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Are You Feeling Reading Burnout?
Have you been in a reading slump where you’re not sure what you want to read? Do you browse for a book and feel like nothing sounds interesting? If so, you might be experiencing some reading burnout. This can happen to anyone, especially if you’re an avid reader. This has happened to me many times in my life, so I’d like to share some tips on how you can help pick yourself up and enjoy reading again. Hopefully they are helpful. 1. Read a short book or a book with a light hearted story. Give yourself a break from reading heavy, deep, thought provoking stories. Those kinds of books require…
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Six Simple Ways to Find Time to Read
Finding time to read when you have a busy schedule can be really hard. Even if you love to read and want to find time to do it, books are not usually a priority unless it is required for work or school. There have been plenty of times where I find it hard to find time to read with everything else I wish to do. Plus, everyone needs time to relax and do nothing, even reading. However, if you want to read more, making it a higher priority on the list of things to do is important. Below I have compiled a list of some simple ways you can try…
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Are You Thinking About Trying an Audiobook?
Recently on the FFF discord, we talked about the difference between reading a book by physically reading it and listening to it through an audiobook. It made me think about how I discovered audiobooks. In fact, when I first thought about giving audiobooks a try, I was very skeptical about how well I would like them. Reading has always been a very immersive entertainment. I did love when my mom read to me as a kid, but would an audiobook really be as good of an experience as reading it for myself or being read to by a loved one? It took me a little ways into my first audiobook…
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Finish the Book For Christmas
As the holidays grow close and with the fact that there is only a month and a half before the year is out, I feel the need to try and power through as many books as I can to raise my yearly books read count as I can. Sure, it isn’t a contest and I’m not comparing myself to anyone but myself from the previous year, but either way if it ever has a chance to come up, it’s not impressive to say I read ten books this year (well maybe to someone who doesn’t read). Though I have already passed the ten book mark by a good amount, I…
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Gotta Read That One Again
Are you someone who rereads books, or are you always looking for something new without looking back? I, myself, am someone who loves rereading books. It can be hard to decide if I want to reread a series or try to find something new. In fact, I am often conflicted about what choice to make, and often get the urge to revisit specific series, worlds, and characters. To me, there are several reasons to reread a book or series: 1. A New Book Coming Out in the Series I often will reread a series when there is a new one coming out. This could mean rereading a lot of books…
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Exploring New Worlds: Imagination’s the Limit
Something I find amazing with the fantasy genre is all the different unique worlds that are created in every single series. It is amazing how authors can design such compelling realistic worlds that also hold so much more potential and adventure than our own. These stories pick us up and transfer us to a whole new place. It is a place we could never experience or know about otherwise. In high or epic fantasy, the authors make a whole new world that has completely new rules, cultures, peoples, environments, and creatures. It is a world that no one has ever experienced before and can only be experienced within the pages…
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What Led You to Fall in Love With Fantasy?
I have loved reading my entire life. I can’t remember a time, even in my earliest memories, that I didn’t like to read. Even before I could read real books, I remember reading picture books and those easy stories with the reading level printed on the top when I was very little. Believe it or not, I even remember rereading my favorite ones. There are a few that I still remember quite well because I read them so much. In many ways, my love of reading was inevitable because both of my parents love to read. My mom has always been a big advocate of fostering the love of reading,…
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The Obsidian Tower
by Melissa Caruso Recommend Ryx’s magic is considered broken, useless. She must always hold her powers in check and endure the pain of her family’s insults and contempt. Yet, she is the only one able to make a stand when her family’s long locked away artifact is awakened. She is more scared than she’s ever been, but she might be brave enough to face the challenge. The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso is a political and mystery based high fantasy. It isn’t as complex or intense as other political based fantasies like the series A Song of Fire and Ice by George R.R Martin, but it does have the main…
