My goal for tomorrow is to simply OPEN a BOOK😭 My life is going great but I am in a reading slump🥲 If anyone has any suggestions for book to free me please let me know🥺 #booksky - ThreadSky

tyrasbooksky.bsky.social • 41 days ago

My goal for tomorrow is to simply OPEN a BOOK😭
My life is going great but I am in a reading slump🥲

If anyone has any suggestions for book to free me please let me know🥺

#booksky

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gloktaknowsbest.bsky.social•41 days ago

Novellas are great for ending slumps. Quick to finish and give that sense of accomplishment. If you like sci-fi, try All Systems Red, the first of the Murderbot series.

wildflower-farm.bsky.social•41 days ago

I manage a book club. We are reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, hope it's spelled right.

Recently I read The Frozen River, and The Bee Keeper Of Aleppo, 2 very different books. Both excellent.

For my ongoing homestead studies reading The Fox Fire series. Love it!

wildflower-farm.bsky.social•41 days ago

For my personal fun reading, The Powers Of Darkness. A translation of Dracula into Icelandic some years after Dracula was published. In I want to say 2014ish some genius translated the Icelandic back into English only to discover the story was alarmingly different. A literary mystery.

wildflower-farm.bsky.social•41 days ago

I would recommend any and all these books. They are all fantastic. But for The Powers Of Darkness, you really need to know Dracula and to have read it. The rest have no prerequisites.

transcatdad.bsky.social•41 days ago

I agree, find a book you know and love! Or find a super funny, light hearted book. I am reading Carl the Dunegon Crawler right now. Funny ridiculous book but doesn't take much effort to read.

saffronmay.bsky.social•41 days ago

My foolproof method is to start like 5. And somewhere along the way I'll go " hmmm what was that book about the fae hunters and there was a brownie?" And I'll pull that one back up!

badamn.bsky.social•41 days ago

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

wondra1984.bsky.social•41 days ago

Try Finnegan's Wake. That should fix your slump.

bookdragon-queen.bsky.social•41 days ago

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermester!

https://ericabauermeister.com/books/no-two-persons/

alecrayauthor.bsky.social•41 days ago

This inspired me to put down my phone and read (The Iliad, translated by Emily Wilson)

sydneyscottauthor.bsky.social•40 days ago

I have a new book that just came out today. I also love, love, love Shoot Your Shot by @maurayzmore.bsky.social or any of @matildamadison.bsky.social amazing historical romance novels.

readwithash.bsky.social•40 days ago

No good recs, just someone in the trenches with you. I’ve had to borderline bully myself into reading two books since October, and it’s breaking my heart.

jwflowers.bsky.social•41 days ago

Terry Pratchett!

authork.bsky.social•41 days ago

I was about to read handmaid's tale

anovelbeauty.bsky.social•40 days ago

I feel your pain. 😭
I’m also in a reading slump so I’m just looking at the rest of the comments for everyone else’s suggestions.

notmuch-apoet.bsky.social•40 days ago

I love a kids book to get out of a slump!
My faves are The Kneebone boy, The Thief Lord, Are you there god, it's me Margaret, and Redwall:)

habtessier.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Women
Thursday Murder club
Where the Crawdads Sing
Bel Canto

geengeenreads.bsky.social•40 days ago

have you read that time i got drunk and saved a demon by kimberly lemming?

tyrasbooksky.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes, but a reread might be what I need🤭

kimberly-dee.bsky.social•41 days ago

Furiously happy: a funny book about horrible things by Jenny Lawson

dogtorapproximate.bsky.social•41 days ago

I often find reading slumps are broken by reading a memoir or autobiography- even a biography. I'm nosey .

lauannm.bsky.social•41 days ago

Start with a book you already know and love!

gellaaaaaa.bsky.social•41 days ago

Legendborn by Tracy Deon
Shepherd king duet by Rachel Gilig
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (if you’re open to reading a Filipino cozy murder mystery)

anovelbeauty.bsky.social•40 days ago

I second Arsenic and Adobo as well as Legendborn.
I haven’t heard of the Shepherd King Duet but I love your other two suggestions so I feel like it must immediately go on the tbr now.

gellaaaaaa.bsky.social•40 days ago

The Shepherd King duet is a gothic fantasy romance set in a magical world and follows the FMC who has a monster living inside her and they work together to try to save her world from dark magic. This is also an instance where I feel the second book was better than the first which I rated 4.5-5 ⭐️

skrykey.bsky.social•41 days ago

Ooh, Arsenic and Adobo sounds interesting. I used cozies as palate cleansers between heavy books.

gellaaaaaa.bsky.social•41 days ago

It was one of the first books I picked up when I got back into reading for fun a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. Plus it was very nostalgic for me since Filipino food acts as side character throughout the series (I think there’s 4 or 5 in the series but I’ve only read the first 2 books).

