Jimellow

I used to read a lot.. Back in high school I was always reading something.. Then I went to college (majoring in English), and it seems I only am reading what's assigned. This is likely a good thing, because I'm reading "better" writers than I read on my own, but it's also forced reading and I don't think I will ever enjoy that as much as books I pick out on my own and read.

It's not even that I don't have the time to read on my own, because I do. It just seems that the time I allot for reading is used up on required reading, and by the time I'm done with that, I'm not "into" reading anything else.

I did read a bit over summer and enjoyed that, but it seems that once the semester starts, choice reading is nonexistant. Also, when breaks start up, it seems I don't even read then initially, because there is still carryover from thinking I should have required reading to do, when I don't.

Anyone else experience this?