First time /lit/ poster here. I think I'd like to get myself

>>9210089
Take adderal and then read

START

WITH

THE

GREEKS

>>9210089
>I think because I had always seen it as something forced on me that I had to do

Now that I can choose what to read when and how much I want I really enjoy reading finally.

>>9210089
No, you are not. You simply do not know how to read. It doesn't matter what happens in the story, what matters is that you find meaning in every single sentence, every word of it. Take your time. Read deep, not wide. Or whatever you Anglos say

If it's something you enjoy then it's easier to read.

The question is are you willing to work for your dopamine hit? Literature is a gamble. Someone can literally disrespect you and tell you all sort of lies using literature. You may read something and never really enjoy it. I understand I prefer video games for a quicker hit of dopamine. But it really speaks to how powerful the mind is especially with fiction. Its like reading a script, you need actors and sets to make it real.

>>9210157

Is this a meme or does it work>?

I want to offer help to you, but I can't even offer help to myself. I know only infinitely little.
I'm sorry anon

>>9210089
Take notes on what you're reading. It will train your brain to comprehend the material. Take those shitty SparkNotes type quizzes online after each chapter.

You should have paid attention in school, but there's still time for you.

>>9210212
Of course it does

>>9210089
pretty common tbqh, i was in the same situation. you're likely not engaged in the reading because, like you said, it's forced reading and you're just doing it as a chore.

start with short stories. I recommend Hemingway's short stories, Kafka's short stories, and Dubliners by James Joyce. Barnes & Nobles sells a B&N Classics version of Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (also by James Joyce, also amazing). Look up what prose is, and how to pay attention to it in your reading, see how the author designs his sentences and chooses certain words to create certain emotions, describe a character, story, theme, etc. And short stories are good for this because it is smaller, and you'll have an easier time understanding how it plays into the entire story as a whole simply because the story is physically smaller.

>>9210089
Read more (IMPORTANT; the more you do something, the better at it you will become), and then like every five or ten pages or so, ask yourself about what you just read.

>>9210089
Take everything I type here with a grain of salt because this is probably exactly wrong advice, but personally I never really remember what I read if I read 15 to 20 pages or so. The thing is, after I finish the book I'll walk away satisfied and with a general idea of what happened. While reading it I don't remember shit though. It's weird. So basically, just plow on through and try to have some fun with the act of reading, don't worry so much about how well you're retaining it. There won't be a quiz or anything. It's a hobby, not an assignment.