5 TYPES OF READING SLUMPS

[@charlietheis4048]

What about the I-don't-know-what-to-read-I-wanna-read-everything-but-I-don't-wanna-read-anything-Slump?

[@xx-aa]

Charlie Theis THATS THE WORST ONE

[@Lorah8915]

Currently having this problem like honestly!!!

[@lpequestrian46]

How about the I'm in the middle of the last book in a trilogy but I just got a new book and I really want to read it too slump I'm really bad at naming things

[@exlibriszoey3068]

Same. Every time.

[@lpequestrian46]

Ex Libris Zoey when ever I get a new book i want to read it right away even if I'm reading another book!😭 I want to read so bad but when ever I try I never want to

[@ReadEatGameRepeat]

you forgot the "just finished a really good book and no other book can really compare" reading slump, where the last book you read was so good and touched your soul, and while you want to read other books - nothing really strikes your fancy :/

[@shelbypopwell4788]

Annedrie literally this is the reason for most of my slumps

[@elisenilsson8122]

A really long book hangover..

[@kaylayoung288]

I was waiting for this one the whole time! My #1 reading slump cause!!

[@pearliceberg5779]

Yes! I totally relate! It’s like you’re still in that world and it won’t let ya go!

[@angelbaby4349]

Me after reading Harry Potter XD

[@Annaromeos12]

No 6: The " I should read this book for school but I don't want to, but I cant read anything else because I feel like I should be reading the one assigned for school" slump Im not good with titles.

[@lifeofbooks]

anna tzioti YES

[@emyreads5259]

This is the title of my life at the moment 😂 Worst reading slump

[@veerleweymeers4789]

When I have to do reading for school I'm always like okey I'll do one reading session for school and one reading session in the book that I'm reading and that does help to get through boring school books 😊

[@SanaMonsterHigh]

Ugh that's me, then I don't read the book assigned, then the teacher gives us another book to read, and I still can't read anything else because I feel guilty of not reading the book I'm supposed to. What. A. Life.

[@SanaMonsterHigh]

veerle weymeers except when we finish a book we have another one to read right away 😞

[@vanessahansmann2465]

The 'everyone is loving this book so i'm probably going to love it too oh no I'm not loving it why am I not loving it i'm gonna force myself to finish it" slump *A catchy name*

[@jo0odoo]

The Theorist that's exactly what I thought too

[@emqueenofmemes2514]

Me with the entire Mortal Instruments series tbh

[@victoriabatista3913]

It's definitely turtles all the way down lol

[@MSTechie]

yass!!!

[@hinazainab9367]

Me with throne of glass

[@AClockworkReader]

Is it possible to be in all types at once because that’s me rn

[@mmmwhatthefuck]

A Clockwork Reader lol hannah same

[@karas4009]

I love you!

[@julianasbooks527]

A Clockwork Reader so true, but I am feeling the first one more

[@reneekeenan5399]

A Clockwork Reader yes

[@killerdemon275]

Woah your divergent

[@brittanylarson9466]

The worst reading slump is when you read a book you dearly loved and everything after it just feels meh to you.

[@jessieapril1298]

Omg, that is true After reading reading Harry potter at age 13 every other book just felt horrible compered to it. Then I tried the Hero of Olympus which were a blessing to me at age 14, but after that I just couldn't seem to get back into my reading game. So after almost a year I am going to try and force myself out of this slum

[@isabellelovesbooks]

Omg that’s me right now after Kenji Kishimoto’s novella bind up!! Every book I’m reading lately is so “meh”

[@jessjohnson6561]

Having this for like a year, so annoying 😡 BUT think I’ve escaped from it now 😂

[@veronikaduchajova589]

Zayna mooooood

[@ender4344]

The first book of Renegades for me. I don't even know why I love it so much but I do lol

[@carahamelie]

or the "I just read the best book ever and any other book I pick up will suck in comparison" slump

[@jessethereader]

yes, i didn't even think of that one when making this video! it's totally happened to me though.

