How do I get myself to read? I haven't read a single book this year

How do I get myself to read? I haven't read a single book this year.

You take the book, sit down, and fucking read.
Stop trying to find ways to do things that aren't just doing them.

ADHD medication

Thanks, I just read 50 pages from Stoner.

The only book I finished this so far this year is Ragged Dick, a short novella intended to be read by uneducated orphans, idk wtf my problem is

Read the synposis on wikipedia, that's all you need to be le cultured in 2017

i think my problem is i always read the introduction/translators notes/etc. and it spoils everything and gives me a bunch of biographical shit about the author which distracts me from the text and by the time i finish all that crap i'm already like 50-100 pages in and just don't feel like going any further...i've learned good shit from reading the intros and shit so i don't like to skip it, but i think that is the root of my not reading much, i look at all my unfinished books and i might be as much as 20% of the way in, but i'm only 5 pages into the actual text of the novel, the rest was all introductory notes and shit

You just sit yourself down and force yourself to read through the boredom until it clicks and you actually enjoy what you're reading. Have faith that your patience will be rewarded.

Dude, I do the same shit you do and I still manage to finish books. Stop coming up with excuses and start reading.

I'm reading The Meditations right now since it's short as fuck and cost $1 on ebay, but god it fucking sucks so far, "we're all gonna die so nothing matters lol oh wait but don't enjoy yourself too much just because" at first i thought i wasn't getting it so i started reading it really slow and closely and i'm like nope this is just pretty dumb