I know I read more before I was 18 than I read now. There are two distinct reasons for this:

1. I had the time.

2. I didn't have the internet and internet articles to entertain me.

Growing up, we spent a lot of time vacationing. Whether it was a road trip, a weekend trip to Catalina, a 2 week long vacation to Costa Rica, my family loved to escape. We also had a steadfast rule of "no electronics" on these vacations. No phones, no gameboys, no television, no nintendo. So I read. A lot. For a 7 day trip to Catalina, I would bring 14 books and read them all. Sometimes I would finish them and was forced to re-read the old Sagan books on the boat or (the horror!) my mother's books.

Now, I find it hard to sit down and read a book. When I get a good one, I crank through it in a day or two. But getting started and staying interested past the first 10 pages is hard. I would much rather be reading and commenting on Hubski or my RSS feed.

When I go on vacation, I still read a lot if I don't have my computer or phone. That's one of the reasons I love Jalama beach: no cell service! A lot of times, I'll go down to the boat with a purposefully low cell phone battery and leave my computer at home so I can sit and read and soak in the sun.

I can't remember the last time I lounged around the house or laid in bed and read though. It just doesn't happen.