How are you guys in the UK protecting your books in this heatwave?

I'm noticing a couple of my books are becoming curly and sticky. I'm keeping my curtains and windows are closed, but in true UK fashion it's not working 🤣

Right, it cannot just be me who goes into slumps during the summer. 😅

Summer in general is the worst time of the year for me. I hate the vibes and I most definitely hate the heat. And this season makes reading unenjoyable for me 🤣

For me, the perfect reading session has to be when it is dark outside despite it only being 6pm and you have to wrap yourself in heavy blankets for warmth. I love reading when I’m laying in bed with my blankets and pillows, with a pumpkin spice candle beside my bed. 🎃 And for this, autumn and winter are for sure my favourite reading seasons. I also prefer the vibes a whole lot more. And for me, I need to be content with my environment to be able to enjoy reading. If I’m sweaty and overheating, I will most definitely not enjoy my book as I will be too focused on the feeling of my skin heating up 😫

I’m curious to see if anyone else goes into reading slumps during certain seasons!

Lately, I feel like I am just wasting SO much money on books. And it is upsetting me how I’m looking back on the majority of books I’ve read this year and my only thought was ‘what a waste of money.’

I keep having countless bad reads. I just finished a 1 star book, and now I have started a new book which I already hate only 13 pages in. I cannot get a refund or an exchange either.

It’s starting to make me lose my passion in reading and I don’t know what to do about it, because the last time this happened I went into a reading slump that lasted over a year.

All of the books I pick up that I think match my taste just end up being something I really hate. I don’t know the last time I picked up a book that genuinely stuck on my mind.

I like fantasy, with slowburn romance that doesn’t take up the whole plot. I like plot heavy stories, which rely more on worldbuilding than romance. I like kings, princes, monarchies, kingdoms and warriors with medieval settings. I don’t like sex heavy books, I like books that have no sex scenes or scenes that last less than 3 pages without going into graphic detail. But I don’t really like YA, I like adult.

I don’t know what to read, everything is just really disappointing me and making me think that reading is a waste of money.

Edit: I have just DNF’d a book that I bought TODAY. I had only been 18 pages into it but I couldn’t bare it, it was awful. I’m so mad and frustrated because I just wasted £10 on something that I couldn’t bare. I was only 1 and a half chapters into it. This is the last time I’m buying a book for AWHILE now. I’m going to try to go to my local library soon.

This book is really disgusting 🤢 I’m definitely not the target audience for this. Midas is making me cringe. It’s obvious that the author wants us to get tingles from his seduction, but his seduction just makes me want to swing for him 🤺🤺🤺

This book is really disgusting 🤢 I’m definitely not the target audience for this. Midas is making me cringe. It’s obvious that the author wants us to get tingles from his seduction, but his seduction just makes me want to swing for him 🤺🤺🤺

Lately, I feel like I am just wasting SO much money on books. And it is upsetting me how I’m looking back on the majority of books I’ve read this year and my only thought was ‘what a waste of money.’

I keep having countless bad reads. I just finished a 1 star book, and now I have started a new book which I already hate only 13 pages in. I cannot get a refund or an exchange either.

It’s starting to make me lose my passion in reading and I don’t know what to do about it, because the last time this happened I went into a reading slump that lasted over a year.

All of the books I pick up that I think match my taste just end up being something I really hate. I don’t know the last time I picked up a book that genuinely stuck on my mind.

I like fantasy, with slowburn romance that doesn’t take up the whole plot. I like plot heavy stories, which rely more on worldbuilding than romance. I like kings, princes, monarchies, kingdoms and warriors with medieval settings. I don’t like sex heavy books, I like books that have no sex scenes or scenes that last less than 3 pages without going into graphic detail. But I don’t really like YA, I like adult.

I don’t know what to read, everything is just really disappointing me and making me think that reading is a waste of money.

Edit: I have just DNF’d a book that I bought TODAY. I had only been 18 pages into it but I couldn’t bare it, it was awful. I’m so mad and frustrated because I just wasted £10 on something that I couldn’t bare. I was only 1 and a half chapters into it. This is the last time I’m buying a book for AWHILE now. I’m going to try to go to my local library soon.

Please tell me that the entire plot of this book isn’t just about sex. Please tell me that I’m wrong for assuming that this is more of a porno than an actual story.