This is probably the 1st bookish discussion I have posted ever. AHAHAH!
Aside from time, fear of not having forever to finish our growing TBR list and poor eyesight, one of the biggest âobstaclesâ I have faced as a reader is this hell called reading slump. It just sucks. Unable to read a single book for days because for some reasons, youâre not feeling it, or perhaps youâre stuck in reading the last book you devoured over and over again because you just canât let go of the characters. Feeling like you canât connect with the characters is also one of the reasons that you canât even bear to read. Well, whatever reasons you have, whatever feels you feel (yep, I guess that sounds wrong), reading slump sure sucks.
Here I am, writing a post about reading slump because thatâs what Iâm experiencing right now. And itâs terrible. Iâm going to share you the things I do whenever this thing happens.
*take a break, take a kit-kat
        - I just take a break from reading. Like, I wonât read for a week or so until I miss reading, until Iâm ready to read again.
*re-reading the last book I have read
        - I do this if and only if I love the last book I have read. Iâm going back the very first page and re-live it because I canât and Iâm not ready to let go of the characters just yet. There are some authors that will automatically drive me into a reading coma. Kandi Steiner was just added on the list. Her duet What He Doesnât Know is so perfect and Iâm not ready to let go of the duet yet. And yep, Iâm reading the last few chapters of What He Always Knew over and over again.
Iâll just stop when I feel like I need a new book alreadyâbut I still reread some parts of my favorite booksâor when Iâm already ready to let it go because I know these characters will hold a very special place in my heart.
*And lastly, I read books by my favorite authors.
       - It could be a reread or a new one. Whenever I feel like my current read bores me or if Iâm not feeling it, I put them in my to-be-continued shelf and read a book by my favorite author.
So, thatâs it bookworms. Thatâs what I do whenever I experience reading slump. They are not 100% effective and there are also times that I probably need a break from reading (which rarely happens), which sucks but totally fine. No pressure, really. Youâll always go back to reading, always. And your massive TBR shelf will be waiting for you until you get your reading mojo back.
Feel free to share the things that you do to deal with reading slump. Send me a message. :*
Happy reading!
â¤, JL
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