If you’re someone who still reads for pleasure, you are a marvel. If you’re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and solace of a book, that is a rare gift and I’m very glad to know you.
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Like we mention in our "Episode 11: The US Supreme Court: The Earl Warren Years & Jurassic Park": "Give a hoot! Read a book!"
aug 23, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Good post. Alas, it reminds me that years of screen time has destroyed my ability to concentrate on slowing down and reading one page after another. Having pleasure while doing it, is a bonus.
aug 23, 2025, 10:27 am • 0 0 • view
Every night before bed. Loving historical fiction as it’s a great way to learn about history
aug 23, 2025, 1:49 am • 5 0 • view
I suffer from that disease!!
aug 23, 2025, 11:00 am • 0 0 • view
I wish more people understood the benefits of reading, especially novels. It builds critical thinking skills, helps develop empathy, it inspires, builds language skills and vocabulary, and the list goes on. Importantly, a good book selection opens the eyes to cultural differences.
aug 23, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
I’ve always been a big reader, but I think I’m gonna double my book count this year over last and it’s BECAUSE of the chaos of the world, not in spite of it. Sticking my nose in a book is what keeps me from doom-scrolling until I go insane. It’s self-care at this point. 😄
aug 23, 2025, 12:42 am • 1 0 • view
I have been struggling with reading for pleasure for a couple of years now. I'm too enmeshed in current affairs/ world news and it has worn me down.
aug 22, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
It is the only thing saving my sanity.
aug 22, 2025, 6:51 pm • 99 3 • view
Same.
aug 23, 2025, 11:10 am • 0 0 • view
Came here to say this
aug 23, 2025, 12:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Saaaaame
aug 23, 2025, 4:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Read Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. if you haven't yet. Perfect for every age of society.
aug 22, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. Anne Herbert
aug 23, 2025, 3:32 am • 0 0 • view
I am more fortunate. I have reading and access to a sketchbook. I regularly get lost in both. Some recent examples of letting a pen go for a walk in a sketchbook. Meanwhile I am reading Bob Mortimer's second novel, "Hotel Avocado".
aug 22, 2025, 8:30 pm • 44 1 • view
It’s a wonder
aug 25, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
It certainly is a wonder how it is possible to lose yourself in the moment. The downside is you are in danger of missing your train, as I nearly did, if you indulge yourself in a drawing while waiting a while.
aug 26, 2025, 8:42 am • 1 0 • view
Some magnificent moment of life 🪄
aug 26, 2025, 9:54 am • 1 0 • view
Both are great ways to escape into a different world
aug 22, 2025, 11:01 pm • 5 2 • view
They certainly are. Drawing around the house, views out of the windows, in the garden etc really helped get me through the Covid lockdowns & looking after my wife after surgery for womb cancer in the same period.
aug 23, 2025, 10:13 am • 1 0 • view
Those are great drawings!
aug 23, 2025, 5:45 am • 0 0 • view
Thank you. 😊
aug 23, 2025, 10:13 am • 0 0 • view
Wonderful ink drawings
aug 23, 2025, 2:37 am • 0 0 • view
Thank you. One was inspired by a school trip I helped on, the other by my holiday in the Lake District. 🙂
aug 23, 2025, 10:14 am • 0 0 • view
Those are beautiful!
aug 23, 2025, 1:56 am • 0 0 • view
Thank you. 😊
aug 23, 2025, 10:15 am • 1 0 • view
Not as good as his first book, but still great fun
aug 22, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm not quite half way through it but would agree that isn't quite on par with the first book. Getting the feeling that it is like many a mid point of a trilogy? A bit like The Two Towers in LOTR.
aug 22, 2025, 9:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Same
aug 22, 2025, 10:56 pm • 0 0 • view
My life really began when I found books. ❤️
aug 23, 2025, 2:47 am • 0 0 • view
And I don't own a TV... which is the best trade-off, IMO. 😁👍
aug 23, 2025, 1:19 am • 1 0 • view
My ability to do this has been shaky this week, lots of dnf that are no reflection on the books 😕
aug 22, 2025, 8:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I have to read in bed to get to sleep at night. And it has to be fiction because all the nonfiction going on in real life is just not conducive to sleep. Reading works as well as any sleep drug with the benefit of no morning hangover.