[@anureetarora3717]

Exactly how I feel right now 🥺

[@Mattmurdockswife216]

Me right now cause I just read Simon vs the Homo sapiens agenda and now and I loved it 😂

[@zzzeina3566]

“Let’s take him to book jail” 😂😂 love this. I’m currently buying a lot of books but not reading them because I’m overwhelmed by the number of books on my TBR

[@fizzacheema4538]

lol same

[@14suryashi]

YASSS! THANK YOU! I have such a huge TBR ( more than 600) so I am like what to read first! Lol

[@madelingarcia2915]

Zzzeina ThAt shouldn’t have made sense but it made so much sense it hurts😂 Like you just wanna read bUt you’re not really getting into the book or falling in love with it you’re just reading books back to back without really retaining any of the love or appreciation for the sAiD book. (Wow ThAt was long and very aggressive 😂)

[@madelingarcia2915]

suryanshi kalra i remember when I would LOOK for books to read because I had NO tbr but now I do and it’s sO LoNg ( i MeAn not as long as 600 but 😂)

[@ender4344]

suryanshi kalra six freaking hundred? I hope you’re okay lol. My mental sanity would be extinguished if I had that many (I still have over a 100 so it's still really overwhelming lol)

[@NicoleMoon]

Who's in a reading slump right now? Cause same

[@elineknetemann4983]

I've been in a reading slump for a year and a half now (still going). I'm studying biomedical sciences at university and my head is too full and too busy that I can't read a book. I still buy books and I can read a few during the summer break but where I used to read multiple books a month I now read 5 books a year (all during summer). I really hate this feeling because I want to read (I love reading) but my head is just too tired. I just hope this passes once I graduate. You hang in there as well! It will probably get better soon! :)

[@NicoleMoon]

Eline Knetemann Thanks ❤ I hope it will get better for you too 😍 I know how exhausting studying can be and then we can't even lift our arms up, let alone use our brains to imagine worlds and people and everything 😄 I hope you'll be able to read more again soon 💕

[@macoi002]

I've only read 4 books this year because!! :(

[@NicoleMoon]

J Tmplz Noo 😭 I hope you'll be able to read more soon

[@jge8144]

Nicole Moon I just went through #4 in a reading slump. As soon as I finished it and saw a short story added, I said "No, THANKS"

[@maelleth1]

If you don't know what a reading slump is, you're the luckiest son of a b*tch in the world. xD

[@Grublin-OG]

Maelleth... Or the unluckiest. What about those who don't read!? They don't know what their missing out on :)

[@idkbutilikeskittle9286]

PhoKnight nigga

[@jina8960]

PhoKnight True...

[@Damayanti-ml4rp]

You called me

[@brittloos1334]

I know the feel of the reading slump, it's awefull, but isn t it the best feeling in the world when you finish the first book after a reading slump

[@Grublin-OG]

Britt Loos. AMEN TO THAT! :)

[@melodygu3art]

I just got out of a reading slump that was almost a year long and now I want to read EVERYTHING. Watching booktube videos made me want to buy and read more books

[@lifeofbooks]

Melody Guthrie CONGRATULATIONS!! (Is that the right word????) 😂😂

[@bakedsoupwithcakes5025]

Omg same xD I havent read a book for 2 years and last month i bought half bad and it got be hooked again.

[@elapeaker921]

Melody Guthrie How did you manage?!I have been in a reading slump for over a year and want to read a book so badly but just don't have the motivation and it's so anoyying !

[@LadyFeline3]

I feel you there. Didn't read anything for years, started reading regularly, got a new job and moved states, didn't read anything for another year and a half. Just got back on the reading wagon again in May. It's been good for me. Not so much for my wallet.

[@melodygu3art]

Ela Peaker Honestly I was watching study videos and somehow autoplay took me to booktube. Lol. I didn't even know it was a thing but watching the videos and seeing how excited people were about books made me excited. So then I downloaded an audiobook to listen to at work and started reading a book that I was excited about instead of trying to finish a book I had previously started that really didn't excite me at the moment.

[@skylargerman03]

I keep forgetting that you reorganized your book shelf and every time I see it I get SHOOK

[@BookLionQueen]

No. 6 “My anxiety sometimes makes me want to read so bad but I actually can’t. I can’t even force myself to read. I want to read but I go into an anxiety attack if I try” slump.

[@crystal7893]

This is me rn

[@this-tiffany7482]

have you ever hit your head while you do the intro? :))

[@bellanovela7742]

I get lightheaded just watching him do it LOL

[@kyleebutler8923]

This-Tiffany i would

[@scoutmoore12]

Bella Novela same

[@ender4344]

I would probably hit myself ten times before I manage to do it lol

[@rainlathrop5243]

The slump I've been in for about a year now is the "I'm too busy writing my own book to read an actual book" slump...still don't know how to get out of it.

