Episode 59: Navigate a Reading Rut: Four Ways to Get Back to Reading with Momentum and Joy

Hello, hi! Today's episode aims to help any listeners who find themselves wanting to read more, but stifled by a Reading Rut. I'll share four different kinds of Reading Ruts and I help you with your "next best steps" depending on which rut you find yourself in. I hope today's episode helps all of the Medium Lady readers out there who want an exciting and satisfying reading life!

 

If you're in a TIME rut try:

 New Adult Fiction: Great dialogue and low stakes

1. Casey McQuiston
2. Bola Babalolu
3. Emily Henry

If you're in a rut because your SOURCE for recommendations has gone stale:

Try the library! I love an email newsletter like the Milwaukee Public Library email newsletter

What to do if you're in a TYPE Rut (a.k.a the Genre Rut):

Stay in the genre but reach for diverse authors (Black, Indigenous, Queer, etc). For example if you love Colleen Hoover - reach for Seven Days in June by Tia Williams... or if you love Harry Potter - reach for TJ Klune.

Finally if you're in a FORMAT rut - just try another format or two! Audiobooks, reading on your phone, going back to paper books etc, all great ways to bring novelty back into your reading life.

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Also mentioned:

Medium Lady Reads Playlist

Link to the Winter Whimsy Workshop Invite!

Free printable to plan your month

 

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Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.