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You're the second person today, in this thread, to mention the sleep-disrupting effects of an LED screen. I had no idea. It makes me lean more than ever towards a Kindle, as digital ink doesn't flicker.

I think you're smart to set aside considerations of "literary merit" in your reading. There are plenty (plenty!) of people out there who would turn their nose up at Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman simply because they're genre writers. I like a great piece of literary fiction as much as the next snob, but I'm not drawn to it for comfort the way I am to genre writing--and fanfic is genre writing. It's its own genre.

I'm making a bit of progress on my own re-motivation to read project: I'm putting in 15 to 30 minutes before sleep, and the commitment has also revitalized my commitment to the vision exercises I was having a hard time making myself do. So this whole conversation has begun to turn things around a bit for me.

Another thing it has made me realize--and this may be relevant to your interests--is that adding another item to my To-Do List when I'm already too busy to read is probably not my best strategy. I need to relax a little. And lo and behold, focusing on that--on de-stressing and relaxing--has suddenly loosened up my time, just enough to enjoy a bit of reading.