aug 23, 2025, 4:28 pm • 1 0 • view
Yay for reading. I’m also writing a novel… for the timeline where everyone loves to read and values knowledge and truth and being a good human. Can’t be too far away. 🩵📖
aug 23, 2025, 5:20 am • 0 0 • view
Love my mystery books
aug 23, 2025, 3:28 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m reading a LOT of escapist fiction
aug 22, 2025, 7:04 pm • 8 0 • view
It doesn't always happen nowadays 🥲, but I try to read daily 🥰🙌!
aug 23, 2025, 1:08 am • 0 0 • view
Only graphic novels
aug 22, 2025, 10:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Escaping, from this ridiculous reality we find ourselves in, into a book is what’s keeping me sane these days.
aug 22, 2025, 7:00 pm • 40 3 • view
I’ve always loved to read. The bookmobile was a big part of my childhood summer. Recently I’ve made a very conscious decision to rediscover that love of reading to calm my mind in these overwhelming times. The ‘breaking’ news cycle has just about crushed me & I will escape with a book more often.
aug 23, 2025, 1:19 am • 0 0 • view
I recently read Ender in Exile, as well as before that the Devils Alternative, both of which I checked out from (and returned to) my local library. It's slightly obscene, the self-congratulatory smug feeling of superiority I feel about having done so. I used to read a book a day before the interwebs
aug 23, 2025, 3:02 am • 0 0 • view
Current Reads: How to Stop Fascism, Game of Thrones, How to Be an Antiracist, A Brief History of Time, and Gulp. I want to read all the things and I jump titles based on my mood.
aug 23, 2025, 4:15 am • 0 0 • view
All: library funds are often based on public use to justify a budget. Come see us! We miss you. 😘
aug 23, 2025, 4:13 am • 2 0 • view
I can’t tell you how many people are absolutely delighted to see someone reading and walking instead of being on the phone.
aug 23, 2025, 4:11 am • 0 0 • view
See, it's sentiments like this that make me so self-conscious to be seen using my phone in public. If I'm in a waiting room and my phone is out, I'm reading an ebook! After being homeless 90% of my books are ebooks. It's just safer and more space-saving for me.
aug 23, 2025, 1:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Library staff member here: I listen to a number of audiobooks too. There is no right or wrong way to read. Good on you for making the most of what your phone can do for you- and using it for beauty and joy.
aug 23, 2025, 1:22 pm • 1 0 • view
This post gets you a follow. 🫶
aug 22, 2025, 11:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Libby is the only thing keeping me sane.
aug 23, 2025, 2:37 am • 0 0 • view
Thanks to reading, I no longe screaming a bunch of 4 letter words into the void. Instead I scream 6 to 8 letter words and sound much more intelligent. Also, every time is a good time for Shakespeare insult.
aug 22, 2025, 7:55 pm • 10 0 • view
😂
aug 23, 2025, 1:06 am • 0 0 • view
Just trying to make all the librarians proud. 🤣
aug 23, 2025, 3:06 am • 0 0 • view
Love my library’s ebooks.
aug 23, 2025, 3:29 am • 0 0 • view
That's exactly why I read, to escape reality for just a little while
aug 23, 2025, 12:22 am • 0 0 • view
Books have saved me.
aug 22, 2025, 11:08 pm • 2 0 • view
i wish i had the patience and quiet of nerves to read again. i truly miss it.
aug 22, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Sometimes it takes a bit to let the day go and immerse in a book, but I am so grateful for being a reader and cannot imagine life otherwise!
aug 22, 2025, 7:56 pm • 6 0 • view
Presently reading John Adams (David McCullough). As soon as I finish this, I will start a book on the American Revolution ( 1776 has been recommended to me). 🙏❤️💕
aug 22, 2025, 11:13 pm • 1 0 • view
It is the only thing I have left.
aug 22, 2025, 9:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Every night 🌌
aug 23, 2025, 12:54 am • 0 0 • view
It me.
aug 22, 2025, 10:24 pm • 1 0 • view
💕
aug 22, 2025, 8:24 pm • 2 0 • view
@cassabonita.bsky.social 😌🖤
aug 22, 2025, 8:13 pm • 3 0 • view
I sure can. I do it as often as I can.
aug 23, 2025, 12:56 am • 0 0 • view
As a former intern at the Smithsonian Libraries, I am ride or die for books, Libraries, and all free public spaces where people of all ages can learn.
aug 23, 2025, 1:22 pm • 0 0 • view
I need it like air and nature - especially now.
aug 23, 2025, 1:00 am • 0 0 • view
I’ve been spending more time with books lately as it is the best way to avoid doomscrolling. Lots of good authors out there with amazing stories to tell! I need something to give me hope for our future!
