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Seven Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump
Does the childhood magic of reading feel out of reach right now for you, too? Here are seven middle-grade titles that might help.
It’s been winter. It’s been dreary. It’s been a cold, dim, cloud-covered time.
(At least, it’s been that way in the northern hemisphere. Hello, Aussie readers! I haven’t forgotten you. Your darkness is coming. Stay strong.)
And I, for one, was absolutely slogging along where the Reading of Books was concerned.
Maybe it was seasonal depression, maybe stress, maybe chronic busy-ness. Maybe it was Maybelline. Maybe it was The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Caffeine! But whatever the reason, I was scrolling my phone until it was simply too late to even halfheartedly justify an attempt at reading. Every night.
(I have a preschooler and a toddler and I am their full-time caregiver. Late At Night is the ONLY time I can use for reading time. There is no longer any “lunch break” or “hanging out in the car when you get somewhere too early,” . Shush.)
And then, my friend pestered me and the rest of editors to read Holes by Louis Sachar. Like, she wouldn’t shut up about it. On and on and on in our…
