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Thoughts I Had During My Latest Reading Slump

Reading slumps are the worst. Here are some thoughts I had during my latest nightmare, accompanied by gifs to make it less terrible.

Ashley Holstrom

Staff Writer

Ashley Holstrom helps make books at Sourcebooks. She lives near Chicago with her cat named after Hemingway and her bookshelves organized by color. Newsletter: Crooked Reads. Twitter: @alholstrom.

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I hit a pretty bad reading slump as summer turned to autumn this year. I had a stack of books I’d read a few pages of and then put aside. I hated every audiobook I attempted. And then my mind took over and turned this experience into a nightmare. I present to you: Thoughts I had during my latest reading slump, accompanied by overdramatic gifs.

What if I never read again?


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Who am I without my mountains of books?


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What if reading isn’t really part of my identity? What if it was all fake?


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What are my Instagram followers going to think?


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What am I going to do with all these books?


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How will I ever catch up to my TBR that keeps growing while I can’t read?


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But never fear. I’m reading again. For now.


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