I've always enjoyed reading. I used to spend a lot of time reading in the first two decades of my life. Then responsibilities didn't allow me the time to read for pleasure anymore, and most of my reading happened in the form of proofreading and eventually editing manuscripts for authors, reading textbooks for school, or reading my students' writings and commenting on them. The only reading I did for a while came in the form of listening to audiobooks during my daily commute.
Since I moved to the woods nearly five years ago, I've found time to read for pleasure again, but recently, that too has become a challenge because my work is mainly editing, and my eyes get tired, so I take my time with books and don't read more than a few pages a night.
In reading fiction, I've found that my pace often matches that of the story I'm reading. I've also discovered that I finish some nonfiction books much faster than I do fiction. With some nonfiction books, such as essays or memoirs, though, I like to reflect on every sentence, and sometimes even every word.
