re-reading nostalgic books is so real! after only reading a handful of books over the course of maybe 5 years, i reread the percy jackson series and, oh boy did it remind me how much fun reading is. i’ve now read about 120 books in the span of nearly 2 years after going through such a major slump for a long time.
The Cruel prince just RIPPED me out of a reading slump, it took me 4 days to finish that & the second book. As soon as my library opens I'm picking up the final I'm obsessed
It's definitely that connection that is my main reason for slumps. I almost go through a reading speed dating to try and find one that grabs me, and sometimes that takes a LONG time, which can be frustrating. I also know immediately if it's a connection too lol. My remedy is usually switching to my other reading love, graphic novels. If that doesn't work, I take a break until I miss having a book next to me all the time, lol. Adrienne Young was one of my best finds last year, I ate up her entire catalog 😍. Definitely added some from your recs here, especially the short section. Those help a lot, too, less pressure in a way because even if you hate it, you really didn't waste any time.
Reading Paladin's Grace for the first time felt like I was hit with pure serotonin. 😊 I absolutely love this book and keep rereading it every year. 🤸♀
I love re-reading books I loved as a kid or teen. Sometimes it’s harder with a more mature mind, but I still remember the love I had for them and it’s still a good time.
First of all the thumbnail deserves a shoutout. I love it, it's so silly yet so good.I myself have been in a book slump for over a year now and it's the most devestating thing especially when you love reading so much. I have tried everything but nothing works. I haven't been able to connect with any book. Hope this year I can get over it 🙈
I read Alone with You in the Ether and Your Blood My Bones because of your recs, and i love them both so much! They help me in my reading slump so thank you ❤
I've set my reading goal to a lower number this year because I want to tacle the bigger books in my tbr! Usually a goofy, dumb, easy to read romance gets me out of a slump! I find I get in a slump if I read to much of the same genre back to back, so I like to vary.
The salt grows heavy by Cassandra Khaw is short and so good. It’s beautifully written with the perfect blend of horror vibes, a wildly imaginative world and a love story.
I finished Blood over Bright Haven 30 mins ago before watching your video and I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN. I had to work and took it with me to read the last pages directly after work in the park next our office building. I haven‘t read a book that gripping in a long time
Almost teared up at the My Father's Dragon mention. I love revisiting books from my childhood - Ella Enchanted, Matilda Bone, The Midwife's Apprentice, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Cat Who Wished To Be A Man, Esperanza Rising, and the Unicorns of Balinor series to name some of my favorites
east of eden is my favorite book of all time. in fact I go back to it when I'm slumpy. I never reread, but I have read it at least 10 times. it is perfection. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. It is absolutely everything to me.
i experience reading slumps pretty similarly, but i’ve found that being a college student also contributes to a slump. like i’m currently reading amazing books for my literature courses (like the bell jar and handmaids tale) but after doing those assigned readings i just. don’t want to read for pleasure anymore
I loved the lighting, it was a vibe honestly! And I’m jealous of the snow, hope to see it some day, especially after experiencing the lovely summer in Seoul last year haha. As for slumps, these were absolutely amazing recommendations, thank you so much! Often I fall into slumps either because, like you said, mental fatigue. Forcing myself to read a book that I know I should like but it’s not the right time. Or (and this is most often my case) reading several mediocre books back to back. It’s good to read mid books sometimes, I enjoy 3 stars but if they’re all back to back for several books, I find I lose steam/the motivation to keep reading. And it’s kind of funny (see: not) because I do this to myself subconsciously. Like I’m saving books I think I’ll adore (for when, who knows?) and pick up meh books instead. Working on that this year and so far so good! Thanks again!!
I read thornhedge earlier this month per your recommendation. Loved it! T Kingfisher is becoming my favorite author easily. In the last year have read 7 of hers!
