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Old 01-Aug-2008, 17:37
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Default Re: Reader's block

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Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
I have done. Last year I read two books between January and February and then nothing for three months before getting back to reading.

This year a similar thing happened, after getting through twenty-nine books in the first three months, my pace slowed to ten over the next three months, and pretty much all ten were slight, coming in around a hundred pages each. I'm happy to report that I'm over all that again...at least for this year.

I don't know why it happens to me. But I just keep persisting, picking up one, putting it down if it doesn't grab and trying the next one. It's a bit of a pain that it does happen as I never get buyer's block, and I was also building up a bulk of review copies that I just wasn't getting to, which psychologically builds up a weight of obligation, especially as its been sent in good faith after I'd considered and accepted to read.
So it's true, reader's block does happen. Good, I'm glad. For a moment there I thought I was retarded.

Yes it's true, I have reader's block.
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