Let’s talk Bookish ➙ Reading Breaks ?

Mornin’!

We are quite late on this topic.. but better late than never, eh? 😅  So here we are for another “Let’s Talk Bookish” topic!

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books and Dani @ Literary Lion. Where we discuss certain topics, share our opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts.

📚 November 13th; When are reading breaks a good idea (SUGGESTED BY LYDIA @ LYDIA SCHOCH)

On a technical side, A reading break is always a good idea. Don’t force yourself too much as you will probably end up further in a slump and/or not even understanding or absorb what you read.

While I would always suggest it to someone else, I personally slip the advice.. it’s like it’s not applying to me (like a LOT of things) 😅 However- as I got in quite a bad space related to Covid and all lately.. I was really struggling to read, or even feeling like reading.

Because i’m originally a French person that used to read only in French, until barely 2years ago, my first move is always trying to get my slump out by reading something in my language instead .. as a sort of “palate cleansing” — sometimes it’s all that I need to reboot my brain and get back into reading.

Something that can also work, as i’ve done last time where I was over-done with work and *Not quite* having my brain on my shoulders, i’m looking for a fun-read that’d go easier on my brain than a full-on novel; Like middle grade, something that I definately don’t read enough of.

When all else fails.. I don’t have much choice than to give myself a break. Which i’m always feeling bad about, especially in this time that while I have put my reading on pause, AND already running out of blogging topics.. it’s even harder to find something to write about.

I’m learning to get better with taking breaks (reading aswell as blogging), and that letting go and rest sometimes is okay — it doesn’t mean that I won’t come back to it.. which is basically my biggest fear. My anxiety brain thinks that if I completely let go of something, either because of a bad mental health or anything else, that I won’t be able to get back to it..

Sometimes I still try to read at night, other times I don’t. Whenever that happens, I usually throw myself in video games — preffering to “shut off” my brain with other worlds instead. Very rarely i’d go to binge-watch TV shows.. although it did happened once, but i’m not much of a binge-watcher person; I can only stomach a few episodes before wanting to wander around and play some sims or something.

Do you take reading breaks?
What media do you consume in the meantime?