Kinda same. One time in primary school when I got a book from the school's library, I had to walk about 10 minutes to get to the bus station after classes, and I remember being disappointed that this meant I couldn't continue the book for those 10 minutes. I also had a children's encyclopedia back then with all sorts of topics from astronomy to history to technology, that I read several times.

Granted, I was never necessarily all in on reading. I would be split between that and gaming or TV as well. But compare that to today, after school managed to kill reading for me, and now I don't really read, and just play games or watch anime instead.