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The Reading Slump Isn’t Your Fault

The Reading Slump Isn’t Your Fault

The books you’re being recommended just suck.

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Jul 17, 2025
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If you’ve ever found yourself trapped in a reading slump, surrounded by tiktok recs that promise “this book is better than sliced bread” but leave you bored, disappointed, frankly annoyed by chapter three, SAME.

Not only can I promise you’re not alone, I can confidently say:
It’s not you. It’s the books.

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You are not broken. You’re just overwhelmed and oversold. So here’s how to fix that. But first…

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