Stupid Brain.

[fuzzybluemonkey]

Why is it that when I read fiction about a topic I'm interested in, I could read for days, but when I try to read non-fiction about a topic I'm interested in, I read for five minutes until... Bored Now: Kitty! And then I drag myself back and read some more until Bored Now: Internets! And it's not for lack of interest. I mean, the whole reason I

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[flaxeloquent]

I bet it's largely the lack of a "what happened next?" factor, and in a lot of cases, a lack of a "the narrator and/or main character is my friend" factor. I don't think it means you lack a thirst for knowledge.

[fuzzybluemonkey]

Book Historians need to learn how to be better storytellers. (Of course, it's also clear that most, if not all of them, have never actually done bookbinding themselves and are therefore describing things that were explained to them by someone else)