i find its when i read things that i force myself to read for example i could speak in detail about got or harry potter books but ask me what i thought about alexander the greats book or charles darwin  i think the difference is with pleasure reading im excited to sit in bed at night and read more about a fictional story or an autobiography that actually interests me but when i started reading about darwin tesla etc i felt like i was forcing myself to become well read and whip out cool facts when they were mentioned in convo  all i remember is one was good with animals and stuff the other undone an impossible knot with a sword