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Need vs Want?

eaphillips — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:12:39 -0500

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You might be in a slump right now because reading might feel like something you "have" to do rather than you "want" to do. After all, you have a list of books you "have" to read,and you blog regularly on books, so reading might feel like a job right now. The knitting and other activites are not required because of a challenge or a blog, so that's why you "want" to do them instead of the reading.

Maybe read some really silly trivial stuff that you don't feel is worthy of a blog post or much thought. Maybe allow yourself a break for a few days. If you treat the slump as a big deal, it will become a big deal. Forgive yourself and give your self a little knitting vacation. (Or blog about knitting books?)

Rarely leave home without a book

sassymonkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:19:17 -0500

I started carrying a book with me everywhere when I used to commute to work. Since I didn't have a car I took public transit early and public transit always seemed to have me arriving either 20 minutes early or 10 minutes late. Since I hate being late I would throw a book in my bag and read until the appointed time. I actually used to try to meet people in coffee shops and purposely get there even earlier so I could squeeze in extra reading time!

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

I think we have a little bit of everything in the house!

sassymonkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:17:20 -0500

Between what I read and what my boyfriend reads I think we really do have most genres represented! I just had some books delivered though and I'm hoping that one of them will give me a boost.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

I hope so

sassymonkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:16:05 -0500

And I also hope that it's less time versus more time. ;-)

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I've been going with it

sassymonkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:15:14 -0500

But now I've gotten frustrated with it. I have all these fantastic books around me and I don't want to read anything! Even browsing in bookstores isn't doing anything for me. sigh.

I'm trying out a new book tonight, hopefully it will get me back on a reading kick.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

I think my problem is too many lists

sassymonkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:13:37 -0500

I have too many lists (or one ginormous list, depends on your perspective) of books I "need" to read. I don't think that another would help me exactly. Perhaps a goal of reading x books from my stacks might...maybe next year. I have too much on the go right now!

I hear you on worn out. I've been too tired to read at the end of the day lately and somehow too busy to read during it.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Waiting Room Reading

Rhond7 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:59:37 -0500

I spend a lot of time at doctor's offices. I used to use the waiting room time to catch up on my People magazines, but then I realized how "germy" those magazines probably are. (Think about it -- sick people, fingers, coughs and sniffles?)

Then, I thought, why not use the time to read books? So, I take my own reading material. That way, I also have material for those moments when I'm stashed in the tiny exam room waiting for the doctor to come in.

Rhonda

I've only just started reading again.

kazari — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:17:53 -0500

And I was prompted by a few books I'd never normally consider. Get a friend to recommend you something sci-fi, or historic romance - anything, as long as it's something you don't normally read.

Slumps All Around

MiaHysteria — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:13:23 -0500

I don't know about a reading slump specifically. I have a business that I started 5 years ago that I'm feeling the "slumping" with now. As a matter of fact, it almost feels like more than slumping...more like loosing a passion. I don't know what you do with that.

Maybe time heals everything....even a reading slump?

~Mia.

My blog is General Hysteria~

Pick a new book

GingerW — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:53:26 -0500

I've found that when I'm in a reading slump, it's the "list" of books that gets me. I'm tired and I'm worn out and the "list" just feels like something I have to accomplish. Sometimes, honestly, just going to the library or bookstore and browsing--with no preconceived notion of picking something up--will spur me to a new book that doesn't feel like the work of the stack at home.

But then, sometimes (like now), I just go with it, let myself slump and watch tv, movies, surf the web, etc., since I know eventually it'll come back.

Ginger

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Busy life

Denise — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:20:48 -0500

I haven't been reading and it's due to being too worn out at the end of the day - when I'm super super busy, books fall by the wayside. I don't choose anything other than sleep over reading, though.

Now that the big kids are gone, I'll catch up on work and then get back to my normal reading patterns. By Wednesday, I'll be "normal" and probably finished with the book I've been NOT reading for the last several days.

Maybe Michelle's idea will get you motivated.... 101 books in 1001 days? Won't be hard to do, but might get you enthused about reading some of those books from your stacks?

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