Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures & Transforming Power of a Reading Life by Sarah Clarkson.

Book Girl Discussion Question #4: Have you ever found yourself in a reading slump? How did you get out of it? Are there certain books or types of books that help you when you’ve gotten out of the rhythm of reading?

I’ve never really been in a reading slump. Reading to me is as necessary as eating. I have had times, especially lately, in the past few years, when my reading ability seemed to be impaired or limited. I was still reading, but the attentiveness and focus were just not there. I blame the internet. When I just can’t seem to pay proper attention to anything difficult or serious, I turn to comfort books, books that will always hold my attention:

Anything Jeeves and Bertie by P.G. Wodehouse.

Agatha Christie mysteries.

Rex Stout mysteries.

Jan Karon’s Mitford series.

Anne of Green Gables and the sequels by L.M. Montgomery.

These kinds of books, most of which I’ve already read once upon a time, will give me just enough entertainment and interest to pull me into a longer, more focussed attention span, and then I can move on to books I haven’t already read and try them out.

All it takes, really, to get back into “the rhythm of reading” is one really good book. One Good Book gives a reader hope for finding more good books, don’t you think?