Do you ever feel like you’re in a reading rut? That you don’t read enough variety? That you need to branch out, spread your literary wings and explore other genres, flavors, styles?Quite a lot. My problem is that when I find a genre or book type I like I go on over kill. I keep track of what I read and if you look at my list for a few years ago it will be mostly a list of YA with some Kelley Armstrong and Kim Harrison thrown in. The problem with that is that I get bored with it and begin to hate the genre. At the moment I am having that issue with YA. I am increasingly finding it difficult to find one I like. It's got to the stage where I don't know if I actually dislike the book or if I am just bored with it. I have some books sitting there that I had been looking forward to. I'm worried now that I'm not going to appreciate it as much and so I'm giving myself a six month break in the hopes that I can go back and enjoy the ones sitting there.
This isn't new to me. I did the exact same thing with science fiction and fantasy. At one point I read almost nothing else. Now it's rare for me to pick up one from these genres. When I do though I do like them so I think the break works. Just now I am mainly reading general fiction with some crime thrown in. I could easily go on a crime kick but I'm trying to stop that burn out. It takes me a while but I do learn eventually.
On an unrelated note I apologise if it seems as though I haven't been around. I have been having continuing problems with blogger. It stays on a loop of asking me to sign in. The only way I can get it to work is by using google chrome as my browser (which I hate) but it's fixed for now.
I sometimes do the same as you - read too much of one genre or a particular author. I try not to, but some are just right, until, as you say, you get bored.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had that particular problem but taking a break sounds like a great idea. That happens to me with songs though that I listen to over and over until I'm sick of them. Then again, if you're enjoying it at that moment, then why not read some more!
ReplyDeleteI do that with songs too.
ReplyDeleteI seriously just decided yesterday that I'm not going to touch any more YA for a while. This was because I made the mistake of reading too many in a short span of time, and I really don't want to be inside the heads of teens for a while.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, I've been listening to the same album for days now (The Sea by Corinne Bailey Rae) and can't seem to get enough.
I think that's what happened to me too.
ReplyDeleteLast album I had on repeat was Florence and the Machines.
I tend to do the same thing, but because of that I try to do two genres at once in an attempt not to get bored.
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