I find them less intellectually taxing than any proper books and thus more easily assimilated. I haven't really been in the mood to read for any protracted amount of time recently.

I only read one book last month and only bits of other books.

I'll read something this month. I'm close to the end of Flowers for Algernon. I might even finish it today. After that I'll probably read more of the Leopard and then see what's interesting in the Pile.