[@lifeofbooks]

Rain Lathrop CONGRATULATIONS ON WRITING A BOOK THO!! I really hope to do that one day 🙂🙂

[@CitraStitches]

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write." - Stephen King

[@Blue81111]

And I will also add the "I have so many amazing sequels and I don't know what to read first" reading slump!

[@everestcanyon5647]

Draw a random title from a hat.

[@brundhaaa]

One word. #RELATABLE. Hands Down.

[@livnoe6431]

That last reading slump is me right now with finals 😭

[@afangirlsbookshelf]

Liv's Books literally the exact opposite I feel like I’ve been reading more since finals have begun ahhh maybe it’s my way of trying to deal with the stress but honestly IT HASNT HELPED IM STILL STRESSED BUT HERE I AM SPENDING TIME READING INSTEAD OF STUDYING

[@Ayuya2001]

afangirlsbookshelf Honestly same. I-know-I-should-probably-be-studying-but-I-just-*have*-to-know-what's-going-to-happen-next-in-the-book problem is one I just experienced the week before (and it's just my luck to find the most gripping books as finals are near)

[@afangirlsbookshelf]

yes yes yes! exactly omg luckily my last exam is tomorrow and then i'm freeee

[@rissyroooh4315]

SAME I have 7 finals in two days next week and I'm drowning in stress

[@Ayuya2001]

Rissy Roooh 7 in 2 days?? I can't even imagine. Good luck!!

[@insertacreativebookishname458]

I feel soooooo guilty during reading slumps 😂😭 Also great video as always, you surely add a lot of things to the booktube community 💙

[@39feline89]

Let’s not forget the “ the only book I want to read right now is the one I didn’t buy and now I regret all my life decisions up to this point” slump

[@fruityogurt2536]

I'm in a huge reading slump. I've been in one for a few months SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@JAG-sp8cj]

Unknown Slytherin Try reading something short and enjoyable that's in a genre that you enjoy. When I was in a reading slump, I grabbed a 100 page book and managed to get through it. Hope my advice helps.

[@thetastiestjam]

The outsiders

[@georgialow155]

A book that got me put of a slump was The Raven Boys. You might like it. Or pick up an old favorite.

[@jackystar5099]

Maybe pick up a light read. Thinking maybe a light hearted contemporary. That's usually what gets me out of slumps and I don't particularly like contemporary.

[@koobikei]

audiobooks??

[@zgh0sttt]

I'm in a reading slump right nowwww 😭😭😭

[@laureenloewen17]

Zoe Ghost SAME GURRLLL

[@mavie3716]

SAAAAAMEEEEEEEE 😂😭

[@Grublin-OG]

Zoe Ghost Same. Don't worry, we'll work through this together. READERS UNITE!!!!

[@manalandherbooks8979]

I was in a huge reading slump for years but I finally really got back into reading this year. Once I graduated and did my post grad law exams I really just felt like I finally had so much time to dedicate to reading. And then I found booktube and here we are!

[@sophiemontecalvo7503]

I had that high after watching Rogue One. It was just... it was so good that it made me feel that nothing, not even books, could ever match up. And [ending happened], so what's the point of going on? Then I found Catalyst: A Rogue One novel.

[@JamesLawner]

Sophie the Jedi Knight Did you also reading Rebel Rising? It’s all about Jyn’s backstory that the movie purposefully didn’t include. Also, there’s Guardians of the Whills, which is is all about Baze and Chirrut’s backstory, which was also not included in the movie (Yay Movie DLC!)

[@sophiemontecalvo7503]

I actually have a copy of Rebel Rising on my shelf right now. I'm so looking forward to it. And I wasn't sure if I would pick up Guardians of the Whills at first, but now I difinitely will. Thanks!

[@annavinar5292]

Been there, done that 😂#relatable

[@abby_4144]

what about the "the last book i read punched me right in the feelings and i am too emotionally unstable to invest myself in another story right now" slump?

[@lobstergal4643]

Personally I like to listen to audiobooks when I am in a reading slump. I definitely knew about reading slumps before KZbin. But that's because ever since I was young I have always been pushing myself to read as much as physically possible. I'm a competitive reader but the competition has always been myself. Slumps do happen but I do feel the online book community drags them out. Just read what you want/can. Its not school you aren't being graded. Follow your bliss guys.