aug 23, 2025, 3:50 am • 0 0 • view
My husband used to deride me for "wasting my time" reading. (IOW not at his beck & call) Well, he's dead and I'm reading up a storm!$
aug 22, 2025, 7:17 pm • 33 0 • view
I'm sorry for your loss. But, LOL!
aug 22, 2025, 7:26 pm • 7 0 • view
🤷🏻♀️
aug 23, 2025, 1:12 pm • 1 0 • view
😳
aug 22, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
My ex was the same. He'd get so mad when I didn't hear things he said because I was so deep into a book.
aug 22, 2025, 7:46 pm • 2 0 • view
I bet your dog doesn't mind a bit!
aug 23, 2025, 1:13 pm • 0 0 • view
She doesn't. Neither do the cats. 📚
aug 23, 2025, 1:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Same here. Nor the many plants, books, hanks of yarn and rocks I surround myself with.
aug 23, 2025, 1:20 pm • 1 0 • view
I had a friend when I was younger who said 'reading books is for stupid people'. He was still my friend but he was also a dumb motherfucker.
aug 22, 2025, 9:08 pm • 1 0 • view
😆😆😆
aug 23, 2025, 1:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Time spent enjoying can never be a waste
aug 22, 2025, 11:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Absolutely agree and adore your profile pic. Did you know that Patrick Stewart knits?
aug 23, 2025, 1:17 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m reading LOTR again along with a couple novels picked up. I don’t think my other readings of it were the original text complete with typos like this recent reprint is 😃
aug 23, 2025, 3:57 am • 3 0 • view
Thank you
aug 23, 2025, 1:10 am • 0 0 • view
I’m reading The Briar Club. True escapism.
aug 22, 2025, 7:17 pm • 3 0 • view
I started that on audiobook. Too many characters to pull me in and then I got distracted to something else. But it's the single most recommended book so I'm going to make a point to get back to it.
aug 23, 2025, 11:17 am • 0 0 • view
👍📚❤️
aug 23, 2025, 1:00 pm • 0 0 • view
I have read books every day, at least at odd moments since I was 7 years old.
aug 22, 2025, 11:12 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s really challenging right now.
aug 22, 2025, 8:23 pm • 2 0 • view
Books keep me sane.
aug 23, 2025, 3:14 am • 0 0 • view
I have always been a reader and lately it has been a huge struggle. Audiobooks while I do housework have kept be sane, but reading physical or on my kindle has been hard.
aug 22, 2025, 8:33 pm • 3 0 • view
Cock
aug 23, 2025, 1:36 am • 0 0 • view
Ha! I still grumble about the book at times too! But yes, pages are nice. Words are interesting and one story, for a good while, is a great way to be:)
aug 23, 2025, 3:19 am • 0 0 • view
I've been obsessively reading for pleasure for about nine months now. It's how I unplug. Right now I'm reading the novels. Heretical Fishing and The Historian.
aug 22, 2025, 8:34 pm • 2 0 • view
Just read a whole book today. Louise Penny’s latest Gamache mystery.
aug 23, 2025, 3:07 am • 0 0 • view
I love books. I've read all my life, even when there wasn't time, to learn, to improve and to simply be entertained. To feel the page turn and anticipate what might come next. Nothing compares to a book.
aug 23, 2025, 5:05 am • 0 0 • view
I love books. Been reading since I was 10, its my escape from anxiety, chaos and boredom. I tried listening to audio books still do when I drive a long way but nothing is better than a thick book in your hands and being so engrossed that you become part of the story.
aug 22, 2025, 7:42 pm • 9 1 • view
While cleaning out my mother's house, after she died in May, I discovered my father had 80 Agatha Christie books. 80! So I started with the first one written in 1920 and I'm going to read every one. Halfway through Murder on the Links right now.
aug 23, 2025, 11:30 am • 2 0 • view
It’s hard. I try. I’m in one book club where we meet quarterly. I used to read one book a week.
aug 22, 2025, 9:01 pm • 0 0 • view
my mother was a big influence on me to be a reader. I love to read and still prefer a real book, not an ebook! Holding that book in my hands and turning the pages
aug 22, 2025, 8:39 pm • 0 0 • view
I love reading so much, both print books and audiobooks. 📚💕
aug 22, 2025, 7:56 pm • 11 0 • view
I'm new to audiobooks. My attention drifts. But I find them perfect for the gym or walks or tedious chores.
aug 23, 2025, 11:10 am • 1 0 • view
It’s a must
aug 23, 2025, 12:06 am • 0 0 • view
Still got a few.
