Book Drought

Wow, I'm really glad I posted about this - these are all great suggestions. I'll have to try some of them (or all of them) out. Hoping to turn this slump around soon - there are too many good books out there to waste time not reading :).

I've been too tired to read but that's not quite the same thing as a slump.

Maybe re-reading an old favorite would help? Exploring a new genre? Try a graphic novel? Or a book written by a blogger. ;-)

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
Flamingo House Happenings ( http://www.flamingohouse.net/ )

I was in a reading slump a year ago and none of my usual reads were doing it for me. So I stepped out of my usual reading and picked up some books that were about cooks, food and their experiences. I read six books in a month that month! I could not get enough of it because the books matched where I was at my life. All of the writers were at turning points in their lives and so was I. I was also obsessed with cooking since I had the time (unemployment does that to you). 

Maybe you just need to scope out some books outside of what you normally read. You might surprise yourself with what you enjoy!

It's happens to me at least once a year, sometimes more. Sometimes I find rereading favourite books helps. I went through a particularly long-lived rereading slump this year - almost two straight months. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you just need to wait until a really, really good book hits your path. Good recommendations can help. Do you read book blogs? Book blogs often pull me through slumps with their recommendations.

The Welcome post ( http://www.blogher.com/search-group/82826/welcome ) and the help a blogher out post in the BlogHer Book Club ( http://www.blogher.com/groups/blogher-book-club ) have some good recommendations.

I'll see if I can't send in a posse with some more suggestions for how to kick your drought. ;)

Sassymonkey ( http://sassymonkey.ca/ ) and Sassymonkey Reads ( http://sassymonkeyreads.ca/ ).