I often fight with the urge to just slump and cease to read because I cannot find anything interesting.
And I know from personal experience that once I finish a book series, I am in agonizing need of something else to devour.
I mean, it can be such a scary thing, can't it, to go to the bookstore and look at rows and rows of neatly-stacked, glossy books, all with different colours, and not knowing which one is best suited for you. Oh, yes, I know that feeling - when you think you're lost.
So I hope, really and truly, that this helps you whenever you go to the bookstore, knowing not what you want to buy.
1. Ask one of the people working at the bookstore.
I know this sounds pretty stupid - and simple - but, oh, how it helps me! You can just say your favourite genre - for example, "fantasy", "mystery" "horror" "family" "nature", etcetera, and the person will just guide you, the clueless child, through seas of books.
2. Look for a cover you like.
I may be very dumb writing about this, because of course I know that "you never judge a book by its cover" - and I completely agree - but it in a crisis as such of course you need to look for something splendid. A novel with soft, somewhat dainty colours - also known as pastel - always really attract me, because these are just the style that I love.
3. Search for books by your favourite author.
L.M. Montgomery, Astrid Lindgren and Joanne Rowling are my heroes, and so when I am lost - I search up more books by them. Recently I have been browsing through the library on my Kindle, which is a sort of tablet, and I saw "more books by Lucy Montgomery". So I clicked on that, and there appeared the five Katy Did books. And now I am up to book 3, which I enjoy enormously.
So, here, these were my three top "things".
I appreciate that you took the time to read this,
Sandra
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