I'm pretty sure it's my ADHD causing me to have horrendous memory issues but I have read so, so many books since I was a kid. Have tons of favorites. Stuff like the entire Wheel of Time series, things like that.
I can barely remember anything but vague events and characters. Like, my favorite book is Canticle for Leibowitz which I've read multiple times but I couldn't even tell you the main characters name other than he's a priest-type of character and what the general book is about.
I guess one benefit of that is that I can read the same book over and over and over again but like you said, it feels so strange/wrong that I can't remember so much more.
Reading more complicated things like G.E.B., Michel de Montaigne, etc is practically pointless for me, I won't remember any of the theories/quotes and it feels practically useless to even go through. By the time I'm on chapter 5 I've probably forgotten 1-4.
I can barely remember anything but vague events and characters. Like, my favorite book is Canticle for Leibowitz which I've read multiple times but I couldn't even tell you the main characters name other than he's a priest-type of character and what the general book is about.
I guess one benefit of that is that I can read the same book over and over and over again but like you said, it feels so strange/wrong that I can't remember so much more.
Reading more complicated things like G.E.B., Michel de Montaigne, etc is practically pointless for me, I won't remember any of the theories/quotes and it feels practically useless to even go through. By the time I'm on chapter 5 I've probably forgotten 1-4.