I remain a voracious reader, but again, like many of us, with the advent of bi-directional digital media, I’ve become more of a snacker than someone on a hearty literary diet. I still read codices, but a tendency to read multiple texts concurrently that was well advanced before e-books, has now become near-pathological: I really am reading about a hundred books at the same time.

Will Self, “The Death of the Shelf,” Why Read: Selected Writings 2001 – 2021 (2022)