I LOOOVVVEEDD the Paladins series, they were all so good and made me laugh. I loved that the characters were older, I think I finished them in a week I couldn’t get enough!
nostalgia reads are my favourite!! percy jackson has *catapulted* me out of plenty of reading slumps, it just perfectly sums up the joy of reading I've carried in my heart since childhood
This video showed up when I needed it most! I've been on a dnf spree for new books - so far for this year I've only been able finish re-reads. I've got Five Broken Blades on my holds list after the last video so I'm hoping that'll break me out of my slump
These are such good tips. I’m pretty sure I’ve done the “read a book you’ve seen the adaptation of” before and it totally works. Also I read the Throne in the Dark series last year, possibly on your rec, and it had me giggling and kicking my feet the whole time. Then later that year after being in a total slump for about six months I saw there were two spinoff books I’d missed and it was so easy to pick them up and get right back into reading. Also I knew you were talking about Little Thieves before you said it because I too have been waiting for this year to read it! For what puts me in a slump: ADHD just deciding we don’t read books anymore, or mental health things; I read almost nothing for half of last year because I lost my fur baby and couldn’t do much more than grieve.
The fact that I'm reading The Princess Bride for the first time rn (and have just bought Annihilation for it to be my next read!!) And then seeing them here was hilarious.
Dark rise trilogy recently got me out of a slump and now I'm onto blood over bright haven! very exited to be back reading again! also your skin is glowing in this..skincare routine when
this is too early even for me. I think My Lady Jane is a VERY fun book to get out of a slump.. if you’re into a fun whimsy romance of a girl and a horse (or a man who can turn into a horse) It’s a very stable relationship overall
Not me immediately adding some of these book recs to my kindle because I’m in a slump and trust your judgment better than my own. Also the vibes are immaculate. Cozy night with snow and tea? 💋👌🏻
Watching this video got me out of bed and actually start my day cause it’s lunar new year in my country right now and all my body craves all day is the bed 😂 ur voice acts as a bgm for me to finally get up at 3pm n get ready to maybe head out for food or coffee, hope that’s an adequate compliment 😂
January was a rough reading month. DNF'd more than I finished. Short story collections, romcoms, and reading some things on Substack help me get out of slumps or when I am feeling jaded after dnf'ing books back to back. Love the idea of reading retellings and the book versions of movies/shows!
I just read 'The Catcher in the Rye', and it's one of the best books I've read so far this year. I know that's not saying much, but it can definitely bring someone out of a reading slump.
i like to read books written by people i already like for other reasons, in fact up until recently that was the only thing that could get me to buy a book. this ends up mostly being memoirs, or novels by youtubers (the Green brothers/Lindsay Ellis) so idk if it also has to do with the fact that i can clearly hear their voice in my head? but recently i decided i really wanted to start reading again, and i ended up picking acotar because of your videos! like you mentioned about retellings/books-turned-movies, it was so much easier to get through because i could just be like “yep this is what Cari said would happen!”
I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Throne in the Dark and it's SO FUNNY. I really appreciate the narrators choices of accents for certain characters lol
I had a slump recently - I had a magnetic attraction to mid books and read like five in a row, with the expected result. How I got out was similar to a couple of the things you suggested. Rereads for sure - including one from adulthood - and shorter reads. Additional suggestions for shorties are Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo, and Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers. Another thing that's helped (and was suggested by an online friend) is "coffee table" books, books with minimal text and lots of pictures. Head to the library, and grab one with a topic that interests you. Ta-da! An easy completion. Manga and graphic novels are also fun, quick reads, though i understand not everyone enjoys those.
I owe you my life for recommending T. Kingfisher. I read What Moves the Dead when you first talked abou it and have since read almost all of her other (non children) books since. They will always suck me in and she is so good at making all of her characters feel like real people. She also lives in my hometown and usually has a few things that are referencing so that’s just added fun for me. Also! I just finished The Wild Huntress because of how yo talked about it in your November wrap up and finally got it from the library. I loved the ending because I love an unexpected ending but I did cry like a baby! 😅 Also, also, read Don’t Let the Forest in and I loved that ending so much, I understand why some people didn’t or were iffy about it. But oh my god something about that book sank into my soul and I have thought about it everyday since. I needed to share these thoughts where someone has read these books and knows what I’m talking about, so thank you, for always giving reliable book recs 💙
I'm currently reading Howl's Moving Castle as I only first saw the film last year. The book is so lovely and just allows me to linger in those same feelings I had when watching the movie. Obviously it's targeted at a younger audience but I find the writing still very entertaining as an adult. I can only hear Calcifer as Billy Crystal, but I'm not mad about it 😂
Right now, I am reading Reckless by Lauren Roberts and Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan. I am constantly trying to get a job (in my 20s) and still living with my parents. The everyday drama feels like I just want to be free and get some time away such as my close friends or a job.
