Mastodawn

Emeritus Prof Christopher May Oct 12, 2024

For everyone who has struggled to get back to (into) reading (again)... here are six tips:

Keep your phone at a distance

Read physical books (& take notes)

(re)train your brain for reading

Find your best place for reading

Don't treat reading as a chore

Sometimes audiobooks or TV are a fair substitute for reading...

To this list I'd add: don't worry about abandoning books you're not enjoying!

Read should be a joy!

@bookstodon #Books
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/11/put-phone-down-habit-reading-books-english-oxford

How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books

After an English academic at Oxford complained about students’ attention spans, we get experts’ tips on enjoying the written word

The Guardian

C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸

I read books on my phone 😀

Jen Oct 12, 2024

@crcollins @ChrisMayLA6 I used to read on my phone.

I always hoped that someone would say something snide about me being on my phone, so I could shame them by saying I was busy reading A Picture of Dorian Grey or whatever. They never did.

These days it's audiobooks because covid messed with my ability to focus.