[@lunasvelte9521]

or the reading slump where you finish a phenomenal series and every other book BURNS your eyes

[@birdietalkstoomuch]

After a reading slump do you just like read 500 books in two days?

[@genevieveking5078]

Woah I'm A Red Panda how is that possible? Lol

[@jaydenbrewer1166]

Yeeeessssss

[@jordynprothero8172]

How is dis possible?😱

[@ender4344]

I wish. It would be a dream come true (But let's pretend we do)

[@JackieNoBones]

2:46 You're talking about Turtles All the Way Down, aren't you? It's okay. We forgive you. You do not have to love every John Green book ever.

[@jessethereader]

yep

[@JackieNoBones]

jessethereader FANGIRLING YOU RESPONDED FEELS

[@JackieNoBones]

Sorry. Had to get that off my chest.

[@camicamcam14]

Mood

[@akrivigriva8451]

@@jessethereader well, it wasn't that good. It's like his usual writing style had a fever.

[@girlonabookshelf4922]

“Sometimes you need a break from the things you love so you’ll appreciate them more when you get back to them!” This can be related to ALL aspects of life! Especially me with musicals! Because I have a break from listening to a sound track and think I’ve fallen out of love with it because I don’t listen to it as much then I give it another listen/binge and I realise I still love it!! It’s natural to get in a slump and you should never be ashamed! Amen and happy holidays everyone! 😘💕❄️ 🎅🎄🧦

[@cailakreads7750]

Omg! I am in slump #4. It's so hard for me not finish a book. It's like I like the book but I don't ever want to read it... so I'm picking up another book and hopefully I will get through it

[@LindsNW05]

2020 has just been a bad year, especially for my reading. It's like we are getting hit on all sides of us and my brain can't process it fast enough and it's taking a HUGE toll on my reading. I mean I have read, but by now I'd have read a WHOLE LOT MORE.

[@emmmabooks]

i needa know the hyped book you didn't like O.O this was a great video!

[@Ayuya2001]

emmmabooks it's Turtles All The Way Down

[@saige6442]

I've been in a 'I don't feel like reading' slump for 3 months and it's so horrible!!!

[@colitamb]

My slumps are usually ‘I get so so excited with his book that I don’t want it to end so I’ll put it down”. Basically I get too happy to continue read. 😅 is this a weird thing?

[@gimygaming8655]

Coli Tamb nope, happens to me too

[@everestcanyon5647]

When I was reading the Wings of Fire Winglets. Only 125 pages of three short stories. No! By next stopping point, I'll be too much closer to finishing than I want!

[@mirandar7775]

I'm currently in the internet reading slump. I spend my time on Quotev or Wattpad more than reading professional authors which really sucks because there's a lot of books I really want to read but I just can't bring myself to do it

[@bellanovela7742]

I just came out of a major slump and currently I'm in a mini slump in the middle of a book aaarrrrrraaaaaahhhhhh

[@JAProductions494]

One of my reading slumps was during Oliver Twist and it was a “I really can’t be bothered to try and understand the old times language from the 1840s slump”

[@JP-fg2vo]

Sometimes I want to read like 30 books at once and I can't read it without thinking about the next book to read slump

[@walle4918]

Am just now breaking out of a 4+ year reading slump so this video hit hard lol. It was like my brain couldn’t concentrate or connect with the words on the page and reading wasn’t fun anymore. Now with a lot of time on my hands I was binge watching your videos about reading. I had just recently watched a nostalgic Disney movie called Avalon high. And remembering it was based on a book I’m like I wonder if it’s any good. And believe it or not I read 40% of that book in a day and I enjoyed it! Now I’m looking forward to the time I get to read and am excited for the next day when I can read again. Thanks for helping me get out this slump. I can’t wait to read all the books!

[@MysteriesofWriting]

Hahaha I've gone through the first type of reading slump recently and it really did make me worry I'm not a real reader etc. It's hilarious thinking about it now. 😂

[@bmontejano7596]

I loved that quick little dramatic moment when explaining a book slump and how quickly you went back to normal. I kept rewinding it haha. The slump that kills me is the one where I don't feel like reading because it will ride out for TOO LONG if I don't tackle it right away. Super relatable 😁.

