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Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Hello! I haven‘t been very active on Litsy, lots going on & haven‘t been able to read much this year, or at all since I‘ve started my 3rd trimester. Now things are slowing down & I desperately want to get lost in a book but haven‘t had the mental capacity for it. I‘m asking the litsy community for easy fast paced fun reads to help me out of my slump
🙏🏽anything suggestions will be appreciated🙏🏽

Purpleness Latest quick, fun read for me was The Murder of Mr. Wickham; I also like The Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen.

The Murder of Mr. Wickham: A Novel

RaeLovesToRead The House on the Cerulean Sea isn't fast paced, but its cheering and wholesome 3y

RaeLovesToRead The Thursday Murder Club books are great fun if you like a cosy mystery! 3y

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RaeLovesToRead The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton is an excellent romp! 3y

RaeLovesToRead And The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is cheerful, wholesome sci fi... 3y

Eyelit

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

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Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Slumps on a weekend are the worst! I am in an ‘everything but sleep‘ slump. 🙁😵‍💫

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erzascarletbookgasm Maybe try a graphic novel, or binge watch TV? Hope you get your reading mojo back soon. 3y

BiblioLitten @erzascarletbookgasm I might try a graphic novel. Even watching TV isn‘t helping. Hope it passes soon… I need another weekend 🤭😅 3y

Ruthiella Hope you are back to reading again soon! 🤞 3y

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Cathythoughts I love this picture ❤️ I had a bad reading week too ! Hopefully we‘ll be back in action soon 👍❤️ (edited) 3y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I do love the pic ❤️ hope you‘re back to reading soon! 3y

Leftcoastzen Struggling too . Hang in there. 3y

BiblioLitten @Ruthiella @Cathythoughts @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Leftcoastzen I hope so too. Thank you 💕 3y

merelybookish Glad you found a way out but this picture is the best slump picture ever. It's gorgeous! 3y

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Catsandbooks

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Ugh I'm in a total reading slump 😩 nothing is holding my attention lately

LazyOwl Sending good vibes. Hope you get out of your reading rut soon 4y

seibelsays ❤️❤️❤️ I'm in the same spot. Hope you find something engaging soon! 4y

Catsandbooks @LazyOwl thanks! 💖🤞🏼 4y

Catsandbooks @seibelsays thanks, hope you do too! 💕 4y

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TheKidUpstairs

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

I'm slumping hard since finishing The Devil and the Dark Water. I've picked up a number of books that really do seem like great reads and put them down after the first 50 pages or so feeling meh.

I'm going to try starting on my pick for #LMPBC I've got it down to two books, so we'll see if one of them can grab me 🤞 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @KatieB @Read-y_Picker

Librarybelle Good luck! Slumps are horrible! 4y

TheKidUpstairs @Librarybelle thank you! I feel so out of sorts 🥴 4y

rabbitprincess In those situations I follow the amazing read with a book that I know I wouldn‘t be terribly excited about even under normal circumstances...I call it a sacrifice to the book hangover gods 😂 4y

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Read-y_Picker Good luck!! Expecting my #LMPBC selection to arrive tomorrow. 4y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Oh no. Hopefully one of them will do the trick and get you out of the slump. 4y

BarbaraBB I‘m sorry for your slump but I do love the photo 😍 4y

KatieB I didn‘t read at all last week which is so unusual for me. Finally had some interest in my book yesterday. Hope it turns around soon for you too! I bought 2 books from my list of #LMPBC possibles but neither have arrived yet. The first one here might be the winner! 4y

Copwithabook I‘m currently in a serious book hangover and have done the same thing. 4y

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erinreads

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Hi Litsy! This year has been A YEAR. I feel like so much has happened to pull me away from my one true introverted love of reading (and Litsy!). Between losing our cat in Feb & then buying a house, my husband and I JUST added these two tiny, calm tornados into our family this past weekend to round out a memorable year. 😻 These two new #catsoflitsy are Lucy & Truman! I love them so much already, but guess how much reading I‘ve done? ZERO. 🤷🏼‍♀️

sprainedbrain I‘m sorry to hear about your lost kitty. 😢 But your new sweeties are adorable! 5y

CoverToCoverGirl Sorry for your loss. ❤️ But those to new additions to your family are SUPER cute! 5y

Tamra 💜💜 5y

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Jas16 They are absolutely adorable 5y

LauraJ It sounds like everything is in place for a good 2020. Welcome to Litsy, Lucy & Truman! 5y

Avanders Awww looks like you have some adorable excuses! ♥️ 5y

rubyslippersreads Two absolutely adorable new #kittenlittens! Or is it #littenkittens? 😹 5y