aug 23, 2025, 10:23 am • 0 0 • view
That would be me. Never a day with reading unless I was too sick to do so.
aug 23, 2025, 12:13 am • 0 0 • view
You have to today to keep your sanity’
aug 23, 2025, 3:37 am • 0 0 • view
I would readily give up broadcast media and internet for my choice of books, and think myself a fortunate and prosperous person.
aug 22, 2025, 10:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Bathrooms, bed, and the train help!
aug 23, 2025, 2:35 am • 0 0 • view
It’s a treat that I give myself every work day during lunch. 🙂❤️
aug 23, 2025, 1:21 am • 0 0 • view
What if the book is on my phone tho...?
aug 23, 2025, 12:40 am • 1 0 • view
Thank you.
aug 23, 2025, 12:35 am • 0 0 • view
I read every day.
aug 22, 2025, 9:45 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m one of the few. I need the break from the real world. There nothing quite like a good 📕.
aug 22, 2025, 8:10 pm • 5 0 • view
I’m not only able to, I have to. It’s part of my sleeping routine. I couldn’t sleep with all that chaos still in my head
aug 22, 2025, 7:53 pm • 5 0 • view
Same here.
aug 23, 2025, 9:28 am • 1 0 • view
I read all the time & I’m glad to know you also.
aug 23, 2025, 1:21 am • 0 0 • view
So the thing is, I read dystopian and crime thriller novels, so idk what that says?😂
aug 23, 2025, 12:22 am • 0 0 • view
I am an avid reader for pleasure currently out of books! So, any recommendations are really appreciated. I like well written, not dystopian, nor horror nor tragedy, fairly fast-paced, linear any other genre novels.
aug 22, 2025, 8:31 pm • 2 0 • view
I heartily recommend Becky Chambers' "Wayfarer" series of books set in humanity's future among the main sentient peoples of the galazy. Sci-fi that is wise, humane & nuanced. Series starts with "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet".
aug 23, 2025, 12:20 am • 2 0 • view
I read a book a week. It’s takes my mind off everything that’s f’ed up in this country 📕
aug 22, 2025, 7:57 pm • 7 1 • view
Always!
aug 22, 2025, 10:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh! I need it every day! Such a pleasure....
aug 23, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
I said to a colleague yesterday that I feel bad for my son and his peers who get no joy from reading books.
aug 22, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
I hope to get back to that headspace once things stable out
aug 22, 2025, 8:48 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 22, 2025, 8:29 pm • 4 0 • view
Every day. That is the best part of my day. Getting in bed and reading. I also take time during the weekend, usually in the afternoon after my chores are done and take a glass of wine in my favorite chair (outside, if the weather is nice and cool or in my oversized lounger) and read.
aug 22, 2025, 8:03 pm • 15 0 • view
I don't trust people who don't read!! 😉🦘🇦🇺🥰
aug 23, 2025, 10:42 am • 0 0 • view
It gets harder every day. My attention span is shot.
aug 22, 2025, 10:37 pm • 1 0 • view
Been reading since I was in junior high I love British Irish Scottish Mystery African-American Fiction Literature, Stephen King and recently ordered Fictional books about OCD and Bipolar Disorders protagonist an LGBTQ Genre Currently reading Stephen King's Duma key #Booksky #QueerBooksky
aug 22, 2025, 8:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Duma Key is excellent. King & Anne Rice are my favorite. I just finished Like A Love Story, 1980’s NY during the AIDS Crisis. It was heartbreaking and uplifting, told through the eyes of 3 teens.
aug 22, 2025, 8:52 pm • 1 0 • view
I'mma get that Book I heard about that book
aug 22, 2025, 9:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Why, thank you 🙏🏼 🙂
aug 22, 2025, 8:22 pm • 3 0 • view
I rarely watch television.
aug 23, 2025, 7:02 am • 0 0 • view
I've gotten back into it since my baby was born. We got tired of the kid books we have, so we're going to the library regularly for new ones, and I get some for myself.
aug 23, 2025, 2:28 am • 1 0 • view
I've read three short books in the last month. I'm in the early pages of a Three Body Problem but I'm stuck in a dark hotel room with a snoring partner and no book light. No idea what "hard science fiction" is but it's good so far.
aug 23, 2025, 11:06 am • 0 0 • view
I’m always hearing how people don’t have time to read a book… for that, I have a solution: @harpers.bsky.social has a link on their homepage to subscribe. Every month, I’m delighted with it.
aug 23, 2025, 3:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Does it count if it’s only comics?
