Hi. You may be wondering why you're seeing this in your subscriptions. Or maybe you just clicked it by accident. But thank you for clicking and taking time to read this post. I am previously called Bittersweet Reads. I used to post book reviews, recommendations, author guest posts and more!
But as I started college a few years back, I decided to go on a hiatus. The circumstance that I was in made reading books impossible as I needed to focus on studying. I drifted away, and it was such a pain in the ass.
It is now 2020 and I've got nothing better to do because of the pandemic. So instead of wasting my precious time doing nothing, I decided to revamp and use a simpler name, Zee Reads Books.
Now that we got that out of the way, I wanted to use this post to re-introduce myself to my audience. That is, if I have any audiences left.
I went through a very tough reading slump amounting to 4 years of not finishing an actual book. I stopped reading books completely when I was in 2nd year college, which is around 4 years from now. Since then, I've touched and opened books several times, but I never had the will to finish reading them. It seemed as if my brain vomits the words and information that I get from reading those books. I really had a hard time. If I were to create an analogy, it felt as if I was experiencing a withdrawal syndrome from not reading books. Eventually, I got by through reading fan fictions from websites such as Archive of Our Own and Wattpad. Believe me, they write well too. But still, reading a book that you can actually hold and smell is different. I remember books being my instant serotonin boost, a vital part of my life growing up. And I can't deal with it any longer.
As I mentioned earlier, in that four-year reading slump, I actually tried getting out of it. I remember this recommendation from a booktuber who said that to get out of your reading slump, you should try to read your favorite book again. That way, all the feelings you felt as you were zooming through its pages will come back to you, making you want to read more. I did that. I was desperate. At that time, my favorite books were Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta and The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton. The funny thing is, they're the type of books that you need to completely immerse yourself into for you to enjoy it. Not that other books do not have that type of depth, it's just that when I was reading both books myself, I did not immediately like it. So in a nutshell, I tried reading Jellicoe Road only to end up re-reading the first few pages over and over again. It wasn't igniting that fire inside me, the reader side of me. So I backed off for a while, feeling defeated.
But today, I think I've really had enough.
I took two lighter reads with me in this new place that I am staying at, hoping that I can finally get out of this slump. I am not pressuring myself to read more for the remaining months of this year. Just two. They're The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks and Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. I've read both of these before and I really enjoyed them. Compared to the other books, these are more on the contemporary side, so it won't be hard (hopefully) to finish them. If you see me review them or other books on this blog then that would mean I finally got out of this hellish reading slump.
To end this post, let me just quickly advertise this blog by saying that I am once again open to book review requests, guest posts, cover reveals etc. More services offered will be revealed in another post. Until then, please stay safe. Wear your masks and hydrate!
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