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Originally Posted by shalym
Maybe try something lighter, a short story or something in a different genre from what your current "serious books" are? I go from crime fiction, to science fiction, to cozy mystery, to light fantasy, to historical fiction, with occasional horror or biography thrown in. It all depends on my mood, and what else I have going on in my life at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
If reading seems like an effort, definitely switch books. Why torture yourself, reading should be a pleasure. So what if your current read is not highbrow enough? Who cares? You should enjoy what you're reading, no matter the genre.
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I’ve been reading junk for the last few days, and by junk I mean junk, not just light reading. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but it makes me feel restless and dissatisfied because my mind’s not fully engaged. My biggest issue regarding the books on hiatus is that if I let them go too long they’ll be hard to pick up again and I do like them — well, I like two of them; the third is iffy but it improved as I was on the point of abandoning it. There’s a sweet spot of something that’s light, engaging and well-written, but they can be hard to identify. And of course when I do, I blaze right through them, so back to the drawing board.
I hate to start yet another book, but I think that’ll be my plan for this evening, hoping that lightning strikes re: the light and engaging.
Honestly, I think part of this funk is just being tired of winter. Still a long way to go, too.