Aye, last year I was devouring books at a rate of knots.

Now it may be that the quality of books available from the library is diminished as I've read all the good ones in the sections I look at (very possible), but even books I know to be good are taking me ages to get through, and I'm much more inclined to give up on them.

I'm still stalled on Feersum Endjinn, had that out for months now, of all the books to not be able to get through, a Banks shouldn't be one of them.

OTOH, I did rattle through Shades of Gray by Fforde very quickly, so I'm thinking the quality argument has some legs.