Reading childhood favorites help me too, for getting out of slumps. Along came a Dog by Meindert DeJong and anything by Elizabeth Enright. Think i will go reread them now. 👍📚🤗❤️
thank you for this!! had a tragedy happen a couple weeks ago and i've been struggling to read heavier, "adult" topics in books. i was doing a challenge of reading a series from my childhood in chronological order (there's a TON of books), so i might do that again and stop forcing myself to "adult and read books for my age group". if a book aimed for people at least a decade younger than me is what gets me back into reading, so be it
Rereading my favourites has helped me out of a reading slump so much 😊 but eventually I ended up in one again shortly after, where manga has helped me out so much as I still wanted to read 😅
reading slumps to me is when i wanna read and just cant, like nothing's good, nothing's interesting. i started my internship as a kid's teacher this week and every book feels too heavy or too mind consuming to absorb. i need something stupidly easy going
Girrrrl I have the same red head gene when it comes to anesthesia… like it took so much and my mouth was numb forever (Tuesday lol) so I feel this pain. ❤
Annihilation feels like a fever dream… it’s a 3 book series actually and I couldn’t finish the last book but definitely one of the weirdest reading experience I’ve had.
Oh I loved those Magic Eye books when I was teen (I was teen in 90, I'm that old 🙈) But then they started kinda..hurt my brains, because I could seen those pictures even without trying, and then my eyes and mind went to arguing if there was picture or just pattern lol. And it switched rapidly between of those too, until it became very uncomfortable and I stopped with those books. It is same when there are those picture riddles like do you see a vase or kissing faces, and I see them both in same time and I started to feel nausea. Anyway, back to topic what was reading slump, for me it just trying to finish book without actually understanding to words. I just read words but don't combine them with their meaning so books became just word practice for me without meaning. I had that after Christmas when I read a lot of books, but then I just today finished Psalm for the Wild-Builds and it gave me back my excitement for reading. I think reason, why I was having a minislump was me reading 500 page books and they felt so long, so when Psalm had only 173 pages it was bless, and it wasn't part of massive trigger warning series. I think I need to start doing that more often, every 400+ page books I read one shorter book.🤔
I'm on a no buy book ban this year in attempt to force me to read through my bookshelf, but that doesn't stop me from adding half these recs to my save-for-later-pile. Library books are still allowed! 😁 Six Crimson Cranes helped me out of a slump last year and T.Kingfisher is a new favorite author of mine.
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I loved magic eye books when I was a kid. I am trying to get over a reading slump too.
Martyr! actually just got me out of a reading slump. I’m 40% of the way through, i got lucky with it being a “skip-the-line” book after being told it would be 20+ weeks on libby
Thank goodness I’m not the only one. I felt bad for putting down books I enjoyed at some point. I’m like a mix of reading and dnf’ing and not read for a long time, usually during the winter months cuz seasonal depression
The dark evening filming is ACTUALLY a MOOD! Love it 😍
Thank god hahha it made for an ugly thumbnail but oh well!!!
@@caricanreadlol i actually love the thumbnail😂
@@caricanread I love the thumbnail... I clicked on it SO FAST!!! 😂
I agree! Feels cozy!
that magic eye illusion comparison is so real I’ve never been able to describe not being able to get into a book even though I know I want to read 😭
Right?!!!
Oh yes!!! That was indeed a great analogy!
re-reading nostalgic books is so real! after only reading a handful of books over the course of maybe 5 years, i reread the percy jackson series and, oh boy did it remind me how much fun reading is. i’ve now read about 120 books in the span of nearly 2 years after going through such a major slump for a long time.
