I've read some good books, some great books (STATION ELEVEN) and some ... other books.
But, now, I find myself in that unenviable position: What's next? The fuzzy photo on the left is all of the books I have on my bedside table at the moment. One pile of my own books, and one pile of library books.
Misery is on there, for the June readalong, hosted by the ever lovely Care of https://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/ and I had aspirations to start it today. I got about 10 pages in. I've read Misery before, and I do love it, but for today, my brain went "meh." So it's on the shelf, for now. I have a terrible unweildy omnibus which contains Misery so I might see if my library has a more hands-friendly copy and go from there.
My lunchtime ibook reading is Reaper Man by Mr Sir Terry Pratchett, and that's going okay. The book itself is wonderful of course, funny and sharp-witted and all of the best things. I took it with me today when I took spawn to the playground and my brain went .. "meh."
It's not you, lovely books, it's me.
I've had six months of excellent reading, and as I said previously, some excellent books, but I have hit that dreaded thing: The Wall.
Well, okay, I haven't hit it very hard, obviously, as I still have books on the go, it's more like .. I've stubbed my toe on the corner of the wall, and now I'm wary of touching the wall again because the wall means pain.
The wall.
(Sorry).
I want my momentum back, is what I'm saying. I want the wall to bugger off. Or better yet, crumble into dust at my feet. I realise that I haven't hit the other dreaded thing yet: The Slump, but I've been having such a good reading year so far, that I want to avoid that at ALL COSTS.
So. I'm thinking what I can do to dodge the evil slump, where it lurks in the swamps behind the Wall.
Old favourites?
Something entirely new?
Non-fiction?
Something I haven't thought of yet?
Any ideas? :-)
2 comments:
How about this one - http://chimamanda.com/books/americanah/?
Or another good one I've recently read -
Engines of Empathy by Paul Mannering :)
Put together a tasting menu for yourself! A nice pile of books from all the categories you list, and then you sit down and start sampling them, and see what grabs you.
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