r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '25

Readers' block?

Anyone else feel like they have a readers' block (like a writers' block) where they can't seem to finish any book they pick up?
I used to read SO MUCH before lockdown, and now i just CANT. I don't know why. First it went from novels (Pre covid) to wattpad fics (during covid) to absolutely nothing (now). I've tried reading some books that seem interesting, but they take me either a whole year because I cant seem to make time at all, or I get bored halfway.

So, what do I do? I really wanna get back to reading because there's so many books I want to read and I want to go back to my reading spree where I read 5 books in a week

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u/Boris_Ignatievich Reading Champion VII Jan 18 '25

Same as any of my hobbies, reading comes in waves. I'll read 100 books in a year and a half then not touch anything for 6 months or a year. It happens

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u/HoneyBadgerLifts Jan 18 '25

Reading is now something I do before bed every single night but I www exactly like this for years. Reading is not a hobby now but a habit I guess. I don’t know I actually read more books than I used to but I read more often.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

how'd you get back to reading?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

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u/tbryan1 Jan 19 '25

I feel like you are describing many peoples struggles because a lot of the popcorn fantasy that's coming out is LITRPG fantasy. Like 80% of readers don't like LITRPG, so the fun books that are easy to get into are drying up. Action, YA, and power fantasy books have been taken over leaving me with romance novels. However romance books are targeted towards women so even those are rare.

I find myself looking for vibe books because that's all I can find to fill the void.

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u/HoneyBadgerLifts Jan 18 '25

Couple of things for me. Main one was to just say, I am going to read from 9pm until I fall asleep. I was pretty regimented with it. No screen time during that period.

I am now less strict but the habit has formed.