Horror Aficionados discussion

...I didn't spend so much time on GoodReads finding more books to add to my TBR list. :)

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What reasons do you have for why you don't always read as much as you want to? What distracts you from reading that towering pile of books in your home or on your ereader?

I'm a mom so there's that and I have a very short attention span and run my own businesses. Not many books hold my attention.

if I didn't go on Twitter or watch Booktube videos so much
if I didn't play a couple FB games

If I didn't have roommates who have the TV up loud all the time!

If I didn't work FT.
If I didn't have a toddler.
If I spent less time on social media.

:)

If I didn't have to graduate from college this semester...
If I didn't like going out with friends...
If I wasn't a movie addict...
If I didn't have all these other stupid interests. ^_-

Even still, I probably read enough. I was the only kid I knew whose parents would punish her by taking away her books. LOL

I realized reading is fun and enjoyable and I have plenty of time to do so.

I didn't sleep....

If I didn't spend so much time on social media!
If I could read at night like I used to...now it makes me sleepy!
If I could sit and read without thinking of a million things I *ought* to be doing...

. . . people in my house would shut off the dang tv (it's loud and distracting and my house is one level and small)

. . . I didn't turn the tv on myself and get sucked in.

. . . I was independently wealthy and could hire servants and didn't have to work

. . . I stayed off social media completely. It's so easy to lose hours of my life that way.

- if it wasn't baseball season. My team is actually winning so it's hard to turn the game off and read!

Well...if I didn't have farm chores and acres to mow

...if I would stop watching TV (and I don't watch that much)
...if I didn't need sleep
...YouTube

I spent less time on the internet. Goodreads and also travel related websites suck up way too much of my time.

...if I didn't have to go off all the time and go to the store
...if I didn't have to do housework
...if I didn't get on social media
...if I wasn't on here - lol

I didn't find the concept so boring..and I write I know I know..it's weird.

If reading wasn't such a sedative. I love reading, but it sends me to sleep!

If i didnt have to sleep i'd be reading more books. Sadly my pillow calls for me so often I cant help but listen to it

if i didn't have a husband that doesn't read so he likes to talk to me when im trying to read as well as 4 kids and work.

If my Husband would quit talking to me!!! LOLOL

Beth wrote: "If my Husband would quit talking to me!!! LOLOL"


I bought a large bookmark at B&N that says "SHHHHH! I'm reading" and I prop it up in front of me.

sigh... my husband still doesn't take the hint.

if I could stop looking for new books to read and just read what I already have (there are hundreds on my Kindle, plus I also have paper books, books on hold at the library, and book club reads :)

if I didn't have to clean house and workout. I listen to audio books at work so I can't use that as an excuse lol

Baz wrote: "If reading wasn't such a sedative. I love reading, but it sends me to sleep!"

me too! agh! sometimes it makes me so mad.

Work. If it wasn't for that I would probably be spending most of my days reading.

Outside of work, its the kid stuff, cleaning and other life chores/responsibilities right now that prevent me from reading as much as I want. By the time the day is done, and I have the time, I am "head bobbing" and struggling to stay awake!!! (This is no fault of the books I have chosen.....) I am so far behind in what I want to read, the stack of books next to my bed is huge and my husband is convinced one good earthquake will bury me.

...if I had my old job back. I used to work in a mailroom, with a public library across the street. As I only did about 15 minutes of actual work in the average day there was plenty of time to read. I was usually going through 2-4 books a week at least, depending on how big a book I was reading. Ironically, I'm 'between jobs' now and don't read nearly as much as I would like. :\

I didn't have a day job, plus writing in my off-time. In fact, I'd read more if someone would pay me to stay home and read!!!! Most of my reading is now done while eating lunch if I'm home on a day off, and at night in bed. Unfortunately, I last about half an hour then wake up with the book (or kindle), lying on my belly. Sigh. Once I could read for several hours without falling asleep...am I getting old??