Reading Slumps!

READING SLUMP!!!

Have you ever been in a reading slump?  How did you get out of it?  I've barely been able to read anything since the beginning of August.  I've started several books and I think that I have finished one book.  I'm used to reading or listening to at least seven books in a month.  On top of the slump, I hit my head and have been suffering from a concussion for the past few weeks.  So, reading makes my head hurt.  Even listening to audiobooks aren't working.  My blood pressure is elevated.  I told the doctor, if I could read, I could lower my blood pressure.  It's my release, my way to get away from it all. 

I'm hoping that I will be out of it soon.  I miss my books.  On another note, I've caught up on some television I've missed.  Like the historic season of Big Brother from this year.  It was quite a diverse season, and for the first time in BB history, an African American was crowned the winner.  If this is a spoiler for you, I'm sorry(but I didn't tell you who won).  

So tell me about your slump or slumps if you've had them and what was the book that got you out of it!!

 

Reviewing Slump!!

Happy New Year to all of my fellow readers!!  As 2017 drew to a close, I received some unsettling news about my health.  I'm still trying to get all the answers.  This news unfortunately, has sent me into a writing/reviewing slump.  I'm still reading and finished 4 books since I posted my last review.  But I haven't had the stamina to go back and write about these books except for a little one paragraph synopsis so that I can go back later and do the full review.

My plans were to do more blogging in the new year, I hoped to bring more content and more reviews.  I've set up my reading challenge for 2018 and have decided to go with 10 more books than last year, so I'm shooting for 85.  Also, I want to post on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the goal of posting reviews on Monday, stick with Winning Wednesday and some other fun content on Fridays.  I want to try blog prompts and interact with authors more.

In a few days, I will know the status of my health situation and from there I will be able to quell the anxiety I have been feeling for the past 3 weeks and focus more on life.  I hope you all will bear with me.  I have to give you my Best of 2017, what I have planned to read in 2018, and reviews of the books I finished up at the end of last year.

I thank you all for visiting my blog, 2017 was my most successful so far, adding 10 new followers and getting nearly half of all visitors last year alone and I've been blogging for 3.5 years now.  So I hope you will continue to read my posts and tell your friends.  I look forward to sharing my 2018 reading experience with you all.

Reading Slump!!!

So we are now 15 days into the new year.  I think that I have picked up one book so far this year and I haven't been interested in reading it at all. I'm not sure if its the content or me.   I really have no desire to pick up any books at this time. The last few that I did haven't held my interest long enough for me to keep with them.  But again, I'm not sure if it's the books or me.  I've even gotten a few of my favorite authors from the library to see if that will kick the habit and get me back into reading, but nothing is seeming to help.  I'm still reading to my kids, but reading for myself has been flying out of the window since the middle of November really.  I'm not sure what I can do to get back into the swing of things. All suggestions are greatly appreciated.  

If you have recently given me a book to review, I promise I will read it and review it for you, but at the present time, I can't say when.