Why I don't like reading

Hey there friends!  Now, before you read the title and get all mad, hear me out.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with reading!  It’s educational, relaxing and it exercises your imagination!  I’m actually reading the second novel in the “Guardians of Childhood” series and I quite enjoy it.  I read it out loud to my bro and we have a great time diving into the story!  But the kind of reading I don’t like is when you’re forced to read a book.  Like for school or something.  Why?  Well lemme tell ya...

Takes up too much time

I hate that I have to spent 2 hours+ reading something I don’t enjoy.  It’s boring and I’m never really invested in anything I’m reading.

Doesn't always spark my interest

a lot of the stories I’ve had to read were not that interesting to me.  Like "The Crucible" or "Robin Hood and His Band of Merry Men".

They don't get interesting for 1000 chapters

I don’t like it when, like, half the book is a long, winded intro.

Too much hype

"Hunger Games", "Divergent", "Harry Potter" and a bunch of other books are talked about so much that I lose the interest of reading.  It’s like the movie "Frozen".  It may be a good story but it just loses its appeal with THAT many people saying, “It’s so good!  You have to read/see it!  Trust me,”.  (Even though I have no reason to trust your choice in media).

Characters aren't always lovable

now most characters are lovable, but I don’t always connect on a personal level with them.  And it’s not just in books!  There are a ton of movies and tv shows that have terrible characters!

And before you start commenting and saying that I’m an uneducated moron or that I haven't given books a chance, let me say that it's my choice of whether or not to read something and you can’t force me to read when I don't want to.  I don’t mind if you like reading, just don’t badger me about not reading. Over and out!

<3 Ary

Ps.  Don't start recommending books to me because of this.  I will not read them.  If I want book recommendations I will ask for them

Pss. I am going to do a mini series soon called "Letters from Jack".  It will be told epistolary style and it will be about an angel sending letters to a girl who is having some severe trouble on earth.  I will publish it one letter (chapter) at a time.  Hope y'all will like it!