Start building your ideal daily routine! The first 500 people who click on the link will get 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: https://thefab.co/answerinprogress Why do bookworms stop reading? In this video, Sabrina explores why people who used to read a lot might not be able to pick up a book anymore. In the process, she challenges herself to read too many books in too little time. SUPPORT US ON PATREON https://patreon.com/answerinprogress SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Video Editing by Joe Trickey Motion Design by Olivér Varga & Krisztina Varga MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING Mental Illness Can Make It Hard to Read. Here’s Why — and What You Can Do (2019) by Sian Ferguson https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-illness-and-reading Why We Don’t Read, Revisited (2018) by Caleb Crain https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-we-dont-read-revisited The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens (2013) by Ferris Jabr https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/ The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (2011) by Alan Jacobs https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/9859899-the-pleasures-of-reading-in-an-age-of-distraction TIMESTAMPS 00:00 local woman discovers books 00:17 u don't ReAlLy know mE 01:00 tab stash is a very good plugin for research 02:04 why you stopped reading 03:38 why i stopped reading 04:16 an elaborate excuse to buy a projector 07:04 reading vs emails | day 1 08:32 reading vs emails (reprise) | day 2 11:16 sabrina is an ipad baby | day 3 13:03 sabrina is also out of shape | day 4 13:51 paying the bills | interlude 15:05 good book! | day 4 continued 15:58 im sorry hank | day 5 19:06 how to read more books ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's a novel one for you I heard somebody died after reading a book... They were sentenced to death. Leave a comment with the word SENTENCE to let me know you were here ;-)