bad books
okok so I've been reading a lot lately and I can't keep my focused. it's so frustrating and I've been thinking it's a problem of focus. but hear me out, what if it's the problem of the book. oh blame the player not the game, very true but...
what i think the issue is, is the lack of connection to me. man, these books keep going down a length history lecture about whatever nations issues. sure, if i wanted to read history i would have but i want to know the point. i want to learn what the book is about not the deep deep history of some nation that died before. not saying that history isn't important, but god fucking damn. if i can keep skipping the pages and see the same history facts for awhile it makes me so bored.
maybe use history but the context does not have to be 20 pages long, instead can they give me a summary within 1 page or even a few if it's really interesting. holy, I'm so bored it has no relation to me and i can't make any connections to the text.
this might be a me issue of course, like anything.
this also made me realize what people meant by good reading. a great book is one which connects the reader to the medium of writing through either great character building, world building, or relation to self. i always wondered but i enjoyed reading self-help books, but it makes sense. if it's directly about how I "self" can get better, then there is many relationships i can draw from the text to keep me focus and caring.
ya, short rant cause i feel like my morning read was ruined by these books man.