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Any tips for getting back into reading?

With me, I go through phases when it comes to reading. It will start with me reading whenever I can, and I will power through books as fast as I can. Eventually, I just stop. I don't read anymore, even though I have a number of books ready for me to start. I am currently in one of these 'stop' phases and I am struggling with getting back into reading. I'll try to read but won't last more than a few pages before I stop. I really want to get back into reading and was wondering if anyone has any tips or advice to help motivate myself to kick-start it again.

8 years ago by CluelessKiller with 9 comments

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  • captainjib
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    I'd recommend setting aside specific time for reading. Even better, go out or go for a walk and find a nice place to sit. If you don't need it, don't bring a phone. Just take your book and decide to read there. Start by reading something that you really think you'll like, or reread something you've loved in the past. Once I get into the swing of it, I've found it's much easier to keep going. It's just breaking into it that's really tough. You just need time and a good book. If you tell me what kind of things you like, I can try and offer suggestions for things that have really captivated me!

    • CluelessKiller
      +4

      Thanks, I'll definitely try this. I think my phone does play a part in me concentrating on my reading. I really enjoy fantasy books, but I also like horror as well. Books that can be quite dark are also favourites of mine, but at the same time, being able to have a laugh while reading is good too.

      • captainjib
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        Do you like Neil Gaiman?

        • CluelessKiller
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          I haven't read any of his work. I'll admit I'm not the most 'educated' with books, for lack of a better term. I don't know of loads of authors, so I'll still trying to discover ones I like. I'm 18, most books I've read so far in my life were aimed at bit of a younger audience. But I've still read a fair number of others and want to expand on this.

          • captainjib
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            I think that you might really enjoy The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. It's YA, and I think it fits your interests pretty well. I'm not usually into darker things but I loved it! Here's the tag:

            After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

            Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family . . .

            • CluelessKiller
              +2

              Thank you for this! It sounds really interesting and right up my street. I think I'll definitely pick this book up when I can.

            • captainjib
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              @CluelessKiller -

              Awesome! Let me know what you think of it!

            • CluelessKiller
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              @captainjib -

              I finally got The Graveyard Book last weekend, and after finishing reading a web serial I had started earlier in the year, I moved straight on to it. I absolutely loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. Thank you for the recommendation, and I think it's safe to say that I have definitely got back into reading.

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