To be honest, I feel a bit sorry for them because they are missing out on some great experiences and new insights.
Then again, that’s up to each individual. There are also some entertainment formats that I don’t enjoy myself (like video games).
But much like I don’t judge books by their covers, I don’t judge people by their taste in books (or lack thereof).
I’m a literature student and there are still (and probably always will be) countless instances where I really struggle even with its basic meaning, not to speak of more defined nuances. This is especially true of poems where I often find myself completely dumbstrucked. Nevertheless I try to focus on the appreciation of the work itself even though I might not have understood every single nuance. And the more you read, the more linkages and comparisons you can make which definitely improves your personal understanding.
If I really liked the book, I will definitely buy it. Even if I don’t plan to read it again, I just want to have it in my personal library.
I got Karl Marx “The Capital” for Christmas when I was 15. Naturally I was (and still am) completely overwhelmed with its topic and content. I never progressed to more than 10 pages.
How do you feel when you reading? Are you bored? Exhausted? Maybe you are at the moment not finding the right books for you for your current life situation?
It was the same for me. When I was younger I bought so many books I would never read or even attempt to read. But now I would say this is different. Nowadays I usually only buy a book when I finished the last one and then I start it right away. This requires a lot of self-discipline from my side every time I see a book store, but at least I don’t have dozens of sad books at home which will never be read.
For me, life is usually too unpredictable to have a strict time schedule reserved only for reading, therefore I read whenever I want. Usually it is maybe about an hour on a regular day. The number of pages however varies drastically. When I read poetry or non-fiction books, it might be that I only read two pages the whole day because I have difficulty in grasping it.