I said in one of my previous posts that
summer is the prime time to catch up on reading, as those of us who are now on
our summer holidays have a lot of free time to use up (to read that post click
here). Sadly this has not been the case for me so far. Ever since reading two
books that, to me, were rather tedious, I have been in the seemingly
inescapable black pit that is a reading slump (Those books were The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare and Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey. Sorry if you really liked them...).
Yes, the reading slump hit me hard and
fast, and for weeks I have been fighting to overcome it. The relief I felt when
I finally finished the books that I consider to be the culprits for this dip in
my reading habits, well, it was fantastic. I returned the first to my friend
and the leant the second, and now I can get on with reading some better books.
‘Cause that’s the good thing about reading bad books isn’t it? To make you
appreciate the goods and the greats even more. We are bound to come across
mediocre books sometimes and just because they have slowed us down reading
wise, doesn’t mean should let them drag us down completely. Sometimes books
can be extremely well written, yet are read tantalisingly slow – as was the
case with one of my reads. And if the book isn’t very well written, then take
inspiration from that and tell yourself that you can do better. If you’re a
young writer like me, then this can do wonders to your writing confidence when
it may have been lacking a bit before.
This reading slump has left me feeling a
bit helpless, but mostly irritated; discovering new books and their tales is
something I am very passionate about and that, really, I consider to be a huge
part of me as a person, and it’s frustrating to be reading so slowly. But I guess
I just have to plough on and continue to read, hoping that the books to come
will be better.
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