Audiobook plus the print copy at the same time is worth trying. She follows along while listening, which carries her past the stamina problem, and after a few books the training wheels come off. Libraries usually have both formats of the popular series so it costs nothing to test.
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The unread shelf is doing you harm, honestly. A shelf of enthusiastic purchases turns into a shelf of small obligations, and obligation is the opposite of what pulls you toward a book. Move them out of sight and keep two or three at a time on the nightstand. Choosing from three is much easier than choosing from thirty.
One data point: two foam mattresses in this house, one was gone in four days and the other took nearly six weeks. Same brand, different model. The denser the foam, the longer it seems to take, which lines up with there being simply more material to release.