skrykey.bsky.social•41 days ago

I love cozies with recipes in them. I'm new to Filipino food but I have really enjoyed what I've had. My husband comes home from work potluck dinners with loaded down plates from some coworkers who know we like trying different cuisines. In return he makes extra cheesecake for them.

un5toppabl0.bsky.social•41 days ago

Animal Farm by Orwell or Ban This Book by Gratz are two of my favorite reads that I just read again! 📚.

bluematin.bsky.social•41 days ago

What about reading the book out loud to others? Maybe the motivation and purpose behind that will help you?

averagebookgerblin.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is what did it for me, but you gotta like vampires for this suggestion to work. 😅

beggle.bsky.social•41 days ago

I broke my slump reading spice! Now I'm all in. Navessa Allen's Lights Out was really good. Stalker who is also a Golden Retriever Boyfriend... and it works!

psychologyofmagic.bsky.social•41 days ago

I just finished Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. Modern Southern Gothic. It was sad and beautiful.

donnell.bsky.social•41 days ago

What do you like?

tatertotfreakk.bsky.social•41 days ago

Start with something short and not too overwhelming. Some short ones I enjoyed recently are Galatea (super short) and News of the World.

csmith1.bsky.social•41 days ago

I just read the Berry Pickers by Amanda Peter, great book.

thatbookladyselena.bsky.social•41 days ago

I’m with you on opening the book!

c4claire.bsky.social•41 days ago

Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday broke my reading slump this summer. It is light and fun but not frivolous.

Good luck!

meocartdis.bsky.social•41 days ago

If you have Spotify premium you get ~15 hours each month starting on the day of the subscription. It sucks that’s it’s only 15hrs but there’s a lot of books you get with it for free

aiesjay.bsky.social•41 days ago

Are self recs okay…?

farmerrenee.bsky.social•41 days ago

I asked the same a couple if weeks ago and got lots of suggestions from people. I've just bought myself a kindle to rekindle my love if reading which has been put off due to overcommitted work life which has now changed.

farmerrenee.bsky.social•41 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/farmerrenee.bsky.social/post/3lfm5vy2u322g

handle.invalid•41 days ago

I am reading "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. It is wonderful.

plasmanerd.bsky.social•41 days ago

Have you found “murderbot”? It’s just a security bot that wants to be left alone to watch its stories - but has to keep Saving its humans from their stupid decisions.

saffronmay.bsky.social•41 days ago

That... sounds amazing!!

plasmanerd.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is! It's by @marthawells.com and there's. Collection of short stories, about a day or two or three read each if reading all day long, and then also one Novell.

yojohnson.bsky.social•41 days ago

Find the shortest book on your shelf and read that. The feeling of finishing a book might set off a chain reaction to finish more.

tyrasbooksky.bsky.social•40 days ago

I have tried to do this before and it ended up taking 2 months to finish an 80page book😭😂

oneniceerin.bsky.social•40 days ago

Then pick up another. You'll find one that grabs you and sucks you in! Good luck!

oneniceerin.bsky.social•40 days ago

I did this very thing last night as I stood in front of my TBR for 25 minutes. Happy to report that I got 75 pages in before I fell asleep. 😊

tyrasbooksky.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this🥳

tracyangel.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is an amazing piece of work.
Available as audio or text on the Libby app (also free).

akiapapaya.bsky.social•41 days ago

usually I can pull myself out of slumps by rereading old favorites, but also you don’t need force it. it’s okay to need to recover and just be slumped for a bit!! ♥️

ryansforbeson.bsky.social•41 days ago

Ruth Ware. Turn of The Key. If you like mysteries.

indiawrites.bsky.social•41 days ago

Open up a comfort book/ series that you enjoy. Nothing too heavy. I went back to the Twilight series to get me out of my last reading slump.

jetxebe13.bsky.social•41 days ago

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

jameshendersonreal.bsky.social•41 days ago

I recently picked up Journey to the West (abridged), phenomenal read if you want to expose yourself to other cultures and mythologies

it’s also really really funny

sophiakb-writes.bsky.social•41 days ago

I just started Darkly and am enjoying it.
For a lighter alternative, Boyfriend Material is 👌

stephhyer.bsky.social•41 days ago

Reading YA novels got me out of my recent slump. Try Speak or Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social

The Giver by Lois Lowry is an often banned book, middle-grade great dystopian read.

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Pennar got me out of a slump before, too.

bookishpoodle.bsky.social•41 days ago

I second “The Lost Apothecary”. Wonderful book.

booksrus.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Invisible life of Addie Larue.

guitarmadguy.bsky.social•40 days ago

“Against A Dark Background” - Iain M Banks.

“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” - Phillip K Dick.

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