Chrissyreadit Thank you for sharing those two balls of adorablenes😻 5y

CoffeeNBooks Adorable! 😺 5y

kspenmoll What precious kitties! Hope 2020 is calmer for you! 5y

BookNAround So sweet! I bet they‘re re mischievous as get out. 😻 5y

TiredLibrarian I'm sorry it's been an off year for reading (it happens) but OMG those cuties! I 😻😻 5y

LeahBergen They‘re sooo sweet! 5y

Megabooks Adorable!! Enjoy your new family members! We‘ll always be here. 😁 5y

TheSpineView Super cute! ❤🐾 5y

Leftcoastzen OMG ,so adorable!😻 5y

Bookzombie So cute!! 💕🐱🐱 5y

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LauraBrook

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Welp, it‘s been a month, and aside from a few ebooks checked out from the library, I‘ve hardly read a page. I can finally feel the read urge creeping back (thank god!), and I‘m planning on only gardening and reading this long weekend. Fingers crossed that I can move my total up by more than 2 or 3!

CareBear I‘ve been feeling the exact same way and am also hoping this weekend involves some intense reading time! 6y

LauraBrook @CareBear I‘m glad I‘m not the only one slumping it! Let‘s hope we can both get some pages in! 6y

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8little_paws

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Here's a picture of peanut. With the exception of a few books, this month has been a total slump. I've lost all interest in my hobbies as I deal with severe work and personal stress. Help! How do I get motivated to do something I enjoy again?

Chrissyreadit I listen to bookish podcasts when I‘m struggling (which is very often lately). They are entertaining and often inspiring. 6y

8little_paws @Chrissyreadit that's a good idea! 6y

Annl I have a ginger called peanut butter. 6y

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kspenmoll Cutie!! 6y

Dragon I listen to audiobooks from my library app. I focus on historical romances because there‘s always a happy ending. 😻🤗 6y

Jsara5761 I usually try to find an easy win for whatever hobby I‘m struggling with. Like with reading I‘ll find a short, but good read and that‘ll usually help me through my slump. 😊 6y

Darklunarose Beautiful peanut! I hope things ease up soon for you. Sometimes you just have to take a break from everything and breathe, but we all know that‘s easier said then done. 6y

CuriousG I've been in a slump too for 6 months due to work stress/other issues, but I find one if the few things I can get through is a really good memoir or biography (Educated, The Trauma Cleaner, The Glass Castle). I mostly listen on audio while I drive to/from work each day - I find it helps me decompress from work stress. I still can't focus enough to sit and read at home for more than 5 minutes. Best of luck to you - hope the stress eases up soon 6y

8little_paws @CuriousG yes the one book I really connected with was a biography!

In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin

Megabooks Cute kitty! I‘m sorry you‘ve been stressed. Biography works for me too. Also audiobooks while doing something with my hands, coloring, crocheting, cooking, etc. The three Cs! 6y

cdreincarnate Have you read “Miss Buncle‘s Book”? I read it a few years ago and found it to be a great palate cleanser 6y

8little_paws @cdreincarnate I haven't! I'll have to Google 6y

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Lynnsoprano

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

🍄Introvert
🍄Can I do both
🍄Movie
🍄Cooking, definitely
🍄I wish I knew, since I‘m in the biggest book slump I‘ve been in for quite a while. I‘m just not stressing about it, and watching lots of World Cup matches.
#bookslumpblues

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LMJenkins

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

I‘m leaving for vacation tomorrow morning and probably won‘t get that much reading done....will be with friends. Also have had a hard time after a big audio book and book-book marathon. Sigh.

AND my #litfluence is stuck at 2,499!

Samplergal Well we can get your litfluence up. Get a pure beach 🏖 book. Something made of marshmallow fluff. Usually gets me moving. 7y

Lcsmcat Or re-read something you love. That‘s my preferred method. 7y

LMJenkins You guys rock. 💛⭐️ 7y

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CherryPie Don't read anything! Not even a summary of an episode of a TV show. Absence, heart grow fonder, yada. 😊 Good luck! 7y

wanderinglynn Think of it this way: you‘ll have fun & then come back refreshed & ready to dive into a new read. 📚 7y

Quasifesto That picture makes me itchy. 7y

lyradora Read something out of your comfort zone? Or the literary equivalent of comfort food: what you read when you were stressed and needed to feel better. 😊 7y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego My go to is YA. They're usually quick, positive, predictable reads. But it gets me over the hump. 😊 7y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Or like they said ⬆️ don't read at all over you're vacay. Just reset. 👙🌞 7y

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NovelGirl82

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Why am I in a freaking slump?! Help!!!!

