>>7289111Reading is a form of acquiring new ideas, concepts that you wouldn't have otherwise had the chance to actualize into your consciousness. However, these ideas must not only be acquired, they must be stored and put to good use. There are 2 cases then:
1. You are forcing yourself to read even if you don't enjoy the book, so you read fast/don't pay attention, in which case the information is not even properly acquired, let alone stored.
2.You are forcing yourself to read even if you don't enjoy the book, so you read carefully but increasingly frustrated. Most of the time, this means you either switch to case 1 or give up the book. The information is properly acquired, but it is only stored for a limited, short time in your memory and is not properly parsed and understood.
Both cases bring no advantage whatsoever. Instead, you have wasted precious time and brain cells processing information that you do not intent to use. Watching paint dry would be literally better, because at least it requires no mental effort.
I guess my point could be summarized in "you can't be open to a book's idea if you can't enjoy said book". This, again, only applies to fiction, to stories. Non-fiction, philosophy et cetera are a different thing.
