Lately, I’ve been struggling to get into books. It feels like a hit-or-miss situation, either I get completely hooked or I just can’t push through. For example, I devoured the entire Metro 2033 series and absolutely loved it. Today, I finished Roadside Picnic, and it was the same, Icouldn’t put it down.
Another theme I really enjoy is Lovecraftian horror. Conceptually, I love it, but reading Lovecraft himself is inconsistent for me. The Shadow over Innsmouth was amazing, but At the Mountains of Madness is a slog and I’m really struggling to get through it.
The problem is, I don’t have much money, so I hate this “trial and error” approach. I read epubs on my tablet, but I get distracted way more easily than with physical books. I could do something a bit unethical, like using Amazon’s return policy to return books that I read, but I also feel bad about not keeping some of them, like Roadside Picnic, which I’d like to own physically.
Another one I really enjoyed was The Fisherman, it combined my love for fishing with Lovecraftian horror in a way that just clicked for me.
In short, I really hate "gambling" on books.
So, how do you guys deal with this? And aside from that, do you have any recommendations based on what I’ve liked?
by FrankFrancis333