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Slumpy 😭

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There’s always one point or another in the year where I find myself falling into a reading slump and unfortunately it’s now that time. It’s been going on since the start of the month but I just didn’t want to acknowledge it! There’s a plethora of books that I want to read but I just don’t have the mental capacity at the moment to pick anything up. So I’m just going to give myself a break this month from posting any reviews and just try and get some of the other usual bookish content out so I might only post 2-3 times a week instead of the usual 5. If I do end up reading anything I will for sure post a review on my thoughts but I’m not going to force myself to. Hopefully I get back on track and start getting back into a reading mood again soon!

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Goodreads Reading Challenge Update

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Since we are in June (wtf) I figured it was a good time to check in and see how I’m going with my reading challenge and stats for the first half of the year. At this stage I have only completed 29 books and Goodreads says I am 14 books behind schedule if I want to complete the challenge whereas last year at this time I had already completed 67. I am honestly not that worried about completing the reading challenge, even though in the 4 years I’ve been on Goodreads it would be a first. I am just trying to get out of this reading slump I’ve been in for the majority of 2021. I think I am on the tail end though and I am getting more and more in the mood to read so fingers crossed for that! So far this year I have completed 9747 pages as opposed to last year where I had already read 27,598! So yeah I have some catching up to do, but I have some really good books on my TBR and I am excited to get stuck in and read!

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Feeling Slumpish!

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I just haven’t been in the reading mood at all for the last few weeks. I’ve been struggling to finish the various books I am in the middle of at the moment and I have no desire to pick anything else up. Its nearing the end of the month and I have only completed four books and all of them were under 300 pages and I am also 2 books behind on my Goodreads goal as well which I don’t think has ever happened to me before. There are soooo many great books I have on my TBR currently but the drive to actually pick them up and read them isn’t there. So what I have decided to do is just give myself a few days where I don’t even think about books, reading or blog posts, relax and let the groove come back in slowly. I know this slump isn’t going to last forever, I have these stages where I will fluctuate in and out of my reading habits and I guess I am happy it’s happening now at the start of the year as opposed to the end! So I don’t think there is going to be any posts for a few days, which makes me kind of anxious as I’ve never missed a day since I started this blog, but I am only human and I just have to let these things go. Hopefully you all are having a better reading month than me!

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Mood Reading/Reading Slump

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Over the course of the last few months I haven’t been giving myself a strict TBR and just picking out the books that I feel like reading at the time. Mood reading has been great because I feel like I’m not forcing myself to read books that I am not really feeling at the moment or reading just for the sake of finishing my TBR for the month. I didn’t like what I was feeling if I didn’t end up reading all the books I set for myself and it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for me. I started to feel disappointed in myself for not reading the books I was supposed to even though I wasn’t in the mood for them and it just really soured certain books for me because of that. So when I made the decision to just mood read and try not to be as strict on myself I actually flourished. I think it was the second or third month after that I completed 18 books (which is a personal best for me). I realised how much better this system was for me and when the quantity of books just kept getting high and higher it started to be all about the numbers. Once again if I don’t finish 14-18 books in a month, all of those feelings started creeping back in. It’s gotten to the point now where I don’t feel like reading anything and this month was probably the least amount of books I’ve read in a very long time. I’ve started to become more aware of what I am doing to myself and I have decided to give myself a pass for December. If I only read one book or if I read another 18, if I read a ton of new releases I’ve been putting off or if I reread multiple books from my collection, its no big deal. Reading is something I do because I love it and I think I just need to take a step back and remember that!

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A Little Slumpy??? 🤷🏾‍♀️

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IMG_4163I think I am on the cusp of a reading slump!! It’s already the 10th July and so far I have only completed 3 books, one of which was a novella … usually at this time of the month I’ve already read around 6-8 books and am itching to continue on and read something else but I’m just not in the mood at the moment. Coming off that fantastic reading month I had in June I had high hopes to ride that wave into July but no such luck. I started reading the long way to a small angry planet on Monday and as of today I am still only 100 pages in. I am actually really enjoying the storyline so far but I don’t have that drive to pick the book up and actually finish. I don’t know if I should just start something else that’s maybe a little more fast paced or try to push through? I’ve had this kind of situation happen before and I ended up not reading anything for close to a month and I definitely don’t want that to happen again! There’s just too many books on my TBR that I’ve been looking forward to reading, I don’t have time for a reading slump.. I think I might try some of my other options that I have on hand and try to kick start my reading drive again!

Happy Reading 📚