The Cruel prince just RIPPED me out of a reading slump, it took me 4 days to finish that & the second book. As soon as my library opens I'm picking up the final I'm obsessed
Here to say that I know that feeling, can relate and am really happy for you, stranger on the internet🎉
That trilogy is what got me back into reading for fun a few years ago, after a long drought due to college and grad school. So fun!
YES I was just scrolling my TH-cam feed aimlessly looking for a video to watch and you come in with the best possible timingggg
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It's definitely that connection that is my main reason for slumps. I almost go through a reading speed dating to try and find one that grabs me, and sometimes that takes a LONG time, which can be frustrating. I also know immediately if it's a connection too lol. My remedy is usually switching to my other reading love, graphic novels. If that doesn't work, I take a break until I miss having a book next to me all the time, lol.
Adrienne Young was one of my best finds last year, I ate up her entire catalog 😍. Definitely added some from your recs here, especially the short section. Those help a lot, too, less pressure in a way because even if you hate it, you really didn't waste any time.
Couldn't agree more. Not in a reading slump, but when I do, I find shorter books or rereads of former favorites to help break out.
Reading Paladin's Grace for the first time felt like I was hit with pure serotonin. 😊 I absolutely love this book and keep rereading it every year. 🤸♀
I LOVE HALF A SOUL! It became one of my fav books, I keep thinking about it and that scene in the ball with all the magic and stars.... just chef kiss
I read Six Deaths last year because of your rec and it has gripped my brain ever since
I love re-reading books I loved as a kid or teen. Sometimes it’s harder with a more mature mind, but I still remember the love I had for them and it’s still a good time.
First of all the thumbnail deserves a shoutout. I love it, it's so silly yet so good.I myself have been in a book slump for over a year now and it's the most devestating thing especially when you love reading so much. I have tried everything but nothing works. I haven't been able to connect with any book. Hope this year I can get over it 🙈
I read Alone with You in the Ether and Your Blood My Bones because of your recs, and i love them both so much! They help me in my reading slump so thank you ❤
Oh thank god. After a day like today I needed this, thank you!
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I've set my reading goal to a lower number this year because I want to tacle the bigger books in my tbr! Usually a goofy, dumb, easy to read romance gets me out of a slump! I find I get in a slump if I read to much of the same genre back to back, so I like to vary.
The salt grows heavy by Cassandra Khaw is short and so good. It’s beautifully written with the perfect blend of horror vibes, a wildly imaginative world and a love story.
I finished Blood over Bright Haven 30 mins ago before watching your video and I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN. I had to work and took it with me to read the last pages directly after work in the park next our office building. I haven‘t read a book that gripping in a long time
Literally such a profound book!
Watching your videos after a busy day is the best 🥰
Almost teared up at the My Father's Dragon mention. I love revisiting books from my childhood - Ella Enchanted, Matilda Bone, The Midwife's Apprentice, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Cat Who Wished To Be A Man, Esperanza Rising, and the Unicorns of Balinor series to name some of my favorites
east of eden is my favorite book of all time. in fact I go back to it when I'm slumpy. I never reread, but I have read it at least 10 times. it is perfection. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. It is absolutely everything to me.
How did you know that I was in a reading slump? This came at the perfect time!!
I feel like we all are!!
Maniac Magee is one of my favorite throwback reads from childhood. I gave it to a kid friend of mine.
i experience reading slumps pretty similarly, but i’ve found that being a college student also contributes to a slump. like i’m currently reading amazing books for my literature courses (like the bell jar and handmaids tale) but after doing those assigned readings i just. don’t want to read for pleasure anymore
Ugh I feel that 😢 what are you studying?
I loved the lighting, it was a vibe honestly! And I’m jealous of the snow, hope to see it some day, especially after experiencing the lovely summer in Seoul last year haha.
As for slumps, these were absolutely amazing recommendations, thank you so much! Often I fall into slumps either because, like you said, mental fatigue. Forcing myself to read a book that I know I should like but it’s not the right time. Or (and this is most often my case) reading several mediocre books back to back. It’s good to read mid books sometimes, I enjoy 3 stars but if they’re all back to back for several books, I find I lose steam/the motivation to keep reading. And it’s kind of funny (see: not) because I do this to myself subconsciously. Like I’m saving books I think I’ll adore (for when, who knows?) and pick up meh books instead.
