Origins #5

Why is this book so boring now?

This always seems to happen whenever I read a science book; I get excited at the beginning and read a lot, but then near the middle, I get bored and crave a book with an actual storyline. Unfortunately, I find myself in a similar situation right now. I'm getting bored, even though I like the subject, simply because it takes too much energy to try and understand the subject matter after a long day of trying to understand other things at school. So I find myself payinging less attention to what I'm reading, consequently getting confused, and wanting to stop reading even more. I have probably started at least three other books about astronomy, one also written by Tyson, and have found myself fizzled out near the middle, unable to finish the book. But I will persevere; I will finish this book by blog #6. The book's content is written so well, that I feel bad about getting bored while reading it. My boredom really has nothing to do with the writing or content itself, just me not exerting enough energy to try and understand the subject. At the end of the day, it's so much easier to read a mindless book with an easy story line that you can get lost in. With "Origins" that is just not possible, and I am now paying the price for picking a book with no story line to blog about and to finish reading in 3 weeks. It's really hard to find topics to blog about when reading a book like this; most topics revolve around character and plot development, while this book has neither.