If you've looked at my blog recently, you've probably noticed that it's been a while since I last made a post. I'm a bit disappointed in myself, but I don't plan to let this be a trend that continues.
I've had some trouble finishing books lately. Around Christmas, I had just started a book about Mary, Queen of Scots called The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer and it was really interesting. But then I got sick and I didn't have the concentration to keep reading. Even once I'd recovered, I got swept up in the activity of the holidays and it came time for me to return the book to the library. Hopefully one day I'll get my hands on a copy once again and finally finish it.
For Christmas I got gift cards to Books A Million and I thought this would be the key to getting me reading again, that I would buy new books and spend the rest of the break from school reading and my blog would be more active than ever. This was most certainly not the case. I did buy books, but I haven't read any of them yet. I bought Rookie Yearbook One, edited by Tavi Gevinson, which I've been slowly making my way through and loving. But it's a book full of articles, not a novel. I also bought In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken which I'd been dying to read for months, but I just haven't been able to do it. Part of this stems from a weird mood I've been in for a while now and the fact that I don't have a lot of extra time. When I do have extra time, I still feel rushed because I'm always thinking about the things I should be doing, like deciding what I'm going to submit to my school's literary magazine or studying for the AP Psychology Exam. I have a long school day and math homework that is more consistently difficult than work from any other class I've ever taken and it's just gotten really hard to find time to read.
I've been thinking that the key to getting myself out of this slump may be reading an author that's completely new to me and who will be refreshing and make reading exciting again. If you have any recommendations for authors I should try, leave them in the comments.
I've had some trouble finishing books lately. Around Christmas, I had just started a book about Mary, Queen of Scots called The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer and it was really interesting. But then I got sick and I didn't have the concentration to keep reading. Even once I'd recovered, I got swept up in the activity of the holidays and it came time for me to return the book to the library. Hopefully one day I'll get my hands on a copy once again and finally finish it.
For Christmas I got gift cards to Books A Million and I thought this would be the key to getting me reading again, that I would buy new books and spend the rest of the break from school reading and my blog would be more active than ever. This was most certainly not the case. I did buy books, but I haven't read any of them yet. I bought Rookie Yearbook One, edited by Tavi Gevinson, which I've been slowly making my way through and loving. But it's a book full of articles, not a novel. I also bought In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken which I'd been dying to read for months, but I just haven't been able to do it. Part of this stems from a weird mood I've been in for a while now and the fact that I don't have a lot of extra time. When I do have extra time, I still feel rushed because I'm always thinking about the things I should be doing, like deciding what I'm going to submit to my school's literary magazine or studying for the AP Psychology Exam. I have a long school day and math homework that is more consistently difficult than work from any other class I've ever taken and it's just gotten really hard to find time to read.
I've been thinking that the key to getting myself out of this slump may be reading an author that's completely new to me and who will be refreshing and make reading exciting again. If you have any recommendations for authors I should try, leave them in the comments.
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