[@rhyjay]

The only reading slump I like is the one where you just keep watching book tube videos and you basically consider that reading.

[@storybookgirl5849]

The colors of your books on your bookshelf now is so much more grown up! So proud!!!!

[@kenziereese76]

*likes video before watching* ... I love your content so much Jesse, thanks for brightening my day with this video!

[@burntblueberrywaffles]

I’m in a “Every single book sucks because they’re either dumb and cliches or too hard and boring” slump. Obviously not every book sucks, but sometimes it feels like it, I’ve started so much book and ended up not being able to go farther than a few chapters, at this point I’m scared of picking up a book, because I don’t want to buy a book I’ll never finish, or borrow one at the library only to run out of time and having to return it without reading more than a few chapters. That said, when I find a book I actually like, I treasure it so much more.

[@elliemcelroyy]

Agh, I’ve been days with out reading. It’s fine. *then I turned one*

[@missmadyreads]

One slump I have often is kind of like the "burnout" slump. When I read to much, I get bored because I feel like I'm reading the same stories sometimes. So it's nice to take a break from reading once in a while and then when II come back to books, my love for reading is sparked anew again.

[@jjamieallover]

number 4 is me trying to get through clockwork angel lol i'm hoping it does not continue for the rest of TID

[@mimik9948]

It gets so so much better and is one of my favorites!!!

[@BonesandBooth92]

Jamie Schuh KEEP GOING THEY GET SO MUCH BETTER!!! I agree clockwork angel is a bit of a slow burn but clockwork prince is a masterpiece U WONT REGRET IT!! 😁

[@IndianBooktuber]

You're so right when you said reading slump is something created by online communities. I personally thing it's ineffective to force yourselves to read. Let yourself want to read books instead of forcing yourself. It works better!

[@julia-gorman]

number four happened to me with six of crows. i really thought I was going to like it and was so disappointed.

[@BonesandBooth92]

Julia I wasnt super impressed w it either but the 2nd book crooked kingdom was really good! I only kept going bc crooked kingdom was for booksplosion and im so glad i did!

[@ColorfulDreams]

Julia same I didn't like it

[@camilamvera9363]

I've started reading Six of Crows like three times already and just can't keep reading it and I really want to. I will in time I guess, but everyone says it's so awesome I thought it would be one of those books I start reading and don't leave my room until I finish it... And nope.

[@kaylayoung288]

OMG THE EXACT BOOK I THOUGHT ABOUT WHILE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE SAME!!!!!!! Now I'm having the same trouble with Crooked Kingdom because I keep thinking well maybe I'll like this one better....

[@hellobookworms3083]

I have been in a reading slump for over a year but I keep buying books!

[@fercortes1d]

Jesse notification, I'm here!!!!

[@fizzacheema4538]

For me sometimes like if I keep reading physical books then I don't wanna do it anymore so what I do is I change the format i listen to audiobooks and when I don't wanna listen to audiobooks I read ebooks, it helps me get over my reading slump

[@helin1978_]

I'M THE FIRST LIKER UH HOW

[@jennetteperdomo6046]

"Because obviously no one cares." I love jesse so much

[@julia-gorman]

I'm MAKING myself not read so in case I get books for christmas I won't already have them :') I'm almost dead. I don't think I can make it

[@BonesandBooth92]

Julia 😲 reading this hurt my soul lol i could never do that!

[@harriet_hobbit]

I'm in the last one. I honestly feel that I won't be able to read that much until like June 2019. My sixth form gives me a crap ton of work every week! This week I had 2 essays, 2 exam questions and 2 basic bullet point notes (which both took me roughly 45 minutes to do). I feel that I have no time to read...But, I'm trying to find little spaces of time where I can read...It still upsets me that I cannot read as much as I did before, or at the same pace. But I'm happy that I'm still reading, as that is all that matters.

[@StarsAndEmbers]

The "life is too good for fiction" slump has only happened once to me and that was during my trip to America. I bought plenty of books there, but didn't start reading them because I was so excited to explore this different country. So I didn't read for a month.

