Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Do you ever get into slumps where you can't read or just keep picking really crappy books?

The last book I finished was 14 days ago (before that I was averaging a book every couple of days). Now granted, I am working full time now, so I expected it to be a bit slower, but every book I've picked up I just cannot get into. One I had already read and didn't realize it until I was a few chapters into it and the other ones I just really didn't like.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Yup... after I read the Twilight series, no other books I picked up seemed to cut it. Someone lent me the Sookie Stackhouse series and it still didn't seem to fill the void, until I finished that - now the slump seems even bigger!

I want a page turner that sucks me in and changes my life. All I seem to find right now are just regular books.

The same thing happens with me and TV shows, too.

**Sigh** I am having the same problem after the Twilight Series...

Harry Potter and Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld are good remedies:)

Hahaha, I think Twilight may have created mine as well. Everytime I finish a book, I gaze at my Twilight books and sigh. lol

I was the same way after Twilight too. My solution, I just read them again! Then I started on something else. I think I went to the "in death" series by JD Robb after I was done with Twilight the second time.
(I loaned the Twilight books to my mom otherwise I may have started again. I have Eclipse in Spanish waiting for me at home to attempt sometime soon.)

YEAH I HAD A HARD TIME AFTER TWILIGHT TOO. ONLY NOW I CAN'T SEEM TO GET MYSELF BACK INTO THEM. I ONLY READ TWILIGHT AND I HAVE THE REST AND EVEN HER NEW ONE HOST BUT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO WAIT TO GET CLOSER TO THE NEXT MOVIE OR I MIGHT FORGET SOME STUFF WITH ALL THE OTHER BOOKS I READ IN THE MEANTIME BUT YET WITH EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT IT ON HERE I AM DYING TO DIVE IN. EEKK SO MANY THOUGHTS NO CLUE WHAT TO DO.

Well, New Moon is this November and Eclipse is next June (2010) so really they aren't that far off. And there's no reason you can't reread them if you want to closer to the movie (I actually picked up on more stuff the second time through.)

OOH THANKS FOR THE INFO. I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THE JUNE DATE. UMM I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME RE READING A BOOK. I HAVE NEVER DONE IT. I ALSO DONT DO IT WITH MOVIES OFTEN EITHER.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one - I go through funks also. Sometimes I just can not get into a book - like the Twilight series or The Host which I had to put away for awhile and will get back to it later. I have the Uglies on hold at the library.

I'm in a complete funk. I get into this phase where I eschew all book clubs because I want to read my own stuff without taking suggestions from others. (Which is how I feel now.) However, this causes me to wander around the book store aimlessly trying to find something interesting. I found Twilight grossly anti-me but felt completely empty after Harry Potter.
I can relate.

I know what you mean. I got into a slump in December, but sometimes I find when I "have" to read a book for book club, it helps me get out of my book funk. In regards to all of us (sigh) "ruined" by the Twilight series, I just started The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Someone, somewhere mentioned that this series may be something to easily get hooked into, as well. I've got my fingers crossed!

I HAVE TO Agree Tori ,
I have a friend I read with and when we are in the middle of life and we both get stuck I am sometimes like man I just want read something fun of my own that I know i will love and devour right away. She recently became a mom and it is the best thing for my bookshelves. I have read 6 books with out her and i think I may get 2 more in before she can finish the one we are reading together. So funny normally she is weeks ahead of me.

i have numerous books that i've started but wasnt what i wanted to read at the time. i'm the same again now, i just dont know what to read...
i also think i've got to many books to choose from so i sometimes find that doesnt help..lol
but i'm trying to get through my 200+ that havent been read yet

Victoria, I'm often in the same boat. My husband and I both like to read a lot and we buy books all the time, so sometimes I just can't figure out what to read next. Sometimes I make him pick out my next book (Occasionally I'll give a little direction such as not a mystery, etc).

Harry Potter left me in a slump and the only other book I can recollect doing this was On the Road (besides Twilight) Okay, so what other books inspired your slumps? Maybe I could be slumped by yet again something I haven't yet read? (I must be some sort of sick book junkie...)