aug 23, 2025, 1:27 am • 3 0 • view
Yes
aug 23, 2025, 11:17 am • 1 0 • view
I am not one of those but I wish I was. My country is in peril and reading no longer helps/soothes me. My brain is now on high alert everyday. Sleep is also becoming hard. Reading would be a godsend. Don't know to disconnect.
aug 23, 2025, 8:29 am • 1 0 • view
I’d be lost without books
aug 23, 2025, 12:04 am • 0 0 • view
I make sure to read as often as possible. While I love gaming, and I love visual novels specifically...nothing beats getting lost in traditional novels. I read thousands of pages a month most months.
aug 23, 2025, 2:55 am • 2 0 • view
This is the only way I’ve been able to cope with all that is happening, honestly.
aug 22, 2025, 10:34 pm • 1 0 • view
When I see someone reading a book, I tell them they're an endangered species 😊
aug 23, 2025, 12:41 am • 4 0 • view
You are the gift for the day! Instant love for the way your write your thoughts ❤️
aug 22, 2025, 9:34 pm • 0 0 • view
I cannot imagine my life without books. I read every day.
aug 22, 2025, 8:16 pm • 5 0 • view
Life without books is unimaginable.
aug 22, 2025, 7:29 pm • 40 3 • view
You too - Retired Librarian
aug 23, 2025, 5:21 am • 0 0 • view
Poetry or prose or non-fiction, what matters is the style. Simon Winchester is better than Lee Child. I read a biography of Dean Martin that made me weep with admiration.
aug 22, 2025, 7:15 pm • 1 0 • view
That said, John Le Carre is better than Malcolm Gladwell.
aug 22, 2025, 7:17 pm • 2 0 • view
I do.
aug 22, 2025, 8:51 pm • 0 0 • view
My kindle, a daily doorway into extraordinary head spaces. I am never without it or the phone app. It's glorious to have multiple books open in virtual space. Mixed starter for every occasion. I get lost in there. Space. Time. Travelling in them both yet still home for tea. Retirement has delivered.
aug 22, 2025, 7:35 pm • 13 0 • view
Same here ( I have a kindle, with kindle apps on my phone, tablet) and have prime and kindle unlimited with 41 books 📚 on it and 18 magazines
aug 22, 2025, 10:27 pm • 4 0 • view
Love it, I am always no more than an arms width from immersing myself in another world. My hand luggage used to be all books. Now it's freed up for practical items while I carry a library in my pocket. Transformative.
aug 22, 2025, 11:40 pm • 3 0 • view
And let's not forget those of us who write them amidst the chaos.
aug 22, 2025, 11:41 pm • 4 0 • view
Reading gives me perspective on today’s problems by comparing this to the lot of humans in bygone eras. Especially helpful is reading about how people in the past coped with things. Lately I have read several novels about the French Resistance in WWII. Encouraging.
aug 22, 2025, 10:02 pm • 0 0 • view
I am, I do, and nice to know you too.
aug 22, 2025, 7:11 pm • 7 0 • view
I do, but in much smaller increments than I used to. It still feels good.
aug 23, 2025, 4:12 am • 0 0 • view
Me! Hi I love reading!
aug 23, 2025, 1:05 am • 0 0 • view
it's more like breathing...something you just must do
aug 23, 2025, 3:10 am • 1 0 • view
I gave a book about pigeons to a best friend….who introduced me to the best birds app ever…..she has a very inquisitive g/daughter and together, explore the outdoors. A winner. She loves it and now I wish I’d bought a copy as well. Poss from Waterstones??
aug 22, 2025, 9:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Every night around 8 pm all devices are left to charge, silenced, in another room while I retreat and escape into fiction. Currently reading Fools Crow. I highly recommend it. An added bonus: there are many free little libraries all around the neighborhood.
aug 22, 2025, 8:27 pm • 4 0 • view
Quick summary of the premise of Fools Crow?
aug 23, 2025, 11:15 am • 0 0 • view
Montana before and after 1870 massacre. Native life before and after white migration. The way it’s written, the way the Blackfeet, Crows etc would speak. Bear is called sticky mouth, peoples names like Fools Crow have reasons. White people were the migrants destroying life and culture.
aug 23, 2025, 12:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Back’at’cha! 🤙
aug 23, 2025, 12:18 am • 0 0 • view
Graham Greene.
aug 22, 2025, 10:03 pm • 1 0 • view
You don't know me. I don't know you. I don't think owls should be drinking, you boozey hooter.
