I need a book that will shock me or drag me out of my phone addiction.
I used to devour books. I was an English major, writer, worked at a book store…I’m a teacher now. And yet I have been sucked into my phone and struggle to read these days. I did read The Tell last year. I need a compelling book.
Here’s a couple of books I think will help with anyone in a reading slump:
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
Interior Chinatown by Charles Hi
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
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Glorious Exploits. About two best friends in Ancient Rome who decide to ‘produce’ a play with war captives in the quarries.
I read most of it on my phone during commutes. It was beautiful, funny and heartbreaking.
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Sometimes to get out of a slump I need a thriller or mystery to suck me in rather than a book I’d normally want to read slowly and savor the writing as well as the plot, so may I suggest Slow Horses (thriller that‘s also funny) or Bruno Chief of Police (mystery set in a village in France far away from real life).
Side note, I’ll also temporarily uninstall the SM media apps to break my habit of mindlessly opening them. I can still get to them through the browser if I really want to scroll but bot having easy access can help snap me out of it and open a book instead.
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Well, as much as I can suggest books, if you can’t convince yourself that the joy out of reading is worth way more than the dopamine hit from the phone, no book can help you out of addiction. Having said that, you could go for The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, Tamas by Bhisham Sahni, and the Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
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Here’s a couple of books I think will help with anyone in a reading slump:
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
Interior Chinatown by Charles Hi
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Glorious Exploits. About two best friends in Ancient Rome who decide to ‘produce’ a play with war captives in the quarries.
I read most of it on my phone during commutes. It was beautiful, funny and heartbreaking.
Sometimes to get out of a slump I need a thriller or mystery to suck me in rather than a book I’d normally want to read slowly and savor the writing as well as the plot, so may I suggest Slow Horses (thriller that‘s also funny) or Bruno Chief of Police (mystery set in a village in France far away from real life).
Side note, I’ll also temporarily uninstall the SM media apps to break my habit of mindlessly opening them. I can still get to them through the browser if I really want to scroll but bot having easy access can help snap me out of it and open a book instead.
Well, as much as I can suggest books, if you can’t convince yourself that the joy out of reading is worth way more than the dopamine hit from the phone, no book can help you out of addiction. Having said that, you could go for The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, Tamas by Bhisham Sahni, and the Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.