How come reading books is so boring?

I try to find the interest to read books, but I just do not have the attention span for it. How can I make myself want to read books?

How come reading books is so boring?
maybe you are reading the wrong books. books can inspire you in a lot more ways than a movie can
Reply:I hear ya. I have the attention span of a 3 year old in a toy store. It is hard for me to read anything unless it is really, really, really up my alley or interesting. I think I do have ADD. Do not want to take anything.
Reply:When you open a book..it is like opening the window to another world. Try different types of books to get interested in, there are so many out there.....
Reply:books are definetly not boring. the only reason they're not boring if is the book is to mature and you just don't understand it which happens to be all the time. or if your reading westerns when you like sci. fiction. you just have to find books with topics that your interested in.
Reply:YOU are interested in something of particular value to your life. Just find any reading material on that level and you will be pleased. You will always have patience with subject matter in which you are deeply concerned. Believe me, there will be tons of books on subjects of your choice. I wish you well.
Reply:Maybe you're just not reading the right stuff..Peruse the library and find something that peaks your interest. For me it's mysteries involving serial killers. I know..a little morbid, but it's what I like...
Reply:Open one, and read from Word One.. on. Turn the pages, as you're finished. Don't think of it, as something anyone ELSE wants you to do.. but something you need to know-about. To grow yourself... you're reading this, right? It could be the first paragraph of the greatest book you'd ever read..





Think for yourself.. that you're in school for a reason.. and most anything learned comes from books, there. There's a reason why people burned them for 100s of years -- to keep knowledge (and independent thought) from dumb-workers heads.





P.S. -- Reading is something usually that you do alone, takes time and you can't share - unless someone else read the same thing.. that's why kids don't think it's cool. But, it's the one thing that will separate you from anyone else, at anytime on your life. (fact) Live and learn. You'd better learn to like reading, because life is nothing but a series of CONTRACTs, Agreements, mortgages and Small Print.. and if you can't read or don't have the patience, you'll be living with your mom etc. for a loooonng time (and beaten out of any money you do ultimately earn).





So, read.
Reply:To echo everyone else: read something you are interested in! And try new genres-- you might be surprised to learn that you are really interested in biographies, or memoirs, or science fiction, or historical nonfiction, or graphic novels.... there are endless possibilities! Also, start small! Thick books do not equal better, and smaller novels do not equate to easier or lesser. Tuesdays with Morrie is a very short book/quick read, and it is also one of my favorites.





Also, if you really wanted to get into reading, try forming a book club. Stopping after every chapter for discussion might make a book hold your interest.
Reply:Find a book about a subject that really interests you
Reply:Read something you're interested in and just read for short periods. Try some audio books, maybe that will help.
Reply:Find a topic you are interested in!!
Reply:well from ur lil picture, it loks like you are into racing. read books on racing. What do you like to do in life? what do you want to do in the future or wish you could do? read about that.





Use your imagination!
Reply:well you can ask kids your age what they like. I personally like Inkspell, The tattooed Rats (a religious book), and the Charlie Bones series.
Reply:You're reading the wrong books, and they're boring.





Try anything by Louis L'amour or Richard Marcinko.





will pull you in and keep you interested.
Reply:I've got two pieces of advice for you.


1. Look for voices in your reading and listen to them. One character will speak differently than another. In one of Jane Austen's novels there is a woman who sounds (to me) just like Carol Burnett pretending to be Queen Elizabeth. How could I not enjoy that? Listen to all the voices and enjoy them.


2. Learn to skip boring and nonessential portions of what you are reading.


Good luck.
Reply:You should find a topic that interests you and then go from there. I'm a librarian and love books, there have been very books that I have picked up that haven't interest me but you need to find a hook and then you won't want to stop reading.
Reply:I personally like historical fiction, mostly ones set in england. So find some that you like. Also try some on tape or CD it can be nice to listen to them as you drive either around town or on big trips.
Reply:Find something that interests u. For instance if u like auto body, read a book to help u and gain knowledge in that area. Or about real person events, like drug use or a persons real experience look up under Non Fiction.... It's still reading. You do not have to go out and get a big book that features something that u have no interest in.
Reply:its not boring! you are just simply not interested in reading and if you are, find something you like!!!
Reply:As everyone else has said, try to get into something that you're interested in............
Reply:i used to feel the same way. the problem was i was reading what the teachers told me to read.now that i can read what i want when i want ...I love it.
Reply:I love reading.


You have to read books that like really fit what type of person you are and about things you really really really enjoy. I mean some people just dont like reading so you have be really picky and find really amazing books.


Also learn how to picture whats happening in your head. It makes it wayyy better ad easier to get through the book
Reply:IT WASN'T IN THE CARDS FOR YOU TO LIKE BOOKS. BUT THATS OKAY SWEETIE :D