Working on that this year and so far so good!
Thanks again!!
I love the Saint of Steel books so much. Already read them 3 times. Don't usually like romance, but I'm absolutely obsessed with this ❤
I read thornhedge earlier this month per your recommendation. Loved it! T Kingfisher is becoming my favorite author easily. In the last year have read 7 of hers!
I LOOOVVVEEDD the Paladins series, they were all so good and made me laugh. I loved that the characters were older, I think I finished them in a week I couldn’t get enough!
nostalgia reads are my favourite!! percy jackson has *catapulted* me out of plenty of reading slumps, it just perfectly sums up the joy of reading I've carried in my heart since childhood
This video showed up when I needed it most! I've been on a dnf spree for new books - so far for this year I've only been able finish re-reads. I've got Five Broken Blades on my holds list after the last video so I'm hoping that'll break me out of my slump
I’ve read over 30 books this month but here I am sat waiting for your impeccable book recs
Thanks for this! I’ve added so many new books to my wish list/TBR ☺️
These are such good tips. I’m pretty sure I’ve done the “read a book you’ve seen the adaptation of” before and it totally works. Also I read the Throne in the Dark series last year, possibly on your rec, and it had me giggling and kicking my feet the whole time. Then later that year after being in a total slump for about six months I saw there were two spinoff books I’d missed and it was so easy to pick them up and get right back into reading.
Also I knew you were talking about Little Thieves before you said it because I too have been waiting for this year to read it!
For what puts me in a slump: ADHD just deciding we don’t read books anymore, or mental health things; I read almost nothing for half of last year because I lost my fur baby and couldn’t do much more than grieve.
22:17 this unlocked one of my childhood memories. The dear Canada books!!! I loved these 🥹
The fact that I'm reading The Princess Bride for the first time rn (and have just bought Annihilation for it to be my next read!!) And then seeing them here was hilarious.
Ironically I literally just finished a book as soon as you posted this! :O
Yeeee hope it was a good one!
@@caricanread IT WASSS ✨✨
I read The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei and I gave it 4 stars!! :D
Metal Slinger got me out of my slump and had me in for a fun wild romantasy ride!!❤❤
She already read this and didn’t like it!!
You have no idea how much I need this video 😭
Dark rise trilogy recently got me out of a slump and now I'm onto blood over bright haven! very exited to be back reading again! also your skin is glowing in this..skincare routine when
this is too early even for me.
I think My Lady Jane is a VERY fun book to get out of a slump.. if you’re into a fun whimsy romance of a girl and a horse (or a man who can turn into a horse)
It’s a very stable relationship overall
Omg yes AND bonus of there being a tv show 😂😂
Yaaay daughter of the forest!!!
And annihilation.
I gave both ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fantastic list, also love half a soul
i just started reading The hollow and the haunted in hopes that it would get me out of my reading slump and i’m loving it so far!!
I LOVE Daughter of the Forest!!! So glad it’s getting its flowers from Cari!
Not me immediately adding some of these book recs to my kindle because I’m in a slump and trust your judgment better than my own.
Also the vibes are immaculate. Cozy night with snow and tea? 💋👌🏻
Starting a Memory Called Empire tonight thanks to your rec!! Hoping it gets me out of this post-Onyx-Storm slump 🥲
While watching the video comments: Annihilation was sooooo creepy! I was surprised by how much it scared me!
the Giver is one of my FAVORITE books. The full quartet is amazing, I can't read the Giver without the other three anymore
Watching this video got me out of bed and actually start my day cause it’s lunar new year in my country right now and all my body craves all day is the bed 😂 ur voice acts as a bgm for me to finally get up at 3pm n get ready to maybe head out for food or coffee, hope that’s an adequate compliment 😂
Stiff is in my physical book wish list for so long and Cari just encouraged me to finally add it to tbr list 😂
Thank you for all your great recommendations Cari. Several of these books were 4&5 star reads. ❤
i have a long flight coming up and been having a tough time trying to find books that i don't need to pay too much attention too. thank you cari
So random but what an eye catching and dynamic thumbnail! Excellent work! ☕️✨🌱
January was a rough reading month. DNF'd more than I finished. Short story collections, romcoms, and reading some things on Substack help me get out of slumps or when I am feeling jaded after dnf'ing books back to back. Love the idea of reading retellings and the book versions of movies/shows!
