I was in a reading slump for 3 years but before that happened I loved books more than anything and when I was in school I almost saw it as a competition. We had a points system set up and every kid had to have a certain amount of points in order to receive a good grade in English class. But a few of us including myself wanted to be at the top with the most points. I got in the habit of flying through a book and moving on to the next. After I graduated I still had this mentality- that I need to be able to finish a book within a few days. I'd watch booktube and later on some booktok as well and all of these people were reading 100+ books a year and that shouldn't have mattered to me so much but it did. There was that competitive mentality coming back out again and eventually I just didn't want to read anymore.
Fast forward a few years and my motivation for reading came back. I started reading Hungerstone by Kat Dunn and I truly loved it. I didn't want it to end. I didn't care if it took me months to finish I just wanted to savor it. I ended up finishing it within a week and a half or so. But I would sit with my thoughts about the moral of the story and the inner battles the characters fought, how that related to my life and the world around me. I would journal and make playlists. I took it all in, absorbed it until I felt like I truly understood more than what the pages told me. There are a lot more to books then we think and if you take the time to savor it you might just enjoy reading again. I don't view reading as just a way to pass the time anymore I view it as an experience. So my advice to you is whether you're in a reading slump or not: take the time to take it all in. Even if it's just a day before picking up another book. Give it a chance, form a connection with the literature that you just read. Because at the end of the day reading is a hobby and you should love doing it. There's no reason to rush
