 

[BAYLOR]

I entered the Faculty of Philosophy because I read Friedrich Nietzsche in my school days.

You might find James Branch Caball and Harlan Ellison to be of interest .