What book are you reading?

askeeney · April 2019

SON a psychopath and his victims. Graphic, but my favorite parts are the in-depth character study of his two love interests.

michael1976_ca · April 2019

No Angel by jay dobyns

I'm almost done it

Reckoner67 · April 2019

Your Weakness When It Comes to the Opposite Gender: How to Recognize It, and What to Do When You Are Eventually Murdered By It

askeeney · April 2019

Reckoner67 wrote: »

Your Weakness When It Comes to the Opposite Gender: How to Recognize It, and What to Do When You Are Eventually Murdered By It

This sounds right up my ally. Definitely will check out

Tima1819 · April 2019

I am currently reading Orlando by Virginia Woolf

doingthisforme16 · April 2019

The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse. First published in 1923, but as zany and as funny now as it was back then. Nobody crafts words quite like Wodehouse.

ilfaith · April 2019

Just finished Daniel Silva's "House of Spies" which I borrowed from my dad when we visited. About to start "The Three-Body Problem"...a Hugo Award winner by Cixin Liu.

mabearof6 · April 2019

Damage Control by J.A. Jance

doingthisforme16 · April 2019

Catching up on some Doc Savage

HeadInThaClouds · April 2019

I love to read! I also work in a public library so ya know, I think books are the best.😁 Reading these two right now...

Extinction Evolution (Extinction Cycle) (Volume 4)
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. * This is an excellent series*

And

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
by Sarah Smarsh *This one's been a decent read as well*

I would have posted images but my tab says no...

seltzermint555 · April 2019

I just finished this one on vacation and it was pretty eerie but good overall.

Makes you think deeply about poverty, family, and human trafficking.

quietmousie · April 2019

There are a few: The Radium Girls, The Bully Pulpit, Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, American Monk, Beauty's Kingdom.

seltzermint555 · April 2019

quietmousie wrote: »

There are a few: The Radium Girls, The Bully Pulpit, Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, American Monk, Beauty's Kingdom.

The Radium Girls was so freaky and sad!

AutumLeaf · April 2019

HeadInThaClouds wrote: »

I love to read! I also work in a public library so ya know, I think books are the best.😁 Reading these two right now...

Extinction Evolution (Extinction Cycle) (Volume 4)
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. * This is an excellent series*

And

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
by Sarah Smarsh *This one's been a decent read as well*

I would have posted images but my tab says no...

Hello fellow library worker 😊.
Do you also keep ordering yourself more books than you can actually read?

I'm currently reading - The sun does shine: how I found life & freedom on death row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin.

AutumLeaf · April 2019

seltzermint555 wrote: »

JustAMurmur wrote: »

princess7955 wrote: »

I've started 3 books and couldn't get through any of them. Nothing is keeping my interest long enough. All 3 are different authors and different genres.

So how does everyone get over a reading slump?

I try reading something short that's in a genre or topic that I don't normally gravitate toward. I've found lots of new authors and interests that way. I also listen to audiobooks or teach myself something new.

I do the same. Usually I'll turn to non-fiction, graphic memoirs or biographies when I'm in a fiction slump. If I'm just burnt out in general that is when I actually *buy* a book instead of hitting the library...I can almost always locate something from a favorite author or something that just sounds amazing and is worth a bit of cash to get my reading mojo back!

I've recently turned to non fic/memoirs after a long slump. I tried genres I don't normally read to get out of it. I wasn't sure whether I just kept picking up books that I just couldn't get into or it was my mental state. Just felt like every book had become predictable,didn't feel like there was anything new.

I've found since getting books from the library instead of buying books less pressure because if I buy , I'll force myself to finish it even if I hate it & takes me months & months. But if I'm just borrowing books I don't lose money if I don't finish it.