A Reader’s Version of the Plague; Reading Slumps

my eng lit piece on the trio!!

An article that focuses on 4 things;

• What reading slumps are.
• Why they are so dangerous.
• Prevention.
• Cure.

For, as all readers know, reading slumps can be extremely similar to an illness, the way they drag you away from literature and leave your life incredibly empty.

This article focuses on ways to combat them, so you can read peacefully.

What is a Reading Slump? ❔

In some dramatic words, reading slumps are the absolute enemy of any avid reader. They are nightmares, ones that run onto daily life. They plague us, taking us away from literature, causing something similar to great sadness and woe.

In other words, a reading slump is when you want to read, but picking up a book, reading the pages, it just doesn’t interest you. You cannot follow on with the words, they don’t process in your brain, and you find yourself having to go back and reread it, again and again, with no luck.

It’s when your brain fails to comprehend the text, as if you were deciphering morse code, or the Harappan language.

You may begin with motivation, but not soon after you pick up the book, your brain turns to mush and…