Reading funk

Hoycie

Lets say you were in the worst reading funk ever, what would be your go to book to bring you back to life?

SnShne322

Outlander.

Oh, wait...

Menrandes

Oh geez...
Ok, I was really into fantasy as a teenager.  Still am, but really into it when I was younger.
My favorite was a really cheesy series called The Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. 
I can reread them over and over and they still entertain me as much as they did 16 years ago. 
I usually pick them up again after a long reading lull, and they are falling apart. 

fabk

Outlander.

HP would be a verra close second.

WillyH19

HP or a favorite classic. I can always count on Little Women, my all-time favorite.

beebe918

I would do something short and light just to get myself over the hump.  

The first thing that comes to mind right now is Attachments.

booneybear

Looks like you have to finish Outlander now LOL..

EliStar

booneybear said:

Looks like you have to finish Outlander now LOL..

LMAO

MrsJenE

Hmmm...

You know, I know someone who still hasn't finished the BDB series.  Just sayin.  

booneybear

MrsJenE said:

Hmmm...

You know, I know someone who still hasn't finished the BDB series.  Just sayin.  

The brothers can get me out of all kinds of funk.  

RevJen

Either HP or one of Nora Roberts' books.

Lauren620

I also need to know the answer to this question because I am struggling trying to read anything right now.  I keep thinking about rereading The Bronze Horseman, so maybe I will try that.

Hoycie

booneybear said:

MrsJenE said:

Hmmm...

You know, I know someone who still hasn't finished the BDB series.  Just sayin.  

The brothers can get me out of all kinds of funk.  

I will be seeing A this weekend  I like to space them out for when he's around.

EliStar

And to answer the question, I usually re-read an old favorite. 

Harry Potter

Pride & Prejudice

Outlander 

Next up on this list is TNOTW 

sweetc129

Lately Ready Player One. I don't know why, but I just love this as a book and audiobook.

packfan20

What, my recs the other day weren't good enough? 
:P

ThisModernLove

The Giver - Lois Lowry
Usually my funks are that I'm not reading enough books that really hit me and that one always does.

Hoycie

packfan20 said:

What, my recs the other day weren't good enough? 
:P

This was more of a general question.  Not JUST for me.

packfan20

Harry Potter

MrsJenE

If we're talking general...

Anna and the French Kiss

Where She Went

When I'm in a slump, I like to read books that are quick and light.  I know that Where She Went isn't that light, but you get what I mean.

j*&p*

An old favorite: 

I am the Messenger

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

The Raven Cycle books

Name of the Wind 

HP

Or I pick something kind of random I downloaded to my Kindle and haven't heard much about in any of my reading circles. I've had good luck lately with a few of these, namely Indexing by Seanan Maguire (aka Mira Grant of the Newsflesh trilogy) and Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig. Both were fun and surprising.   

sneetches

I reread an old favorite.  Dragonsong, or The Fire Rose, or maybe The Hobbit.

When I am sick and can't concentrate, I reread Little House in the Big Woods. 

booknerd226

Harry Potter, or if I'm not feeling a series, any Nora Roberts book. I've reread some of hers that were my favorite when I was in a funk and it helped a lot.

julie37619

I think it would depend on who asked me.  If it were you asking, I'd say the Mistborn series.

RiverPlate

Lauren620 said:

I also need to know the answer to this question because I am struggling trying to read anything right now.  I keep thinking about rereading The Bronze Horseman, so maybe I will try that.

I did a Bronze Horseman re-read at the end of last year to get out of a funk.  I found myself skimming until I got to the second half though.

Lauren620

RiverPlate said:

Lauren620 said:

I also need to know the answer to this question because I am struggling trying to read anything right now.  I keep thinking about rereading The Bronze Horseman, so maybe I will try that.

I did a Bronze Horseman re-read at the end of last year to get out of a funk.  I found myself skimming until I got to the second half though.

I've re-read it a couple of times and every time I end up highlighting more in my nook.   I probably have more highlighted than not.  I can't seem to make myself re-read The Summer Garden though, I would probably skim most of that one if I ended up trying to read the entire series again.

sfgiantsjo

I go waaaaaay back. 

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 

Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Westing Game

Bridge to Terabithia 

oliversbear

The Anne of Green Gables & Emily of New Moon series and then some light and fluffy mysteries -- Claudia Bishop, Rita Mae Brown, and Victoria Thompson.