i have been trying to get back into reading for a while, i used to do it nonstop in middle/high school but fell off after i graduated. i picked up Thursday Murder Club randomly at a bookstore a few weeks ago and finally sat to read it this week and it’s really doing it for me right now. i don’t have much time to read anymore with college and work but i think this will be the first book i have finished since i graduated high school 😅 so, i’m curious. what books randomly re-sparked your love for reading?
I had been an avid reader since childhood, but I had mental block because of a few relatives passing away and I was unable to read a book for several years. I had trouble concentrating.
One night I picked up my dust-covered copy of Ready Player One and I almost finished it in one sitting. I was really surprised that happened. I’m sort of literary snob when it comes to reading, and while the level of writing in the book wasn’t the greatest and the plot was kind of a mess, since this was originally a self-published book by an amateur writer, I think that’s precisely why it worked.
It was extremely easy to read. I could just turn off my brain and enjoy the author’s enthusiasm for 80s pop-culture which sucked me in since I grew up in those times too. I didn’t care if the book wasn’t perfect.
I think I then read the Hunger Games trilogy, Like Water for Elephants, and Of Human Bondage all which also were page turners for me.
From there I was able to read anything again like Blood Meridian, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Man in the High Castle, the Expanse series, etc.
Really accessible books really have their place, and can act as a bridge to reading again, or to introduce people into books. I’ll forever be thankful to Ready Player One for allowing me to enjoy reading again.