Samplergal Pick something that you‘ve loved and try to re read. Take an afternoon cozy up, no electronics and some nice soft music a room away. It worked for me. Maybe it will for you too. 7y

Laalaleighh Try a genre that you don‘t usually gravitate towards? 7y

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Cinfhen

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

Ugh!! I'm in the middle of three books and none of them are really grabbing my attention 😩I fear a #ReadingSlump is on the horizon 😧😢send help!!! #BlameItOnTheMigraine 🤕

SilversReviews Pretty photo. 7y

AmyG The slump. 😪 7y

Christine11 I hate that - it‘s so annoying when you so want to enjoy something but nothing is keeping your attention properly! I hope you start enjoying one of them soon ! 😊 7y

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Hollie I‘ve been in a reading slump for while, those are the worst! 7y

Cinfhen Thanks for the sympathetic shoulder @AmyG @Christine11 @Hollie it‘s frustrating😝 7y

Cinfhen Thanks @SilversReviews 💕 7y

RebelReader Bail on 2 of them. I‘m not a Guterson fan so I would choose that one for sure. 😂 Then go buy a new book or choose one on you TBR pile that you are looking forward to and start that. I‘m having the opposite problem, I have 3 started and all are good and don‘t know which one to finished first! 🤔Good luck! I hope you climb out of your slump soon! 😀 7y

TrishB I‘d just stop all and try something completely new! 7y

erzascarletbookgasm Don‘t read any of them! Choose another read that catches your fancy. Or stop reading for a while. Do something else, like binge watching, perhaps. 7y

Cinfhen Thanks for all the solid advice @TrishB @RebelReader @erzascarletbookgasm I‘m afraid to try something new because it‘s me...I‘m just in a funk... #brainfarts 😳😖I think @erzascarletbookgasm is right...need to not read...maybe an audio book or Bravo TV 7y

Cinfhen @RebelReader what 3 are grabbing you right now?!?! 7y

RebelReader @Cinfhen I just finished The Burning Girl by Claire Messud and the other 2 are The Women at the Castle and A Little Life (edited) 7y

Cinfhen I have women at the Castle on my shelf and I‘ve read ALL .... I‘m on hold for Burning Girl from the library @RebelReader 🙌🏻💕 7y

LauraBeth Oh no! We just binge watched the new Queer Eye and really enjoyed it! Watch some tv for a while 💕 7y

Tamra How about an audio? 7y

saresmoore Read something fluffy! 7y

saresmoore Hang on... @LauraBeth NEW Queer Eye?!?!?! 7y

LauraBeth @saresmoore yes! And get this - it‘s BETTER than the original! They filmed it in a red state and actually manage to have some deep conversations about sexual identity and race. Get your tissues ready because we cried through almost every episode. It‘s on Netflix. 7y

saresmoore @LauraBeth You just made this day so good! 🙌 7y

Cinfhen Love you two @LauraBeth @saresmoore I'll be checking it out 😘 7y

Cinfhen I'm going to OverDrive to check out the audio selections @Tamra any favorites you can recommend??? 7y

Tamra @Cinfhen welllllll.......my favorite is Lincoln in the Bardo, but people are deeply divided on that one. 😏 The Help, Diary Of a Part-Time Indian, Our Souls at Night, Louise Penny Gamache series, Ocean at the End of the Lane, All the Way Down (which I think u just read?), Anna and the Swallow Man. That‘s off the top of my head. 7y

Cinfhen Thanks for all the suggestions @tamra 🙏🏻and yes, I LOVED

Long Way Down

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ??

The Lost Wife

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erinreads

Slump!: A Study of Stricken Europe To-day | Hubert Hessell Tiltman

I really don‘t want to call it a reading slump because it‘s literally only been three days, but I haven‘t really read a single page this week. I finished a book on Saturday, but I‘ve tried to start like six books now with no luck. Now in my prime reading time, I‘m cuddling on the couch with my husband, watching Frasier. I guess there could be worse things. 💕

Reviewsbylola I hate when that happens. I get cold sweats when I think I‘m entering a slump. 😂 7y

erinreads @Reviewsbylola I‘m kind of bummed about it, but I‘ve already read over 100 books this year so I just keep going back to my book log to remind myself I‘m not a total loser, hahahaha. 7y

emilyhaldi My husband and I ❤️ Frasier!!! 😆 7y

mrozzz 🤷🏼‍♀️ if you've read 100+ you might just need a break! Try again tomorrow 👍🏻 7y

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