This Little Reading Light Helped Me Ditch My Phone and Get Back to Real Books

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It’s hard to say when my reading life tanked.Was it having babies? Or getting an iPhone? Both happened a little over 10 years ago. Both put the kibosh on what I recall as a “before time,” when I was a voracious reader of paper books.Distraction, of course, is the issue. I usually read at night while sitting in my kids’ room as they fall asleep. To keep the room dark, I read on my phone — with the intention of chipping away at a Libby or Kindle book.But inevitably my attention drifts to Instagram, a news app, or Google, and whoosh! It’s time for bed, and I’m no further along on my reading list.Over the years, I’ve tried reading paper books with book lights, but all of them either produced feeble light, clipped awkwardly to the book, or broke.Then I bought a Glocusent Bookmark Style Reading Light, Wirecutter’s pick for the best all-around reading light.