Top Tips to Getting Out of A Reading Slump | Book Clubs, Reading Challenges, DNF-ing & More

The Book Jar Podcast

Slumps suck. Reading slumps extra suck. Every avid reader has been through one reading slump or another and, while sometimes they are inevitable, there are some ways to get through them without losing your mind. Marissa and Megan discuss their experiences with their own reading slumps, and all the top tips they have to prevent them. From reading challenges and book clubs to DNF-ing and taking breaks, these two readers discuss everything related to reading slumps.

We start the podcast with our most-recent reads and end it by drawing our next topic from our book jar!

Expect us to discuss:

• His Viking Captive by C.A. Fray
• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
• The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Under the Oak Tree by Suji Kim
• When Fate Finds Us by Sanho, B, Bbab and Ddinut
• I've Become A True Villainess by Flowing HonEy
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
• Brimstone & Roses by Speremint
• The Mafia Nanny by Violet Matter, Art by sh00
• Down to Earth by Pookie Senpai
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

Have a question you want us to discuss? Send us an email or message our Instagram account with your question, and we'll add it to our book jar.

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00:00 Sneak Peek
0:46 Intro
2:34 Most Recent Reads
7:06 Today's Topic: Top Tips to Getting Out of A Reading Slump
7:37 What Is A Reading Slump?
9:13 Just Take the Break
11:08 Re-Read Old Faves
12:47 Choose Books With Lighter Content
14:43 Change Reading Formats
17:56 Mangas & Graphic Novels
19:46 Try A Different Genre or Sub-Genre
20:51 Try Reading One Page A Day
22:42 Check Out A Book Or Reading Challenge
23:03 Join A Book Club
25:15 Don't Be Afraid to DNF – or Save For Later
28:56 Get Reccs From Reader Friends
31:11 A Shame-Free Zone
37:53 Reset Your Reading Challenge
39:20 Next Topic!

40:33 Our Upcoming Reads
46:23 Outro & Socials
47:34 After the Pod