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I PUT OFF READING ACOTAR FOR LITERAL YEARS- IGNORED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TELLING ME I WOUKD LOVE IT, AND WENT INTO THE FIRST BOOK SO PESSIMISTIC. AND NOW IM OBSESSED. I CANT PUT THE SERIES DOWN, ITS INFECTED MY SOUL. ITS MAKING ME FEEL EMOTIONS I FORGOT I HAD. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT

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“All you do is read”

I go on hundreds of adventures, live hundreds of lives, loved for a thousand life times.

It sounds like you just don’t have an imagination.

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•Happy New Year!!!•

It’s 2023!!

Let’s make this an amazing reading year!

Let us all find new books, love those books, dnf books that are not doing it for us, complete reading challenges and goals, read books that have been sitting on our TBRs for longer than they should be there, and to just have fun.

I look forward to seeing what this year brings.

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Here’s to you bookworms.

May you have a wonderful 2023!

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How to get out of a reading slump

A while back posted a list of ten books to help you get out of a reading slump, but I also wanted to post a more general list of tips I personally think are useful when you find yourself in a reading slump. (I have also talked about this topic in this ask). So here's some of my tips:

Take a break. Sometimes you can get in reading slumps because you are burned out, maybe not just because of reading, but that can be affected as well. You have no obligations when reading (unless of course if you have to do it for school/uni, in which case I would still recommend trying to get some time off or at least slow down a bit in order to get some energies back). Sometimes accepting that you are in a non-reading place in life it's the best solution.

If you feel like it's a book you are reading that is putting you in a reading slump dnf it, or at least try to switch between that and another book. I personally tend to get stuck when I have only one book in my currently reading pile, because I need to vary often, so I like to have at the very least two books that I am currently reading. Realizing this about myself made me read much more, because I have avoided a lot of reading slumps. I'd also like to add that there's no shame in dnf-ing a book, if you are not enjoying your time with it there's no reason you should keep forcing yourself to read that. Maybe it's not the right time, and you'll enjoy it more in the future, or simply the book is not made for you, which is totally fine.

Graphic novels are a great compromise to get some reading done when you are in a reading slump, but you still want to something to read. This is specifically my solution for when I am in a reading slump caused by being burned out. Graphic novels tend to require less brain energy, and the illustrations usually help a lot with the flow of the story. I think this is the safest option when you are in the worse reading slumps.

Audiobooks are your best friends, whether you want to listen to it while doing other activities, or you want the narrator to help you while you follow the page, I feel like this is another great option. I personally love audiobooks, and I like to always have one on the go. This is again a great option if you are feeling burned out, in those cases I really like to listen to the audiobook as I take a walk, or even as I play some mindless games online like tetris, and similar things. These are also a great option to help when the book you are reading is putting you in a reading slump but you really have to read it. I have used audiobooks a lot in high school to help when I had to read poems or big classics.

Short story collections can be one of the best options to get back into reading. These take off the pressure of being consistent in order to remember things, because you can pick them up and leave them as you like, since most stories won't be over 25 pages usually. There's also some great options of collections that include multiple genres, which can be very helpful when you are stuck and don't really know what you want to read.

Fairytales and kid's books might not come to mind as soon as you think of what to read, but they can be very helpful to get you out of reading slumps. They are short and lighthearted which are two fundamental characteristics of good books to get you back into reading. And rivisiting some childhood favourites is always a great choice in my opinion.

Reread an old favourite or a comfort book. I know some people don't love revisiting old favourites, but I personally love them. You always get something new out of the story, and rereading a plot you know already can take off a lot of the pressure of reading, because you don't have to pay the same attention as with a story you know nothing about. This can be very helpful when getting back into the habit of reading.

Set up a cozy place to read. I am all about romanticizing the small things in life, and this is a very effortless way to put you into a good mindset to read. I personally like to light a few candles, make myself a nice cup of tea, maybe get a little treat to eat, cuddle up under a blanket and just read. Of course your set up might change depending on your preferences, just have a little fun with it, you could even try to read a bit while you are taking a bath.

Try to read outside. Similarly to the last tip, changing your enviroiment can be helpful sometimes. Some people like to read in a cafè, but you could also go in your garden if you have one or in a park.

Consume bookish content. This might seem stupid at first but sometimes seeing other people be excited about reading and books is very motivating. It has personally helped me several times.

Start a buddy read with a friend you feel comfortable with. Sharing your thoughts with someone as you read a book can keep the motivation up and a buddy read can be a great option to help with motivation, but be sure that you are comfortable with this person so that you don't feel too pressure upon you. Be clear from the beginning set a small goal and have fun with your buddy.

At the moment these are all the tips that came to my mind when thinking about getting out of a reading slump. Of course different people might have different methods, but changing things up can always be helpful. As I said at the beginning you shouldn't feel pressure when reading, and if it's a no reading moment in your life there's not shame in it, but I have also been stuck in reading slumps where I actually did want to read but I couldn't bring myself to do so, and many of these things helped me.

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Side blog to Viv bean, @whats_vivi_reading on Instagram

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Review: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

I am still trying to log my reading more diligently! And this one is the latest. Now there’s a title that makes it tough to recommend to people without a lot of disclaimers. :D

My psychiatrist is a specialist in medication management, and while he does see patients therapeutically, I’m not one of them; he sees me to prescribe ADHD medication and make sure I’m not having side-effects or misusing it. But of course part of the meeting is just chatting so he can gauge my behavior for himself, and in our last meeting we got onto the topic how I haven’t told my parents about my diagnosis because I don’t think any good can come of it. After explaining my somewhat complex relationship to my mother and stepfather, who I love but who also can be difficult, he recommended Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (subtitle: “How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents”) by Lindsay Gibson. 

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Genuinely makes me put a book down, big nope to those feels

Me, when characters who are practically meant for each other destroy their relationship by a misunderstanding they could have avoided if they’d just been honest with each other:

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God's sleepiest soldier (me) is being forced to toil away in the misery factory (gas station I work at) in order to afford life saving elixir (monstered energy)

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one of the reasons i use libraries for reading so much is because the books come with a deadline, and i either read it on the deadline or i dont and it takes a lot of the stress away from reading for me

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I’m bringing this energy into 2023

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INTP: oh God I am so tired

ENTP: when are you not

INTP: when I've gotten 48 consecutive hours of sleep

ENTP: have you ever done that

INTP: not yet but I got to 36 hours once when I was really sick and I almost felt well rested

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I don’t know how active I’ll be on here but I’m trying to novitiate myself to read more again. I used to enjoy it and now it’s hard for me to even finish a book- so I want to try to hold myself to at least reading a little more. And who knows, maybe this will hold me accountable lol. Anyways, I’m starting on my second book of the year (yeah I know lol, but we are trying to celebrate small victories), it’s a mystery called A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister

(hi i also haven’t used tumblr since idk 2016 so idk how this works/what things are called, pls cut me some slack haha). Have a couple photos of my dogs to take away from this rambling lmao (hi I also have major anxiety…if that’s not obvious…haha)