Through this 3rd UK lockdown, I’ve been reading so, so much! I was on such a roll. I have loved working less and reading more and I will honestly be sad when I have to work full time again and go out and socialise.
When I started reading the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, I was excited to be reading a fantasy and really liked the main character. This series is all over bookstagram and I was dying to read it but… I got to the third book and gave up. I just didn’t want to read. I think it’s because the books were so big and it was taking up a lot of my time to get through them when all the while I was thinking ‘I could have read 3 other books by now’. Which is a shame, and I am by no means slamming the ACOTAR series at all, it has been so many people’s favourite series and I can appreciate its good elements but I just want to read other books.
Sidenote: Why does this sound like a break-up?
I just don’t think series reads are for me. I feel bad that I haven’t finished the series but I want to read a few stand-alone books before I consider going back to it.
I was so kindly gifted books for my birthday off my family and this definitely sparked my interst in reading again. I also went to Waterstones and picked up a few books and was so excited to start them. I am currently reading Sharks in the Time of Saviours which has pulled me in with its unique premise: Gods are alive in Hawaii and Nainoa is blessed by them. The experience of being back in a bookshop and finding this peculiar book has been enough for me to dive back into reading.
How have you got out of a reading slump before?
Happy reading,
Charlon
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