Coming at you today with a shorter discussion post, which I’m calling a quick chat (yeah, you can definitely figure it out from the title of the post, but I felt the need to explain anyway LOL.) I’d like to talk about reading slumps…caused by none other than my favorite author!
So, if you’re new here, I love many authors a whole heckin’ ton, but if pressed to name my one true fave, I’ll say Tanith Lee.
That’s right, friends, Tanith Lee put me in a slump. Woe!
I love, love, LOVE her work and always will. But as I’ve been making an effort to read through my backlog of her books (as opposed to simply furiously hoarding them and re-reading my favorites) I’m finding her earlier works just aren’t doing it for me.
I DNF’d my first Tanith this year and didn’t finish that series –The Wars of Vis – because of it. Thinking back, The Birthgrave Trilogy was ok, but nothing to rave about. Now I’m struggling through The Secret Books of Paradys with mixed results. I want to finish the series because I’m curious, but after reading the first two books, I was feeling slumpy. I’m looking at my list (yes, I have a list for everything) and the Paradys series was written somewhat later, so I can’t even blame it on her early works.
None of this changes my passion for her work in general or the fact that I think she’s totally underrated and deserves more love. But it does just make me want to re-read those of her books I know I love.
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Does this ever happen to you? Have you ever read something by your favorite author, or maybe a book (or two) in your favorite series that just didn’t work out for you and sent you into a slump? Tell me I’m not alone!
Milliebot Reads 
I don’t really get into reading slumps per se, but I do get book hangovers where I need to cleanse my pallet & read something quick and easy.
I tend to get book hangovers after reading books that have very dense writing, complex plot lines, a huge cast of characters, and/or are really long books. The last book that gave me a hangover was Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James… which had all of these elements lol
Does Tanith Lee’s books have any of these elements? I have not read any of her work…
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Her work is sometimes much deeper than I’m able to pick up on. And I suppose for me a slump is kinda like I don’t know what to read next? Like I’d like to cleanse my mental pallet but then I’m too frustrated or overwhelmed to figure out what I can even read. And I want to enjoy all her work, but it’s not always the case. Her work is very rich and atmospheric, but at times I think her characters suffer for it.
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Lol! You’re not alone. That has happened to me. I’d read a fantasy book that was so great and amazing that i blazed through that I feel expelled by the time I’m done and unable to move on to something else. At times like that I just take a break from reading in general or just from reading books or novels. I might instead read a magazine or comics or binge Netflix.
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I get sort of slumps sometimes, but I get them when I read a book I love so much that all I want is a book that’s the same but as another book. Which causes me not to read for a while and being frustrated about only thinking about that book. It often happens with Jane Austen and different spin-offs from Pride and Prejudice
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Ooh, I totally get that too! I love a good Austen spin off and that does leave me wanting more of the same…yet…different. Haha.
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