The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Recommendations

We all get in reading slumps, right?

Do you have books that are guaranteed to pull you out of a slump and back into a reading spree?

Let us know what they are, and give us a quick summary on what makes them so great!

Reserved.

I usually pick books that I know I absolutely love, and re-read those. The Lunar Chronicles is one of my big ones!

Lunar Chronicles
Shadowhunter Chronicles
Hunger Games
Anything by Julie Kagawa and Sarah J. Maas
Penryn & the End of Days
The Selection
Splintered
Grisha Universe
Renegades
School for Good & Evil
Vampire Academy/Bloodlines
Land of Stories
Everneath
Caraval

LaNona wrote: "I usually pick books that I know I absolutely love, and re-read those. The Lunar Chronicles is one of my big ones!"

Excellent recommendation!

Nikita wrote: "Lunar Chronicles
Shadowhunter Chronicles
Hunger Games
Anything by Julie Kagawa and Sarah J. Maas
Penryn & the End of Days
The Selection
Splintered
Grisha Universe
Renegades
School for Good & Evil
V..."

Great choices! Thank you :)

Just One Damned Thing After Another
A Court of Thorns and Roses

To all the boys I loved or poetry books like 27 roses

Every time I feel unmotivated (actually for me it works not only for reading, but for everything), I read or watch Harry Potter.

This book is absolutely amazing. One of my favorites. It can pull me out of a slump.

The ravenspire series by CJ Redwine is SOOOO good pulled me right out of that slump

laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "Do you have books that are guaranteed to pull you out of a slump and back into a reading spree?

Hmmm... At the height of COVID-19 Pandemic here in the Philippines, Joe Abercrombie's The Last Argument of Kings got me back into my regular reading schedule.

My last reading (or fiction in general) slump got ended by Spellslinger. It's an easy to read series with some nice twists that make for a fresh breath of air, and unexpected corners that make you want to keep going. There's a series of six, and none of the books are particularly long, so it's a great choice to get moving again.

Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Or really anything by her, her stuff is pretty fast paced and intriguing but definitely make sure to look up some trigger warnings before picking up.
Crank
Mostly just anything that is face paced and interesting can bring me out of a slump : )

My bookshelf is filled with countless unread books that i've just been impulse buying..! I either cant find the motivation, or don't have enough time to sit down and read them. Solution? Audiobooks!! On a lazy Sunday when i cant be bothered to get out of bed, i'll lay down, put my AirPods in, and find one of the books i've been putting off reading on some shady website🤭

A book that pulled me right of my slump is The Enemy by Charlie Higson. An adrenaline rush of a book, and the best part is that there’s seven books, so if you like the first one, you’re in luck—you have six more books!

However, you’d probably have to have an accustomed taste for violence and gore, because, unfortunately, you get a lot of that in The Enemy series. I suggest you look it up and see if some of the dark content it contains are okay with you. But tears were shed when good characters were built up and torn apart, and I’ve spent some late nights reading more chapters than I planned because the book was way too intense to put down. The Enemy is an honest-to-goodness thriller ready to grab you by the throat and hurtle you through the 300+ pages. It got me out of my slump and then some. An excellent choice if you’re looking for something to really kick your reading into high gear, haha.

I was in a slight book slump after finishing a bunch of insta-love romance novels by Cassie Mint (there are so many, and I've finished two series in two weeks), but now I'm consumed by "The Electric Kingdom" by David Arnold. I'm DEFINITELY going to review this book on my BookTube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/c/ErinRogoff

I always read one of the first three or four Harry Potter books to get out of a reading slump .. they’re easy, nostalgic, just childishly joyful books that I can get through quickly before I feel ready to move on to a new book :))

anybody know some good romance books that arent too cheesy lol. im looking to branch out in my favourite genres

A good mystery or thriller
Janet Evanovich is always a quick read
Historical fiction

sasha :) wrote: "anybody know some good romance books that arent too cheesy lol. im looking to branch out in my favourite genres"

Book Lovers contemporary romance
The Bodyguard contemporary romance
The Dead Romantics contemporary kinda paranormal romance, but the romance isn't really the main theme of the story
A Lady for a Duke historical romance
The Duke Heist historical romance
The Duke Who Didn't historical romance
Delilah Green Doesn't Care contemporary romance
Forward March YA contemporary romance
I'll Be the One YA contemporary romance
The Unhoneymooners contemporary romance (and hilarious)
Honey Girl contemporary romance
Ayesha at Last contemporary romance (Pride and Prejudice retelling)

We all get in reading slumps, right?

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sasha :) wrote: "anybody know some good romance books that arent too cheesy lol. im looking to branch out in my favourite genres"

Not sure what sub genres you like but listed a few:

Historical and some translated into English
The People in the Photo
The Lover
The Question of Red
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (questionable)



Historical
Murder on Black Swan Lane start of a series
The Game of Kings



Contemporary
When It Falls Apart
Angel's Rest

Contemporary With Humor
Disorderly Conduct
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words audio suggested



Bonus not really romance but unique enough they might get you over a slump.

Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters
Hopscotch