Non reading phase.

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I have averaged reading 2 plus books a week,

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Damn

I’m stuck in that funk rn

By trade I’m a librarian so of course I’ve always read

I think I’ve only completed 3 books this year - so I know what you mean - I think I have a COVID lockdown induced ADD or something

My book list is a mile long but I just can’t - I like historical fiction too

Thanks for the reply. I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things. Not much to do, besides work here after the storm.

I was in a funk like that for years. Trying to read “classics” just because I thought I should. And wasn’t reading books for pure enjoyment. Finally started reading books again for pleasure and mix up genres to keep it fresh. I lean heavily on mystery and historical fiction but throw in horror, si-fi, YA, Foreign. To switch it up.

I am experiencing a similar phenomenon. Reading has been an indispensable cornerstone of my existence since childhood. For the entirety of my adult life, I have invariably read every night before bed, unless I was carousing, drunk, sick, or overwhelmed with work. Every single night, at least an hour a night, reading widely and passionately and vividly. Reveling in great books. Recoiling from poor books. Trying to memorize pivotal passages. But always reading.

Then the last two months.

Suddenly, not a single book appeals to me. I'm disinterested and aloof. Sluggish. Apathetic. Nothing stirs me. I cannot settle on what to read, and when I do, my mind skips over the page like a flat stone.

It may be anxiety over current events, my loved ones, my career. But it feels alien and leaves me melancholy.

It’s happened to me as well. Sometimes I find it has to do with how much required (school/work) I have to do.

Check out Kent Wascom’s Blood of Heaven which is his first of a trilogy.