aug 22, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't understand people who don't read for pleasure. It's pure joy for me.
aug 22, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
I both read and write for pleasure. And host TTRPG games. :3 (Unfortunately, my English is not good enough yet to publish in this language, I fear.)
aug 23, 2025, 10:31 am • 0 0 • view
Now that I am retired, I get to read every day.
aug 23, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
rereading pride and prejudice for the maybe the 40th time just because.
aug 23, 2025, 1:33 am • 1 0 • view
Right here with you 💚💛💜
aug 23, 2025, 1:16 am • 0 0 • view
If I couldn’t read and get away from the constant chaos I would be a basket case.
aug 22, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't get to read as much as I want, but I get to read more than most people I know, so I count myself lucky.
aug 22, 2025, 7:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I read at the lake, so not only do I get enlightened, but god damn I have an amazing tan
aug 23, 2025, 12:16 am • 0 0 • view
No, it just means you're old (with some exceptions). Reading takes up a lot of bandwidth not everyone has today.
aug 22, 2025, 8:24 pm • 2 0 • view
That's me! Instant follow:)
aug 22, 2025, 7:10 pm • 1 0 • view
A guest speaker at the university where I taught said he read for pleasure every night before going to sleep, even if it was only 10-15 minutes. It helped calm his brain from the chaos of the day. I totally agree. (And as an editor, I read for a living. But that's work. I also read for fun.) 1/2
aug 23, 2025, 12:25 am • 2 0 • view
I can count on one hand the number of nights in the past decade I've gone to bed without reading. That includes travel and vacation nights. My mind just does not slow down unless I take the time to escape to someone else's life and words. What kind of people DON'T read for pleasure? 2/2
aug 23, 2025, 12:25 am • 1 0 • view
Reading for fun, is really good for everyone, reading for fun, actually relaxes me and makes me forget about the chaos all around
aug 23, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
Actual books…no e-readers here ❤️
aug 22, 2025, 7:15 pm • 4 0 • view
Hear! Hear! Me too.
aug 22, 2025, 7:23 pm • 4 0 • view
2-3 books a week! I get anxious if I'm not reading something
aug 22, 2025, 9:08 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm browsing for a book that will calm me down. Recently read Percival Everett's James and then Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and I need a book that's got some laughs. Aha--Discworld!
aug 23, 2025, 1:19 am • 2 0 • view
Nice to know you, too! 📚🤓
aug 22, 2025, 8:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Beautifully said. In an age of relentless noise and digital distraction, the ability to engage deeply with a book is both a quiet rebellion and a profound privilege. Reading isn’t just escape it’s connection, reflection, and restoration.
aug 22, 2025, 7:48 pm • 3 0 • view
I read a book a day. It may be smut but it’s keeping me sane.
aug 23, 2025, 4:07 am • 1 0 • view
I started a book club for dudes and the general sentiment is that, yes, we get to enjoy reading again, but also hang out monthly at a new bar It's been a highlight of my year!
aug 22, 2025, 7:58 pm • 10 0 • view
The moate is God's eye is my current location
aug 23, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
It is my ✨coping mechanism✨
aug 22, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
I read, not just for pleasure, but for my sanity. A good book is an escape, for a short time. A book exercises your imagination in a way that other media cannot. Every evening before bed I sit quietly and read. Only problem with that is sometimes I end up going to bed early hours of the morning
aug 23, 2025, 2:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Me too!
aug 23, 2025, 2:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Thank you as it’s nice meeting you as well! There’s nothing like curling up with a good page turner, touching the paper while engrossing in the story!
aug 22, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
I feel sorry for those who haven't discovered the joy of reading for pleasure. It's one of the most amazing privileges.
aug 23, 2025, 4:33 am • 2 0 • view
I have read for pleasure my entire life, and now that I am retired I continue to do so. I am happy that my kids and my grandson also love to read books.
aug 22, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
I go for a 10 km walk every morning, earphones in, listening to an audiobook. I go through <50 books per year that way. It is my happy place!
aug 22, 2025, 8:35 pm • 3 0 • view
Pleased to meet you ....
aug 22, 2025, 7:23 pm • 4 0 • view
Count me in - and thanks!
aug 23, 2025, 5:43 am • 0 0 • view
Lost the ability for a few years, thanks to the pandemic stress. Slowly retraining my brain and I'm delighted every time I finish reading a novel.
aug 22, 2025, 7:10 pm • 21 0 • view
I need to do that!!!!!!
