Feature and Follow #25 (Reading slumps)

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What is Feature and Follow?

F&F is a weekly blog hop that consists of book bloggers. It is hosted byAlison Can Read and Parajunkee. The rules of involvement are simple:

1.) Link up on the blog hop Linky gadget below this post, 2.) follow the hosts via their network of choice, 3.) follow the weekly featured blog(s) via their network of choice (listed as "featured" in the blog list below), and lastly, 4) check out the rest of the blogs on the hop! If you become a new follower of a blog, let them know and they will follow you back.

The F&F is a great way to network, meet other book bloggers, and gain new followers. Even more so, it's a great way to drive fun discussion on a weekly topic.
This Week's FF: 

How do you cure a book hangover/blogging slump/reading slump?


I'm a binge reader. The worst thing that can happen to me around work crunch times in my life is stumbling across a series read. I'll read one book in a day and a half and roll right into the next one after about a 2 minute break -- the amount of time it takes me to get back on Amazon and click the shopping cart. There are worse addictions in life. The problem is that I'll burn myself out. This happened over Christmas when I had an ENTIRE week off from work for family and travel and whatever my heart desired. What did I do? I stumbled across Melissa Landers and Jennifer L. Armentrout. NO regrets. But I did burn myself out on Scify and YA romances. Actually, I read so many books in a couple of weeks that I kind of burned out on reading all together. Weird, I know. But it happened.  Life started back up and I was distracted from reading for a while, but the next time I did pick up a leisure book (a good month) it was completely different from my norms. It was a gritty crime novel -- a genre I've never been drawn to -- and I loved it! This is usually how I get out of a reading/genre slump. I stumble across something completely different from what I normally read and I start a reading binge in that area...






Join in on this week's Penny For Your Thoughts... blog hop!


A Penny For Your Thoughts... hosted by The Book Cove
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Other Posts Of Interest:


Remember to check your follow links regularly - by Jessi - November 22nd, 2014
5 easy tips for making your blog more user friendly for blog hops - By Jessi - December 27th, 2013
CAPTCHA challenge presented by The Book Wheel and The Relentless Reader - By Jessi - August 16th, 2013

Comments

  1. Annette MillsMay 2, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    I don't have the binge reading problem -- too many things that I can't drop to do that, I guess. But I do think varying the genres of books you read helps a lot. Thankfully I enjoy a lot of different types of books. Here’s my F&FF.

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  2. BunnitaMay 6, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    I have binged read though not in the way you have. I'm binge reading the Harry Potter series in July actually. BTW I like your penny for your thoughts meme. New follower via GFC


    Bunnita at Worth Reading It?

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  3. The Book CoveMay 7, 2015 at 1:22 PM

    One of the perks of my job is a lot of travel time and between airports, planes, and trains that means a lot of reading gets done. So I am still pretty productive during my random binges ;)

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