I left a post under the general postings called "A Novel Exchange." Check it out if you might like someone else to choose your next book for you.

Also, I was trying to fill the Twilight romance gap with other paranormal romances or chicklit. Because so many of them truly are not quality lit, I think this was making things even worse. I just finished Slam, which I started yesterday, and I really enjoyed it. I think it's because:
- the main character is a 15 year old skater boy (not a middle-aged ditz)
- it was an easy read
- the author is experienced and has talent (experience really does help.)
Anyway, Slam won't change your life, but you can flip the pages happily without worrying your brain is going to turn to mush and lamenting about how crappy all reading materials now seem.

Cheers :)

Dawn wrote: "YEAH I HAD A HARD TIME AFTER TWILIGHT TOO. ONLY NOW I CAN'T SEEM TO GET MYSELF BACK INTO THEM. I ONLY READ TWILIGHT AND I HAVE THE REST AND EVEN HER NEW ONE HOST BUT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO WAIT TO..."

Read "Twilight" only to see what all the "buzz" was about ... fun for a light read, but most likely will not get into the remainder of the series - or even the movie! ;o)

I was actually receommended to read the House of Night Series by P.C. Cast. Its pretty quick reads and not as good as Twilight but for me it was a bit different as it takes place in my hometown of Tulsa, OK. But I have read Twilight about 3 times and we will not even discuss how many times I have seen the movie.

Now like Tori I too belong to several bookclubs and sometimes I cannot seem to get motivated to read the "assigned" books, even though some of which have been on my to read pile forever. To get out of my latest funk I had to read a few history books on espinage, etc. to get out of the mood of Twilight and back to reading other things. It seemed to help out some though. But not on the book club books though, but in reading other stuff in general!

I think Leslie's got the key. Find some great books in a different genre.

Omg i was in a funk to after the twilight series what got me back to reading was Its a mall world after all byt Janet Rallison and i was wondering how old do u think the age should be to read the uglies triliogy my mom doesnt know if she should let me read them i am also very mature for my age

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Jasmine*You know u want me;)* wrote: "Omg i was in a funk to after the twilight series what got me back to reading was Its a mall world after all byt Janet Rallison and i was wondering how old do u think the age should be to read the u..."

I'm reading it now, so I can't really say, but if your parents don't want you to read it, then it really doesn't matter if we think you should be able to read it at 10, or 16.

well i am 13 and i was looking for a view like for ur own children at 13 would u let them read it my parents r never gonna listen to some person they dont know lol i just wanted someone elses view on it

i'm finding if i keep changing the sort of books i read its helping me, ie, mystery then girly or crime then true story

Faye wrote: "Yup... after I read the Twilight series, no other books I picked up seemed to cut it. Someone lent me the Sookie Stackhouse series and it still didn't seem to fill the void, until I finished that -..."

Right after I read the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series, I read "Haley Cork and the Blue Door". Talk about being blown away!

Gib wrote: "Faye wrote: "Yup... after I read the Twilight series, no other books I picked up seemed to cut it. Someone lent me the Sookie Stackhouse series and it still didn't seem to fill the void, until I fi..."

I've recently gone back through all of my Heinlein and discovered my autographed copy of "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls". Talk about old memories. I'm going to reread it soon.

i get into those funks every so often i fins i just get sick or reading.I fins some other activity for awhile and then i'm back to reading all the time.

I was the same after Twilight. I couldn’t get into any books until I reread all 4 of the Twilight books. Finally I fount Marked by P.C. Cast and have read all the House of Night books (Except for Haunted which came out today!) and couldn’t get into any other books for a while but now I am hooked on the Blue Bloods novels by Melissa De La Cruz.

I have a lot of books that I never have read and for some reason do not seem as fascinating looking as "new" old ones from the used bookstore or the library. I could get my 50 easily with unread books at home. Whenever I get in a really bad slump I just go back to an old favorite and reread-like Twilight, which I read quite a few times for quite awhile before something else moved me.