Comments on: Book Burnout? http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/ seemingly random thoughts on books & ideas Thu, 17 May 2012 14:12:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chrees http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Chrees Sat, 09 Oct 2004 03:17:07 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/#comment-533 Yeah, I get burnout every once in a while. I don't try to force getting rid of it, but just go with the flow. What usually gets me back in the mood for reading is a vastly different type of book from what I have been reading. One time it was a book about reading that got me back. It just depends for me... and I never quite know what will do it. Sometimes a couple of visits just browsing in a bookstore will set things aright... Yeah, I get burnout every once in a while. I don’t try to force getting rid of it, but just go with the flow. What usually gets me back in the mood for reading is a vastly different type of book from what I have been reading. One time it was a book about reading that got me back. It just depends for me… and I never quite know what will do it. Sometimes a couple of visits just browsing in a bookstore will set things aright…

]]> By: Ed http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Ed Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:16:41 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/#comment-532 When the reading experience transforms into something that is regimented rather than random, I often find myself bemoaning what I'm reading. Which is why I decided to pick one of the books near the bottom of my pile ("The Time of Our Signing" by Richard Powers) that I really WANTED to read. One heck of a cure. I'm enjoying it immensely. I'd suggest, Kevin, that you read something fun instead of the intellectual or nonfiction books you're pining for. The mind really does need stories and poetry to live on and when it's denied from time to time, the result is, much like one of the unfortunate results perpetuated by bad English teachers, an aversion to something as magical as reading. When the reading experience transforms into something that is regimented rather than random, I often find myself bemoaning what I’m reading. Which is why I decided to pick one of the books near the bottom of my pile (“The Time of Our Signing” by Richard Powers) that I really WANTED to read. One heck of a cure. I’m enjoying it immensely.

I’d suggest, Kevin, that you read something fun instead of the intellectual or nonfiction books you’re pining for. The mind really does need stories and poetry to live on and when it’s denied from time to time, the result is, much like one of the unfortunate results perpetuated by bad English teachers, an aversion to something as magical as reading.

]]> By: David Thayer http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-531 David Thayer Thu, 07 Oct 2004 20:00:55 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/10/book-burnout/#comment-531 Kevin, My burnout book is THE GHOSTS OF AFRICA by William Stephenson. If you can find it, it's a great saga set in East Africa during WW1. David Kevin,

My burnout book is THE GHOSTS OF AFRICA by William Stephenson. If you can find it, it’s a great saga set in East Africa during WW1.
David

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