Comments on: Reading Slump Confessions and Ideas for Kids

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:23:05 +0000

In reply to Jennifer.

I agree — life is too short! If I’m reviewing a book that I am forcing myself to get through. I give it a chance to about 1/2 or 1/3 and then abandon it.

YES! Reading is reading! I might make t-shirts that say exactly that.

And, thanks. Grace in abundance for these crazy times, right? Sending love, Jennifer — thanks for the comment!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:59:44 +0000

The past couple of years have been rough! In recent years I’ve been setting reading goals on Goodreads and that’s just for fun, nothing serious, but when I set my goal at the beginning of 2021 I told myself I wasn’t going to read anything that I didn’t enjoy. So I didn’t really read anything I “should” read like heavy non-fiction or big thick books on best-seller lists. Mentally, I just wasn’t there. So I tried to read funny books (like Jerry Seinfeld’s “Is This Anything?”) and short books (a few by Mitch Albom) and I read a lot of middle grade books, some with my kids and some on my own (“96 Miles,” and “Star Fish” were both excellent.) If I got a few pages or chapters into a book and wasn’t interested in it, I tossed it aside–guilt-free! LIfe is too short to read boring books, when there are so many better ones out there!

I have gotten a TON of graphic novels and comic books at the library for my kids in the past 2 years. I have zero interest in graphic novels now, but as a kid I loved the Sunday comics and comic books like Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes, so I’m guessing I would have loved all the graphic novels out now–so much variety! Any reading is reading! Comics, magazines, Mad Libs, joke books, cookbooks, etc. are what made me into a reader as an adult, not classics and assigned reading.

Good luck to you on your slump! Hopefully you’ll find just the right book to help snap you out of it, and if you don’t–just give yourself some grace and enjoy another fluffy read. It’s what everyone needs right now, kids and adults alike.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:16:35 +0000

In reply to Patti J. We will read...whatever we need to! Hugs to you both!

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:15:59 +0000

In reply to Angell. YES -- that is such a great idea!

By: Angell

Angell — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:46:50 +0000

((((HUGS)))) I totally understand. Been there and done that. What usually works for me is to reread favorites. Sometimes favorite books from when I was a kid/teen or favorites from just a year ago. It’s like revisiting old friends

By: Patti J

Patti J — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:50:30 +0000

I LOVE this idea!! I’ve been turning my nose down at my daughter’s Anime graphic novels, but why?? Maybe it will help her love reading. Thank you for your essay! (…and btw, I’m in a reading slump to. I hear ya loud and clear!)