aug 23, 2025, 11:02 am • 0 0 • view
I feel this in my heart. Something happened to me and I just can't get back on track. I used to have a couple books open and switch back and forth. Now I'm lucky to get through the text on a news article.
aug 22, 2025, 9:48 pm • 3 0 • view
It is worth the effort!
aug 22, 2025, 10:33 pm • 4 0 • view
I need tips please! I used to be a voracious reader of books and journals but 🥺 no more.
aug 23, 2025, 1:02 am • 1 0 • view
I have to set a specific time for reading a physical book - with my phone out of reach. And I am retraining my brain with fun books! Nothing too serious. Good luck!
aug 23, 2025, 4:53 am • 2 0 • view
Yeah, if it's no screens it's no screens. I don't want to start looking up the history of some place mentioned in the book until I'm done reading for today.
aug 23, 2025, 11:08 am • 0 0 • view
Thanks!
aug 23, 2025, 5:37 am • 0 0 • view
How bout if I wish I still read for pleasure tho
aug 22, 2025, 11:26 pm • 1 0 • view
If anything, my reading has doubled since T47. My total TV time is way down because I have to manage the cascade of bull$#it. I have both a fiction and non-fiction book going at all times, and an audio book for my commute. I dearly love to read.
aug 22, 2025, 8:08 pm • 13 0 • view
Same. I watch sports - baseball and basketball but that’s all. I prefer reading vs watching a show /movie
aug 22, 2025, 10:58 pm • 3 0 • view
I listen to books while I work. My library has a great selection of audible books available.
aug 22, 2025, 10:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Pretty cool huh?
aug 22, 2025, 11:18 pm • 1 0 • view
I have been a reader all my life. I read every night before going to sleep. So many wonderful novels to read my list is long!
aug 23, 2025, 1:49 am • 1 0 • view
Likewise!
aug 22, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
I love reading and escaping for a bit Where else can you fall in love with a hot and dreamy stranger, who shares his house and money and flies you around the world to collect cats and dogs. Then you encounter mermaids who turn out to be killers… when you run you get transported back in time. 😜🤪
aug 22, 2025, 7:17 pm • 4 0 • view
Saving me every day
aug 22, 2025, 8:08 pm • 5 0 • view
I want to get there again
aug 28, 2025, 11:16 pm • 0 0 • view
My two favorite books are...Say A Prayer for Owen Meany and Of Human Bondage. But I usually read mysteries. I used to go to the library and pick an author and read all their books. 😁
aug 22, 2025, 11:51 pm • 2 0 • view
I loved Of Human Bondage and Maugham in general. I read it at Burning Man. Not sure that's what BM is for but it was for me.
aug 23, 2025, 11:20 am • 1 1 • view
I felt Phillip's pain. I read it over 45 years ago and what stays with me is him walking/limping with his shoulders hunched from the yard into school.
aug 23, 2025, 11:50 am • 0 0 • view
Don't know if I'm a marvel but I don't feel right unless I have at least one good book to read. Like many people I spend too much time on social media, I don't watch TV, so a book is a welcome and refreshing break for me.
aug 22, 2025, 10:09 pm • 1 0 • view
I read for pleasure but predominantly I read non-fiction . Just finished The Barn by Wright Thompson , an account of the history of the barn and people involved in the murder of Emmit Till . Fascinating read .
aug 22, 2025, 6:56 pm • 30 2 • view
Thanks. Added to my list!
aug 22, 2025, 7:26 pm • 7 1 • view
I needed to hear this.
aug 23, 2025, 1:03 am • 0 0 • view
I used to read a book every 2 days but just can't anymore. I have started so many and cannot concentrate.
aug 22, 2025, 8:09 pm • 3 0 • view
When I am reading a book, I am aware of nothing else around me, drives my family nuts.
aug 23, 2025, 2:44 am • 2 0 • view
Books are where I go when I need a break from the atrocities happening right here in our own country ☹️
aug 23, 2025, 3:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Every day. Do not watch tv if I can help it.
aug 22, 2025, 11:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Just about finished with “you like it darker” Stephen King. 😊
aug 22, 2025, 7:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Nothing feels like holding a book open and enjoying a great read and pausing using a bookmark to note the page while you put the kettle on 👍🏻👏👏
aug 23, 2025, 1:19 pm • 1 0 • view
I gave up television close to 55 years ago and have never looked back. I am now retired, and I read all day long - heaven.
