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Bookworms Can Experience Book Burnout
Sometimes binge reading can cease for any reason, even unbeknownst to the voracious reader
I was reading Katie Churchward ‘s article about books she could not finish reading, and so an idea for this article was born. I decided to write about the tug of war of reading I’ve been dealing with the past week or so.
The thought of continuing another novel, nearly made my eyes bleed. I imagined spending several months not reading another darn book. Maybe I can listen to the occasional audiobook or just leave them alone for a while. Watch the news. Read Medium more. I don’t know.
The fact is, I seriously wanted to give up the title bookworm.
It hurt really bad, to my soul, because outside of books I feel I have no true solitary identity. My entire family knows about my love of reading and would call me sometimes for answers to certain life things or friends would have book recommendations for me.
Even better, I always have a character from a book I read as inspiration for helping out a friend.
What am I without books?
I took a step back today to analyze why I started thinking this way. The answers shocked me because it shouldn’t have been so surprising.
