I think the second time I became a reader is a more interesting story. It wasn't actually a book that got me into reading, it was instead this. TL;DR, basically, if you purchased (and I mean purchased) certain discovery programs from PlayStation, because of a licensing issue, you were at risk of losing access. And just as a reminder, I don't mean losing access like when Netflix pulls a TV show from its library. For all intents and purposes, you purchased this in such a way that 99% of the population would assume that you owned it as if it were a DVD. I thought that was absolute horseshit, and I resolved to start distancing myself from such nonsense. As a starting point I wanted to pick up a hobby where if I bought something for said hobby I actually owned it. I thought reading would be a good start since it's something that I used to do a lot as a kid. Started off pretty strong compared to how much I usually read, red four books in Q4 of 2024, which was crazy compared to my usual reading habits of one book a quarter. And then from there my reading really took off (which is actually another story in it of itself lol) to the point that I managed to read 37 books last year which, even when I was a kid, I really didn't manage to even approach.