HELP! I'm in a reading slump!

I was having a really good couple of reading months, managing to read 7 or 8 books in a month. But recently I've had no urge to pick up a book what so ever, and that is very unlike me.

I love reading, I always have done. But sometimes I do fall into a reading slum, I don't always no why but it happens to the best of us.

I just don't want to be in one now! I miss reading and want to get back into reading ASAP, but I can't and it's starting to get me down.

I need help! Can anyone leave a comment on how you get out of a reading slum??

Please I need your help!

Book Review: Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick

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About the book:

Rating: Medicore

Pages: 255

Released: April 1st 2012

Published by: Atlantic Books

 

 

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Synopsis:

Middle aged, newly divorced Bea Nightingale works as a teacher in an impoverised aread of New York in the 1950's. Out of the blue her estranged brother contacts her to ask if she'll go to Paris to find and bring home the nephew she's never met. From that moment she becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of her brother's family...

 

 

First Line:

"July 23, 1952"

 

Review:

I'm on the fence with this book. I obviously liked this book due to the speed that I read it, but I didn't find it riveting. I can safely say I have never read a book that's given me this reaction before. The plot was mediocre - nothing much happened at all. Not much happened with the characters either in terms of their development...Another problem I had with the characters as well is that I didn't identify with any of them and that is something that happens very rarely as well. Maybe that's the reason I'm on the fence about it? Having said that Cynthia's writting was good although some people may find it challenging. Overall, this book wasn't a horrible read but something just didn't click for me.

 

Recommended Audience:

This book was written as an adult book and due to Cynthias writing style I wouldn't really recommened it for people in their early teens.

Book Review: Women and Children First by Gill Paul

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About this book:

Rating: O.K

Pages: 480

Released: March 29th 2012

Published by: harpercollins

 

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Synopsis:

This book follows five characters lives after they survive the Titanic sinking. They are: Reg, a steward working in the first class dining room, Annie, an Irishwomen who is travelling to America with her four children, Juliette, a titled English lady who is pregnant and unmarried, George Grayling, a troubled Americian millionaire and finally, a mystery passenger who never shows her face in public. These are their stories as they try to cope with the aftershock of the Titanic and rebulid their lives.

 

First Line:

"Reg's hands were shaking so hard he couldn't hold the news-paper still enough to read."

Review:

This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. I thought I would become alot more emotionally involved in the book as the event of the Titanic is so tradgic. Instead, I found myself not really bonding with the characters. The plot was well thought out and would have been a far more enjoyable read if I had been more emotionally invested in the characters.

 

Recommended Audience:

Anyone who enjoys historical fiction.