Book Blogger Hop: How Long Have You Gone Without Reading?

Posted on by BonnieReadsAndWrites

Book Blogger Hop is run by Billy@CoffeeAddictedWriter. There is a different bookish question each week. This week’s question is a tough one because it brings up a lot of memories.

That’s an easy but difficult answer at the same time. Three months. After my Mom died in March 2020, I couldn’t focus enough to read anything for three months. I was not blogging then, but I was reviewing on Netgalley and Booksirens, and I had to DNF everything because I just couldn’t focus enough to read. 

Three months later I started back in with audiobooks, which are easier for me to focus on, and then in October 2020, I started blogging on this site. I’d had the blog before that time, but I wasn’t using it. I’ve been seriously blogging/reviewing ever since. My Mom was an avid reader who read a book a day, so I always feel that she inspired my blogging, and still does.

Published by BonnieReadsAndWrites

I love to read and write book reviews in my free time. I review advance review copies of books on Netgalley for various publishers. I am also a reviewer for Historical Novels Review Magazine, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. I review books from publishers of all size, large to small. I have a special place in my heart for indie authors. I will sometimes post a little writing that I might dabble in occasionally. I also am lucky enough to live in the Smoky Mountains, so I'll be sharing photos of the beauty around me from time to time.

22 thoughts on “Book Blogger Hop: How Long Have You Gone Without Reading?”

  2. I’ve always had to read something – cereal box, manuals, whatever, and then illness took away that ability. I’ve regained much of my ability, but find audiobooks now fill the gap.

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      1. I lost my dad 11 years ago and I was the same way. I always process after going through something. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I find that it doesn’t matter if you’re expecting the loss or not, it sucks either way. I hope you’re finding ways to balance your grief with joy!

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  5. I love this remembrance of your mother. Since she was such an avid reader, I know she’d be overjoyed that you started reading again and she’d love your blog. I don’t know that I’ve ever gone a period without reading. Some stages in my life the reading was slower than others but it was and still is always a part of my day.

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  7. I totally understand. When my mom passed away in 2013, I also had to take a break from reading and most other things. I was blogging and I took about a three-month break from that as well. I’m sorry it was such a hard time for you. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  8. It’s understandable why your reading would suffer during that time. I am sorry for your loss. It may have been three years ago, but I know you must miss her. I am glad you decided to blog and read again.

    The year my daughter was born was also the year my dad died, and my reading really suffered that year. That year was all a blur and I don’t really remember if I stopped reading for any length of time altogether or if I was just reading much more slowly.

    I hope you have a great weekend.

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