It would be a terrible overstatement to claim that I no longer enjoy reading literature; however, my recent and not so recent experiences with it show general tendency to go that way. To put it simple - the more time passes, the more older I get, the less I enjoy literature, and the greater seem to be my unwritten 'standards' to be able to. Hardly anything is curious enough for me, 'good' enough for me, or makes me want to read it at all.
The prevalent feeling whilst reading in the past, say, six months, was the feeling of genuine boredom, even if it came to the books I used to read and love in the past. It does not affect solely contemporary schund which I come across once in a while and generally do not even consume, but literature as such, in general. There are very few things left to be able to spark my interest and maintain it till the end of the book. At first I thought it was just a temporary phase, but then I figured it lasted a bit too long to be able to be classified as such.
Everything else in my life is perfect, so this cannot be due to distraction by some other problems or something of the kind. The problem is, however, that I intend to study literature in university to which I am off in September, and that I cannot picture myself studying literature in this state. Am I just "fed up" and need a break, or am I truly losing a sensibility for literature? Did anyone else on here go through something like that?
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) I think at your age I got bored with things over time and needed variety, a switch. I remember your reading list was extensive. I couldn't maintain focus of one general subject with that kind of intensity. So perhaps you need to down scale your focus and add other things into your life, such as something athletic/physical or a type of craft or creative endeavor. That's one way at looking at your problem, too much of one thing. Another way could be that you're evolving. What seems like a natural fit of a career for a sixteen year old most often, probably almost often, is not what fits a 20 year old or then a 24 year old. My goodness, most people in the US who enter the University with a major in mind change during their stay. I think that is quite natural. I've always said that every five years one is a different person. At your age, with the acceleration of new experiences, the raging hormones going through your system, I bet one is a dfferent person almost annually. It's not a surprise that college students change majors. They get exposed to different things that they never completely comprehended before and all of sudden they find new interests and new fits to their personality. I'm told that the European model of higher education is less flexible than the American model. Changing majors around in a European Uni may be harder. I think that's a shame if true. Anyway, these are the two possible problems you may be expeeriencing. You can only know which one, and perhaps you might not be able either. Be conscious of them and I'm sure life will work itself out.
But nothing that could be considered "serious" literature. Then my friend recommended one book to me, and I tried, from pure polineness - and found out it was interesting. And it worked like appetizer after a long diet. 
(well i read some books but mainly historical and political books, so you might say that i was going through a phase 
). After i graduated i started reading again with great "appetite" 
Originally Posted by manolia
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