Last month, reading became my favorite pass time. After reading so many books, I thought I would be able to keep reading through my to be read list into February. Sadly, this didn’t happen. Normally this happens because I read too much and just burn out. This time, it’s because I didn’t like what I read last month.
I read a lot of romance novels, which is normally fine. I don’t love romance novels, but there seems to be at least ten newly released romance novel to every adventure (My favorite genre of books) novel every month. So, if I want to read a lot of new releases, I will need to read romance novels. Last month, the romance novels I read were… meh.
I couldn’t tell if I’m opinionated due to my feelings towards romance novels, especially open door romance novels, or if is because of things that were going on in my life, but I really didn’t like the books I read. This isn’t the first time I felt this way either. I’ve been feeling like this about all genres of books since 2020. Any time I read a new book, I don’t actually like it.
I thought about this and realized I actually don’t like these books for multiple reasons. It also varies depending on the actual book. One of the most common problems is the way books are written. They are not written in a way I would enjoy reading or in a way I think is creative and makes me want to keep reading. Another reason is the plots are just… well.. dumb. There isn’t as much originality as I hope there is. It’s like publishers pick the books they want to publish always fit in the same cliches over and over again.
After reading these books for years, I finally had enough. For the month of February, I stopped reading to give myself a break.
It was hard to give myself a break. I’m trying to clean out things in my home (I know. It never ends.) and I want to reduce my book collection. Knowing myself, I may regret giving away all the books I no longer want to keep. So, I need to read them. Yet, I’m just so over reading books I don’t like that I needed time off reading to clear my mind and think about the books I actually like and already know I will keep. The ones I will reread in the future because I like them that much.
So, next month there will be no post talking about what I read in February 2026. Instead, I will try to focus off what I read over the course of a month and onto what I think of some of the books I already read. I have piles of them, so it’s time I start talking about them.
That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!