I'm reintroducing Monday Madness, and while I'll certainly try to be helpful, more likely than not it will just be my inane ramblings about what I'm reading or writing at the moment. Enjoy!
I have book binges that totally depend on my mood. If I'm in the mood for something angsty, I'll usually go for YA. If I want an adventure, I'll find something in fantasy. If I want a love story, well, I go for romance, naturally.
Which brings me to a dilemma. What do you do when you're not in the mood?
I have Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher sitting on my coffee table right now. It's a library book, so that means I should get around to reading it soon (like, before it's due back). It's also supposed to be one of those books that will "change your world" so I've been really looking forward to reading it.
I'm just not in the mood. You see, I'm in a pretty good mood this week (mainly due to sunshine and reading Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsong, which was so good) and I'm reluctant to change that. And Thirteen Reasons Why is guaranteed to put me in a not-so-happy mood. I mean, it's about a girl's reasons for committing suicide. Not lighthearted in the least. And I'm one of those weird people who are easily influence by books, movie and music. A sad story, movie or song makes me sad. There's no getting around it. (And it really annoys my husband when I start moping over nothing.)
So, instead of reading the book I was supposed to read, I dug through my bookshelves and found Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which I've read no less than six times. Lol.
I'm sure I'll be in the mood for a serious story soon, and probably force myself to read it just because I hate having to renew my library loans (and also because a less happy part of me really does want to read it) but just not today. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.
What do you do when you're not in the mood? Do you move on or hunker down and read anyway? Please share!
It's annoying when I'm not in the mood for a specific book waiting for me. I have a few books I own that I really want to read, but I haven't had the mood to crack them open yet. Worse yet, when I really want to read something, but nothing looks appealing.
ReplyDeleteAt least I got to my library books. The first one primed me for the other two. And they were good.
Sometimes I read anyway, other times I find a mindless game on the computer. If the internet is down for whatever reason...woe is me. ;)
I have the same problem you do. Books affect my mood. I generally have a stack of books that I'm really excited about, and I use them as motivation to get through the difficult ones. I just promise myself that if I finish a depressing book, I'll immediately follow it with something lighter. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not in the mood for a certain book, there's no way I can slog through it anyway. Harry Potter is my friend in these times too! When I was pregnant I couldn't read anything serious at all because it made me too sad and I couldn't bring a child into a sad world, so I could only read things which reinforce a happy world filled with rainbows and butterflies . . . which is not like me at all, considering I usually like to write about horrible worlds where people may die. Now that my hormones are back to normal, I can read serious books, but like Vonny, I have to balance them out with some candy reads!
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