I started having that problem when I was a kid. Often my mom would have to say, "put down the book, turn off the light and go to sleep." lol.
Course the books were a bit shorter way back then in a lot of cases. Though not always.
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Originally Posted by elizilla
Books definitely suck me in and this can cause me to read for hours when I should be doing something else, like, oh, sleeping. But I don't choose shorter books when I have less time. Instead, if I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into a long book, I will reread something I've read before and liked. That way I don't have to stay up half the night to see how it ends. Plus, it's like revisiting beloved old friends.
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