How do you get over your book hangovers?
I have a bit of a book hangover. I have a couple books waiting for me to read, but I’m not sure I’m emotionally ready. I might give myself one more day before I start my next book. How do you get over your book hangovers?
By reading the next book’s Intro.
By reading something that is “fluffy”.
That’s what I was thinking.
Idk either!! Still hungover from the Nightingale and it’s been almost two weeks!!
That’s what I just finished. It was so good and so emotionally draining.
@Carrie it absolutely was!!! The whole book was great but the last 50 pages about did me in!!
I picked up HP book 1 after I finished The Nightingale. That worked for me.
I read something funny or short. Sometimes I just don’t read at all.
Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series works for me.
I read something very different from my last book, because I find that changing up genres helps get the cobwebs out. It’s kind of like a palate cleanser. I’ve also found that short stories can do the job if you’re not ready to dig into another book.
Short stories or magazine articles
Start the next book.
Start the next book and I usually go for a “beach read”. Fun fast fluff ?
I switch to a completely different genre.
I change genres!
I watch some TV, after an hour or so I remember I like books better and find something I like to call my list reading like a cozy mystery or something like that
When I was going through my VC Andrews phase, I found that I always needed to take a break for a “moral cleansing,” if you will. So I’d switch over to my sci-fi/fantasy books for a bit and then plunge back into that dark VC Andrews hole.
Take a couple days off and switch genres
I usually try to just push through. But sometimes you just need a little time.
What did you just read that was so good?
The Nightingale. Those last 50 pages… I was an emotional mess.
@Carrie oh, that was a good one!
I read magazines. We get them for free from a local library. I always have a pile around. Then I take them to the dentist office, where they have nothing to read.
Audio books help me
Short, light, time travel or a mystery
Something with a lot of action and violence for some reason, i don’t know why it works
book candy ( AKA beach reads, Agatha Christie, re-read an old favorite)
Re-reading an old favorite