aug 22, 2025, 9:49 pm • 7 0 • view
Our TV broke down when I was 7 and my parents didn’t get a new one till I’d left for college (my dad wanted to watch Monty Python). It was the best thing that could have ever happened to me
aug 22, 2025, 10:03 pm • 5 0 • view
Im begging for help with my pain n dbl vision in my eyes, but since I was seven I've been best friends with books. Im looking forward to being able to read voraciously again, if and when I get to!! Books have gotten me through the worst times in my life! 💜
aug 23, 2025, 4:46 am • 2 0 • view
Thank you. I couldn’t get through a single day without visiting the past or the future. Another planet or a fictional world and spend time with all the friends I make there.
aug 23, 2025, 6:05 am • 1 0 • view
Pleasure's all mine, Boze.
aug 22, 2025, 7:18 pm • 4 0 • view
Why thank you very much. 😊
aug 22, 2025, 7:32 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm rediscovering @stephenking.bsky.social Reading The Stand (for like the 5th time) man I love his books.
aug 22, 2025, 10:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Thanks, I do read a lot of smut. ☺️
aug 23, 2025, 12:35 am • 1 0 • view
Absolutely Losing yourself in a book is one of the few true escapes from all the chaos. I wish everyone could experience that peace but right now, my focus is on helping my sister, who is very sick. Any support for her treatment would mean the world
aug 22, 2025, 7:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Here’s the fundraiser link you can share: chuffed.org/project/1364....
aug 22, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
When the country falls apart officially and completely, you’ll find me sheltering at the library.
aug 23, 2025, 10:06 am • 0 0 • view
I have a couple going as we speak. Reading is my heart.
aug 23, 2025, 12:09 am • 0 0 • view
"It was the best of times..."
aug 22, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
You're welcome.
aug 22, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Not only does it take you to another place, you can learn history too!
aug 22, 2025, 7:27 pm • 11 0 • view
Reading for pleasure is one of the things that helps me cope with all the chaos.
aug 22, 2025, 8:08 pm • 3 0 • view
Really started unlocking this one this year.
aug 23, 2025, 1:18 am • 0 0 • view
it's the only way to get this disastrous, awful administration and government off my mind. Now it's one book a day.
aug 23, 2025, 2:31 am • 1 0 • view
Me! Me! Hey did you sign up for that new Bluesky bookshelf thing?
aug 22, 2025, 8:14 pm • 2 0 • view
I kept my sanity during the first few months of this administration by reading about women WWII spies and brave women more generally. To wit, Madame Fourcade's Secret War, A Woman of No Importance, and The Woman They Could Not Silence.
aug 23, 2025, 1:48 am • 0 0 • view
For me, it’s Fantasy, especially if it plays off of actual real cultures or historic periods. I have books that I’ve owned and still reread since HS (now in my 50s). Currently reading Melanie Rawn’s Spellbinder.
aug 23, 2025, 12:01 am • 0 0 • view
Reading has always been a great pleasure. Nice to meet you.
aug 22, 2025, 8:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Other than Bluesky and a few podcasts sometimes, I don't do typical entertainment culture stuff. Reading is my main source of relaxation and factual info. Currently I'm reading "Middlemarch," a masterpiece novel by George Elliot. Always reading Mother Jones, The New Yorker, The Atlantic.
aug 23, 2025, 5:27 am • 0 0 • view
I manage to distract myself with a book on the subway to and from work every day.
aug 22, 2025, 8:48 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 23, 2025, 2:00 am • 1 0 • view
Reading is the most affordable form of travel and the only one TSA can’t cause the traveler to miss her flight.
aug 29, 2025, 12:18 am • 0 0 • view
I still read for pleasure but it’s difficult to concentrate. Gosh, have no idea why that could be?
aug 23, 2025, 7:53 am • 0 0 • view
I love being offline! You just don't go near a phone or computer. It's easy!
aug 22, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
I tend to read in spurts. Nothing for months and then I’ll pick up a book and devour five or six in a row.
aug 23, 2025, 3:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Do audiobooks count? I tend to have difficulties with pages of text. (Not sure if the ADD or Autism.) But listening to the original Sherlock Holmes books has been really fun. And Arsene Lupin, to a slightly less extent. (Very much of it's time.)
aug 23, 2025, 1:17 am • 2 0 • view
Audiobooks absolutely count!
aug 23, 2025, 1:22 am • 2 0 • view
Oftentimes it's one of the only true outlets of escapism for me - that and gaming
aug 23, 2025, 12:45 am • 0 0 • view
I have a growing TBR pile only because the illness I went thru caused insane dry eye, which made it impossible to read for more than a few minutes and my attention span got shot. Better now and working on it.
aug 23, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view