Scared of reading

>tfw obese
>decided to start lifting a few months back
>decided I should also start reading books to try and enhance my mind at the same time
>go to a local bookshop to try and find books
>have literally no idea what type of book is good
>the staff in the shop seem to be watching my every move
>spend 20 minutes looking at cook books then realise this is self defeating
>go and find some history books
>start looking through them
>still no idea what to read
>walk around the entire shop looking at every cabinet
>can sense the staff are suspicious of me
>go back to the history section
>randomly grab 2 books about famine, one on Mao and the Great Leap Foward in China and one about some famine in Ukraine
>don't want to seem like a creep who walked around for 40 minutes then grabbed 2 books about famine
>go and grab 2 books about cooking
>take them to the counter
>when the person is scanning my books loudly shout 'I AM GOING TO PUT THE COOKBOOKS INSIDE THE FAMINE BOOKS SO MY DOCTOR THINKS I AM STUDYING FOR MY WEIGHT LOSS EXAM HAHA'
>they don't laugh
>i BUY all 4 books
>tfw I didn't even read the famine books and have now read the cookbooks 40 times each
>too scared to buy real books as reading is hard

>mfw reading cook books

>unable to ask the clerks about classics or a theme you like then follow their suggestions.

If you can crack a joke to the clerk you can easily ask for fuckin help mate.

Fucking Christ, user.

i have to admit i chuckled

How the fuck do you read cookbooks?

Well I finally laughed at one of these.

OP I'm not sure what is wrong with you, but next time just buy anything but cookbooks. Why haven't you read the famine books? I mean you could start with the Greeks but most of all you should just start.

I sense that this post is an invention of the mind,a role played by one of you with a malicious mind.

jesus christ