i just finished annihilation the other day and i literally inhaled it. it was so good!! a perfect reading slump cure
omg this setting is so much cooler whaaat
I just read 'The Catcher in the Rye', and it's one of the best books I've read so far this year. I know that's not saying much, but it can definitely bring someone out of a reading slump.
Thats interesting! Its a very specific style of book for sure - i usually cant read it all the way through, only in bits and pieces haha
@caricanread iys really good if you can get into it, but it's certainly not for everyone.
I also read it when I can’t read other things. I think it’s cus it’s so short, and it used to be really relatable for whatever reason.
i like to read books written by people i already like for other reasons, in fact up until recently that was the only thing that could get me to buy a book. this ends up mostly being memoirs, or novels by youtubers (the Green brothers/Lindsay Ellis) so idk if it also has to do with the fact that i can clearly hear their voice in my head? but recently i decided i really wanted to start reading again, and i ended up picking acotar because of your videos! like you mentioned about retellings/books-turned-movies, it was so much easier to get through because i could just be like “yep this is what Cari said would happen!”
thank you caricakessss just what I needed
I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Throne in the Dark and it's SO FUNNY. I really appreciate the narrators choices of accents for certain characters lol
I had a slump recently - I had a magnetic attraction to mid books and read like five in a row, with the expected result.
How I got out was similar to a couple of the things you suggested. Rereads for sure - including one from adulthood - and shorter reads. Additional suggestions for shorties are Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo, and Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers.
Another thing that's helped (and was suggested by an online friend) is "coffee table" books, books with minimal text and lots of pictures. Head to the library, and grab one with a topic that interests you. Ta-da! An easy completion.
Manga and graphic novels are also fun, quick reads, though i understand not everyone enjoys those.
The Giver is the book that started my love for reading back in grade 4!!!!
These are some good tips. Romance books and short books help me get out of my reading slump.
Literally just hit a slump today after dnfing a book so this was much needed ❤️
I owe you my life for recommending T. Kingfisher. I read What Moves the Dead when you first talked abou it and have since read almost all of her other (non children) books since. They will always suck me in and she is so good at making all of her characters feel like real people. She also lives in my hometown and usually has a few things that are referencing so that’s just added fun for me.
Also! I just finished The Wild Huntress because of how yo talked about it in your November wrap up and finally got it from the library. I loved the ending because I love an unexpected ending but I did cry like a baby! 😅
Also, also, read Don’t Let the Forest in and I loved that ending so much, I understand why some people didn’t or were iffy about it. But oh my god something about that book sank into my soul and I have thought about it everyday since.
I needed to share these thoughts where someone has read these books and knows what I’m talking about, so thank you, for always giving reliable book recs 💙
I'm currently reading Howl's Moving Castle as I only first saw the film last year. The book is so lovely and just allows me to linger in those same feelings I had when watching the movie. Obviously it's targeted at a younger audience but I find the writing still very entertaining as an adult. I can only hear Calcifer as Billy Crystal, but I'm not mad about it 😂
Love the new background, great content Cari
i get out of my reading slumps by watching your rec videos! and your first tip lol i reread percy jackson almost every time a slump hits
going crazy with all of your sci fi recommendations I want to read ALL OF THEM ahahaha
Right now, I am reading Reckless by Lauren Roberts and Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan. I am constantly trying to get a job (in my 20s) and still living with my parents. The everyday drama feels like I just want to be free and get some time away such as my close friends or a job.