[@weamali6520]

I was in a 2 week reading slump, but yesterday lay I watch a lot of read-a-thons and it just made me get out of my reading slump! Already 71% on a book👍😊🥰

[@wolfie1chan671]

How I get over a reading slump is watching videos about books and Even this one and that get me excited to read so I end up reading. :) I don't think its bad not to read. Just take your time and enjoy whatever your doing and then slowly get back into reading.

[@tometimetea6621]

Reading slumps can happen to anyone. While in a reading slump it is hard to remember that and it can be a little disheartening the longer the reading slump takes place. It’s good to be nice to yourself and give yourself some space. I personally enjoy reading graphic novels when i feel a slump coming on.

[@crayonfactory6340]

“If you don’t know what a reading slump is” boi I wish I didn’t know what a reading slump is. I’m in a slump right now of “I don’t have any time to do anything so when I finally do get free time I’m too mentally exhausted to read.” I’m hoping that since tomorrow is my last final of the semester I’ll be able to pull myself out of this slump.

[@greykollasunneva]

I feel a lot better after watching this dude! I used to read SO much! one book after the other! Everyone knew me as that girl who always had a book. I loved that aspect of my personality. But then I suddenly just stoped, and I didnt read anything for almost 2 and a half years! I think I stumbled through only 2 books in that time. I just had no focus and no desire to read. For 2 YEARS! But this year I finally found my old spark again, already finished one book and started another. I feel so much better. And I indeed felt that I was a “fake book lover” for a while. 😅 you have an awesome Chanel thank you!

[@harleypaul3400]

I am in the busy reading slump, but what gets me out of them is watching booktube and traveling. When I travel, I read so much and I am going on vacation soon so hopefully I will get back into reading.

[@lycisca]

Yes, I experience the second type quite often! Other people read so much when they are on vacation, bc they have so much time, I tend to be overwhelmed by everything! And afterwards it takes a little time before I can really focus on reading. But luckily these slumps never last very long and it isnˋt that bad bc you are having a great time! 😊

[@Kala018]

My last reading slump was sooo long... it started like after summer and ended just a week ago. I heard about the mortal instruments (yeah I know I’m hopping late on that train.) but somehow I was so excited that I bought all six of them. I’m through 4 and I AM LOVING IT. It was about time to get out of that reading slump.

[@julielyles3636]

I have often been in the “I physically can’t stand to read another word or my eyes will burn up slump” in school from having to do my required reading for class. I pretty much lived on audible all through college because of these slumps.

[@nataliabartkowiak1015]

your cassandra clare books look so good in this angle

[@jessicaurvizu9395]

I hate reading slumps so much... i was in such a long one (almost two years long!!!😱) and i started watching your videos and you brought be back to reading and I’m so happy!😭😂 thank you Jesse!!

[@petrichor2932]

1:16 I replayed it like a thousand times, that was so adorable 😂❤

[@annaschorn2605]

There's also the "I-feel-like-a-relationship-has-ended-slump." OR also known as "the break-up slump." When you immerse yourself emotionally and physically into a fantastic book, you fall in love with the plot, the characters, and everything the story has to offer, and then. . .it ends, and you don't know what to do after that.

[@nicoleyvonne2446]

I can live with everything except the 'I too busy slump'. When I had so much to do for uni, I missed reading so much, that it really showed in my mood.

[@traecrayz]

I was in a reading slump for a year. I finally got myself back into the reading game and I'm glad I did. I wasn't able to read much. I would read halfway through a book and stop and go onto the next or just give up reading completely. It didn't help things around me were depressing and I was in a spot that really didn't help make me happy either. I guess this was a good change for that

[@marissaleimone9270]

I AM SO HAPPY I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON. the guilt about not reading, that hit me so hard lol. To get out of a slump I usually re-read a childhood favorite of mine.

[@hermoine1703]

I am going through the last one.This video is such an eye opener.I just hope I make time for the things I love in life.Afterall nothing matters more than happiness.

[@harasnicole]

Oh man, the Reader Burnout Slump is what I went through over the summer. Actually, before summer. I read so many books after another for the first four or five months this year that, by the time May or June came around, I just could not bring myself to read anything. I'd manage one, maybe two at the most, but that was probably my longest reading slump. As for how I got myself out of it? I don't know. I think I just started feeling that pull to my bookshelves again and picked out a book that seemed like something I'd enjoy (which happened to be Tilt by Ellen Hopkins) and started reading a little bit when I had the chance.

