I was originally supposed to be posting a review today, but I haven’t finished the book yet, so I decided I would talk about this ridiculous reading slump that I can’t seem to break.

April 2020 was the start of this crazy slump that I’ve been in. At first it was the anxiety surrounding the pandemic that started the slump, but now I feel like I’m just stuck and can’t get out of it. Every time I think that I’m getting my reading groove back, somehow it slips away again. And now I’m just not sure how to really get back to reading at that level again.

I miss reading though, and I feel like a part of my identity is missing when I’m not reading, so I keep hoping that I will get it back.

I’ve tried re-reading old favorites, reading middle grade or children’s books, reading novellas, letting myself choose my books by mood, creating detailed TBRs, participating in readathons, etc. They all seem to work at first, but then I slowly stop reading.

Have you suffered from an extended slump? How did you break it?