My New Years Resolution a few years ago was to start reading more. eBooks from the library has made that so much easier. Went from maybe a book every other year to one a week.

I read nonfiction for pleasure. Weird, I know, but hear me out. There's been a noticeable decline in quality. I read a ton of nonfiction because I like learning new things. Mary Beards SPQR, Cobalt Red by Kara, hell even First Principles by Ricks. Those are fewer and far between now. I've read more nonfiction that are dumbing down otherwise interesting concepts or, worse, just plainly bad writing (couldn't get beyond page 50 or so of Shade by Bloch; interesting concept horrible approach to sharing it). There are so many like Shade now that treat the reader like an idiot, use clickbait style titles and writing, that its getting hard to find new and unfamiliar topics to learn about.

Then there are the prices. Holy. Shit. The prices. I use my library, even ebooks, now. But I loved having real pages and keeping books on the shelf to re-read. Marking them and taking notes. I can't now as its too expensive to buy books.

Its a sad, sad time.