My TBR stack is huge. My DNF stack is growing. I can’t seem to finish anything lately. I just can’t get hooked.
I’m a high school ELA teacher and a first time mom. I am constantly encouraging my students to read more and build stamina and just enjoy it, yet here I am…unable to finish a book.
I love general fiction, autobiography, thriller if it’s good and unpredictable, graphic novels, and a good audiobook.
I don’t care usually for smut, romcom, Sarah J Mass, Colleen Hoover, self-help, or anime.
A couple of personal favorites: tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, Fahrenheit 451, educated, James, remarkably bright creatures, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Jason Reynolds, John Green, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings
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tom lake
the hearts invisible furies
such a fun age
How Angel Peterson Got His Name.
It’s also okay to take a break! But! A good YA mystery will always do the soul good. I love the Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson.
The Reckoners series. YA fantasy so an easy read. Or anything else Brandon Sanderson.
All the colors of the dark! Short chapters (sometimes two pages) and it’s so easy to get pulled in!
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Excellent audiobook
My teen got me The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie. It was great, had a good flow, interesting story.
Normally I recommend short stories or graphic novels for something that’s easy to get through so you get the sense of accomplishment for finishing, plus you’re reading!
But as a first-time mom I’m guessing even short stories are hard to get through right now. I think you should take a look at [The Letters of Shirley Jackson](https://amzn.to/3X1Es9B). Some of the letters are very brief, so they’re easy to get through even when you only have a few minutes. Jackson’s style in correspondence is really engaging and you feel like she’s writing to you, personally, most of the time. There’s a pretty even split between talking about family and career, and this got me through a huge reading slump last year when I was doing a lot of caretaking for my parents and couldn’t get into my usual books,