Some of you may have noticed (at least the 15 people that still visit this blog might have noticed) that I’ve been in a slump. Not a life slump, per se, but a reading and blogging slump. I haven’t read a book since our book club book back in March, even though I have 10 checked out from the library, 5 borrowed from other teachers, and a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card burning a hole in my pocket.
Why do we get in slumps?
Honestly, it happens to me for a variety of reasons. My house is dirty. There are new things on Netflix. Life is busy. I have a million other things I SHOULD be doing.
But last week, I had the whole week off, and still didn’t pick up one book. (I did, however, eat a lot of birthday cake and jelly beans.) I’m dying to get out of this slump, but when I look at the books on my shelf (books I was previously dying to read), nothing catches my attention.
I’ve been in a reading slump in that I haven’t read anything since March, but I also haven’t really found a book I’ve loved in a few months. I started my year off so strong with I’ll Give You the Sun and the All Souls’ Trilogy, but alas, I’ve hit an roadblock.
What am I going to do about it?
I have a few options.
- Read a best seller. At least I have concrete proof that The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is good. Or at least not bad. Plus, it’s our book club book this month, so I kinda have to read it before April 27th.
- Reread a favorite. Both my mother and cousin are rereading the Harry Potter series, and I’m quite jealous. It’s always so hard to reread books as a blogger, because I want to be reading books that I can review, but hell, I need to get out of this book funk and Harry never steers me wrong.
- Latch onto a series. Normally, if the first book in a series is awesome, I’m dying to get my hands on the next few. The few last series that I attempted have been busts, but I’m going to get down to researching to find a new series I might love.
