Let's Talk Bookish; Reading Slump vs Bookish Hangover

It's Friday yet again, which means it's perhaps time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of Book Nook Bits and Dinipanda Reads, and today's topic is reading slump versus bookish hangover.

Here's the further prompts for today's discussion.

What’s the difference between a reading slump and bookish hangover? How do you get out of both situations? What are examples of books that put you in a reading slump and books that caused you to have a book hangover? For more information, Book Riot has some really interesting articles about using neuroscience to understand reading slumps and the psychology of a book hangover.

For me, the difference between a reading slump anda bookish hangover is that when it comes to a reading slump, I can't get myself to read no matter what, but when it comes to a bookish hangover, I might have read a book that's soo good, I need time to process it a bit before starting to read a new book or I've read so many books in general within a short timeframe, that I need a break.

For me, the solution to both has been to step back from reading for a period of time until I feel I want to read again. It might take a week, it might take a month or two. In general though, bad books have made me go into a reading slump, as I've almost felt it's not worth reading books that's poorly written, which then makes me lose the joy of reading in general.