So how do we fix the deadness?

SnShne322 · March 2014

I miss all the posts. I know our lack of posting is cyclical, and it will come back at some point, but I miss you guys and all our posts. We hardly even talk about books anymore!

nocturnalintimacy · March 2014

Freaking Q1 and busy jobs.

jenndawnp · March 2014

This is our slow time at work and I'm reviewing documentation, so I'm bored out of my mind.

SusieBW · March 2014

Are there buddy reads or any read-alongs going on right now? Maybe do a round of those? That usually perks things up a bit, doesn't it?

SnShne322 · March 2014

SusieBW said:

Are there buddy reads or any read-alongs going on right now? Maybe do a round of those? That usually perks things up a bit, doesn't it?

Not a bad idea!

I bet if we could even get 10 people to post about the books they are currently reading, that might help!

fabk · March 2014

I am game for a buddy reads or read along.

Do we want to try something new like a Ten Things Tuesday or something along those lines?

sweetc129 · March 2014

I've been in a real slump. Besides it being busy season and having a baby who doesn't like sleep and just isn't going to do that anymore, I don't have much time to read. When I do have time I can't get into anything. I've started about 5 books and a few audiobooks and nothing is grabbing me.

Hoycie · March 2014

SnShne322 said:

SusieBW said:

Are there buddy reads or any read-alongs going on right now? Maybe do a round of those? That usually perks things up a bit, doesn't it?

Not a bad idea!

I bet if we could even get 10 people to post about the books they are currently reading, that might help!

@snshne322- I'm reading Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2) and I want to gauge my eyes out. I can't stand Sydney.

SnShne322 · March 2014

Hoycie said:

SnShne322 said:

SusieBW said:

Are there buddy reads or any read-alongs going on right now? Maybe do a round of those? That usually perks things up a bit, doesn't it?

Not a bad idea!

I bet if we could even get 10 people to post about the books they are currently reading, that might help!

@snshne322- I'm reading Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2) and I want to gauge my eyes out. I can't stand Sydney.

Make a post! I want to discuss.

RiverPlate · March 2014

I've been reading a lot of NA and romance-type books that are 99 cents in the Kindle store. They're horribly written, I'm too embarassed to tell anybody about them, and yet they're like train wrecks. Can't. Stop. Looking.

sassypants527 · March 2014

RiverPlate said:

I've been reading a lot of NA and romance-type books that are 99 cents in the Kindle store. They're horribly written, I'm too embarassed to tell anybody about them, and yet they're like train wrecks. Can't. Stop. Looking.

I have a friend who pretty much reads this kind of stuff only and then calls herself a bookworm. We all have our cheesy phases and guilty pleasures (cheap kindle stuff definitely qualifies ;-) ), but if you read nothing but books with nearly naked buff dudes on the cover, I call in to question your bookworminess.

SusieBW · March 2014

sassypants527 said:

RiverPlate said:

I've been reading a lot of NA and romance-type books that are 99 cents in the Kindle store. They're horribly written, I'm too embarassed to tell anybody about them, and yet they're like train wrecks. Can't. Stop. Looking.

I have a friend who pretty much reads this kind of stuff only and then calls herself a bookworm. We all have our cheesy phases and guilty pleasures (cheap kindle stuff definitely qualifies ;-) ), but if you read nothing but books with nearly naked buff dudes on the cover, I call in to question your bookworminess.

Really, though? I think of a bookworm as someone who always has their nose in a book. I don't care what the book is, if you're always reading, you're a bookworm.

SnShne322 · March 2014

sassypants527 said:

RiverPlate said:

I've been reading a lot of NA and romance-type books that are 99 cents in the Kindle store. They're horribly written, I'm too embarassed to tell anybody about them, and yet they're like train wrecks. Can't. Stop. Looking.

I have a friend who pretty much reads this kind of stuff only and then calls herself a bookworm. We all have our cheesy phases and guilty pleasures (cheap kindle stuff definitely qualifies ;-) ), but if you read nothing but books with nearly naked buff dudes on the cover, I call in to question your bookworminess.

::takes out earbuds:: I guess my buff dude audiobook doesn't count.

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NicoleAnne416 · March 2014

I've been in a huge slump, can't get into anything, can't even let my favorite series grab me (outlander) on the one I'm in the middle of. Blah!

RevJen · March 2014

Hoycie said:

SnShne322 said:

SusieBW said:

Are there buddy reads or any read-alongs going on right now? Maybe do a round of those? That usually perks things up a bit, doesn't it?

Not a bad idea!

I bet if we could even get 10 people to post about the books they are currently reading, that might help!

@snshne322- I'm reading Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2) and I want to gauge my eyes out. I can't stand Sydney.

She gets better in the third book. But the first two had me wanting to shake her until her teeth rattled.

booneybear · March 2014

I am currently on the third book and she is still a PITA.

RiverPlate · March 2014

I read the first one when it first came out, but don't remember being impressed enough to keep it on my radar. I've got holds on #2 and #3 at the library.

ThisModernLove · March 2014

I've been in a serious slump and I feel like I only get so many NBR posts per month...

BabyRN2006 · March 2014

RiverPlate said:

I've been reading a lot of NA and romance-type books that are 99 cents in the Kindle store. They're horribly written, I'm too embarassed to tell anybody about them, and yet they're like train wrecks. Can't. Stop. Looking.

This is me right now. I am cheap and these are a guilty pleasure

I really need to start going to the library so I can read better books, lol.

I would LOVE to do another buddy read or a group read. Someone set one up! (I'm horrible at organizing things)

SnShne322 · March 2014

ThisModernLove said:

I've been in a serious slump and I feel like I only get so many NBR posts per month...

Why is that? I'd rather talk NBR than not at all!

ThisModernLove · March 2014

SnShne322 said:

ThisModernLove said:

I've been in a serious slump and I feel like I only get so many NBR posts per month...

Why is that? I'd rather talk NBR than not at all!

Good point! It's sad to come on and see the board so slow. This is my retreat!

booknerd226 · March 2014

I'm so busy. I'm never even on until after 9 pm each night. DH and I are both working 40 hrs a week, plus I have 3 classes, my baby sister moved in, and we're house shopping. But I'd love to be able to check in during the day on my phone and post.

beebe918 · March 2014

SnShne322 said:

ThisModernLove said:

I've been in a serious slump and I feel like I only get so many NBR posts per month...

Why is that? I'd rather talk NBR than not at all!

I agree, I like NBR posts.

SRodi811 · March 2014

I came on over the weekend and there was hardly a single new post. It really depressed me because I look forward to all of the book posts, NBR posts and polls. Even if I don't have time to post, I enjoy reading everything.

I'm trying to read/listen to Gone Girl. I'm about 80 pages in... not much progress since last week.

mrsvedo · March 2014

Yeah, my job has been cracking down more on non-business internet use. It goes in cycles. They're more strict about monitoring the first few months of the year and get lax about it as the year goes by. That leaves me to breaks and lunches and any other time I'm not at work or school.

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