[@mikrokosmos-pluto]

My most recent reading slump is the "I want to read but I don't feel like reading". I had it for less than a year and I literally only read a few books here and there. It was the worst feeling. But I had an urge to take out a trilogy from my "unread books" section and fell in love with it. Now I'm back to reading again!

[@arianapearl5044]

I’m the first one all the time and the guilt KILLS me

[@abirabasu3036]

Yup i totally agree… it is okay sometimes to not to read the book

[@afangirlsbookshelf]

I definitely have a problem with forcing myself to finish a book even when I don’t enjoy it ahhh there’s so many books I wanna read and here I am wasting time reading a book I don’t enjoy *sigh*

[@immortalazure]

Loved this! Gone through all of them. I get stuck in: Can't pick which of my favourite series sequels to read reading slump, don't read because of the pressure reading slump. Or just read stand alones and never finish series.

[@firebow2810]

In the Christmas vacation I am doing sound for a small festival in my city (I'm the sound technician on our schools tech team) and if there's one thing I know for sure, it's that it's a lot of waiting until you get started. We always seem to finish putting cables down really quickly and then you just wait. So I'm excited to bring my books to that, since it will last a week and I've been wanting to finish Anne of Avonlea and glass sword.

[@adict126]

I have another type! 'The last book I read was so good that no other book will ever live up to it's bestness' slump, happened to me twice this year, books I've read were so good that no other book I picked up after that seemed good enough

[@lahlybird895]

Jesse: *hates reading slumps* Also Jesse: *makes a video about reading slumps*

[@chsinskyy]

'Sometimes in life, you need a break from things that you love in order to appreciate why you love that said thing." Beautifully said Jesse! ❤️❤️

[@natashiagushue3889]

I often find that I get into reading slumps due to life just being so busy and when I do get moments to reading, I can't quiet my mind enough to focus. This most often occurs with novels so, my strategy to get over it is to just read a lot of poetry books or really short easy reads. It always makes me feel accomplished and prepared to read a longer novel.

[@gliese72]

The “the last book i read slayed my emotions and i dont think ill ever trust another book again” slump has gotten me a couple of times *cough*kings cage*cough*😂😂😂

[@ritz673]

After I read a book, the rest of the day I don't pick up a new one until the next day or the day after that to absorb the book I just finished and not IMMEDIATELY have a new one playing in my mind (and heart). It gives me a chance to return to reality if only for a day or two.

[@pemmialcantara8040]

gosh, I had the worst slump and i'm just coming out of it. I spent the whole slump watching netflix and now i'm on a netflix slump and a reading marathon

[@SaturdayParker]

The Mortal instruments series burned me out with how much went on in those books.

[@tarulsharma1553]

That #4 happened just so recently!!! I was reading Wuthering Heights and in the middle of book I am saying to myself, "Ok! So now where's the best part? Maybe it is yet to come. Or no!! worse....It has passed" ( Me- flipping a few pages back) "Now I am really freakin up. I dont deserve to live anymore coz I cant just find what is soooooo good in this book that everybody had been talking about."

[@robertgronewold3326]

For me a reading slump is the period of time when I am writing my own book or going over matters with my editor. I have so many words in my face I don't want to see them for hours afterward.

[@ravenluvs2read]

I LOATHE reading slumps. I just got out of the longest slump I’ve ever had. Usually what’s puts me in one is the wanting to read a book, but not knowing what genre I am in the mood for so I just don’t read. My solution is to just step away and not try and read at all. If I try and force myself to read, it just puts me in a worse slump.

[@TheFairestFangirl]

Number 5 is me right now. I hate it! I’ve been wanting to finish Renegades and One Dark Throne but im just so swamped with work I can’t! 😭 thank you for putting all of those into words though because I’ve experienced all of them. lol. Have a great day Jesse!!!

[@deerinthewoods]

your video has brightened my morning up! thank you :) and yeah, guilt for not reading enough is so familiar...

[@Iry951]

Some of these types combine with each other as well! I just recently got out of a reading slump (don't know which type it was :P) and I think the best way to get over it is just to take a break from reading as long as you need :) I didn't even watch any booktube videos (of filmed one :/) and now I love reading and watching book videos again :)

[@katherine-nj7mb]

I had a reading slump halfway through The Assassin’s Blade and then I took a very long time to read Queen of Shadows. Now I’m back to normal reading.