I just read Foster and IMMEDIATELY thought of it for the short book category!! So good
This thumbnail is sooooooooo good❤
so many good recs!
throne in the dark mention!! read it after your recommendation and it's my favorite series everyone read it PLEASE
OMG My Father’s Dragon! I looooved that book! 😭😭😭
Omg! I absolutely loved Slade House but I never hear people talking about it! Its so trippy, I read it in one sitting
Reading childhood favorites help me too, for getting out of slumps. Along came a Dog by Meindert DeJong and anything by Elizabeth Enright. Think i will go reread them now. 👍📚🤗❤️
thank you for this!! had a tragedy happen a couple weeks ago and i've been struggling to read heavier, "adult" topics in books. i was doing a challenge of reading a series from my childhood in chronological order (there's a TON of books), so i might do that again and stop forcing myself to "adult and read books for my age group". if a book aimed for people at least a decade younger than me is what gets me back into reading, so be it
Rereading my favourites has helped me out of a reading slump so much 😊 but eventually I ended up in one again shortly after, where manga has helped me out so much as I still wanted to read 😅
you are saving my life with this video because i´m currently in a reading slump 💖
reading slumps to me is when i wanna read and just cant, like nothing's good, nothing's interesting. i started my internship as a kid's teacher this week and every book feels too heavy or too mind consuming to absorb. i need something stupidly easy going
Girrrrl I have the same red head gene when it comes to anesthesia… like it took so much and my mouth was numb forever (Tuesday lol) so I feel this pain. ❤
I honestly vastly prefer the dark evening filming, to the bright daytime filming. It feels so cozy!
love the thumbnail it is not the usual but i love it it's fun 😂❤
I love the thumbnail !
I’ve read all of these but five ahhhh!!!
yaay!!!😍❤️ I was waiting for your video
Completely unrelated but your skin is glowing, Cari! Need the skincare routine!
Over 40 min of book recommendation goodness? Sign me in!
I love living almost in the same time zone!
Annihilation feels like a fever dream… it’s a 3 book series actually and I couldn’t finish the last book but definitely one of the weirdest reading experience I’ve had.
Definitely adding Six Crimson Cranes to my tbr
Oo loving the cozy dark vibes..now i need me a cup of a hot beverage to really settle in~🤍
Lmao that thumbnail is sending me. It’s like a format for “the virgin reading slump vs the chad cari”
Oh I loved those Magic Eye books when I was teen (I was teen in 90, I'm that old 🙈) But then they started kinda..hurt my brains, because I could seen those pictures even without trying, and then my eyes and mind went to arguing if there was picture or just pattern lol. And it switched rapidly between of those too, until it became very uncomfortable and I stopped with those books. It is same when there are those picture riddles like do you see a vase or kissing faces, and I see them both in same time and I started to feel nausea.
Anyway, back to topic what was reading slump, for me it just trying to finish book without actually understanding to words. I just read words but don't combine them with their meaning so books became just word practice for me without meaning. I had that after Christmas when I read a lot of books, but then I just today finished Psalm for the Wild-Builds and it gave me back my excitement for reading. I think reason, why I was having a minislump was me reading 500 page books and they felt so long, so when Psalm had only 173 pages it was bless, and it wasn't part of massive trigger warning series. I think I need to start doing that more often, every 400+ page books I read one shorter book.🤔
Ooh I need this right now. Thanks Cari! 🩷
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I'm on a no buy book ban this year in attempt to force me to read through my bookshelf, but that doesn't stop me from adding half these recs to my save-for-later-pile. Library books are still allowed! 😁 Six Crimson Cranes helped me out of a slump last year and T.Kingfisher is a new favorite author of mine.
I loved magic eye books when I was a kid. I am trying to get over a reading slump too.
I adore t Kingfisher and the murderbot diaries and listen to the audiobooks repeatedly when I'm sad or overwhelmed or in a slump
Martyr! actually just got me out of a reading slump. I’m 40% of the way through, i got lucky with it being a “skip-the-line” book after being told it would be 20+ weeks on libby
Speaking of gen z getting caught up in a fantasy world… Long live evil was soooo fun!
Thank goodness I’m not the only one. I felt bad for putting down books I enjoyed at some point. I’m like a mix of reading and dnf’ing and not read for a long time, usually during the winter months cuz seasonal depression
More books to my TBR it goes…would love to see your most anticipated 2025 releases Cari 😍
My TBR just got so much longer 😂