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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I came to DCUM this morning to pose this very question, so I'm glad I searched back a few pages to see that it was already created.

Since January, I've had a series of books that I just can't get into.  It almost seems like it's a "me problem"!  I used to force myself to finish a book I start, but as soon as I started giving myself permission to drop a book I'm not enjoying, I so easily just give up on it.  I have a very deep wish list on Overdrive, so it's easy for me to move on.  There are more books than time.

Maybe I just don't have enough mental energy to be absorbed into anything too deep these days, and that's why I'm striking out with more books than usual.  I also haven't been as careful in curating my wish list, I just add new releases and anything I see with a good book review, whether or not I've read the description.  I think that contributes to my issue.

Case in point, "Survivor Song", a book about zombies and a virus.  I gave it a few pages this weekend, but went in blind, and quickly exited.  I would never have added this to my wish list if I had read a brief description.  [/quote]

It's not a 'you' problem!  It's that you are valuing your time as you should have been doing earlier.  It doesn't really matter if you don't have enough mental energy right for anything deep or if you didn't really like it.  Forcing yourself to read something doesn't gain you anything - it's not like pushing yourself to work out.  When you're reading for pleasure, it should be pleasant!

For the last year or so, I've been in a mental slump and don't want to read anything I have to think too much about.  I'm only in it for the story and and escapism right now and gifted myself Kindle Unlimited for the last Mother's Day!  DNF away![/quote]

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