Welcome to NT!

I would take your boredom as a good sign. Many of us are so out of it, at the beginning, that we don't even notice the passage of time.

Your desire to read (although you are, wisely, putting that on hold) also augers well for your recovery. If you can follow, and retain plot, you're doing amazingly well.

It was years before I could handle a book and I still have to stay with simple things. I also keep a companion memory journal, where I summarize that session's plot and characters. Otherwise, I forget all that and have to start over each time I come to the book.

Of course, a week after I read a book, I've forgotten pretty much everything about it. It's sort of sad because I used to be a professional writer.

On the plus side, I'm saving a ton of money on novels because I can read the same ones over and over - and they're always fresh.

Speaking of economizing, you've probably discovered that libraries offer books on tape.

Good job on the knitting, too.