Reading slumps are so annoying, am I right?

I'm currently suffering from a reading slump at this very moment. I have two books sitting right here with me that I'm supposed to be reading, but neither are appealing to me at this moment in time. 

What two books am I stalling on, you might ask?

Well, currently I'm reading both Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift, who is a debut author. I am only in chapter nine at the time of writing this, (hopefully further when you read this. 😬) but for all you fantasy lovers out there, you might really enjoy this book.

I don't read or enjoy just one specific genre, so it's not that I don't like fantasy. I do, actually. But I'm just making such slow progress. 

The other book is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. I am new to reading The Hunger Games and I've never seen the movies. My review of book one can be found here, but TL;DR I was not a fan of the book. I did, however, buy the set so I might as well read all of them, haha. I've only read a chapter of Catching Fire and it's not as bad as The Hunger Games so far, but it's definitely not what I'm in the mood to read. 

So how does one get out of a reading slump?

Try a new genre

Reread a comfort book

Take a break from reading

Conclusion

Let's Talk!

What's a book you've struggled with? 
And what is your comfort book?
Let me know in the comments!
~Stay Amazing~

hello, frens. I'm hopping on today to tell you about some changes that are going to be taking place around here and what to expect from :: words in her soul :: in the coming weeks. 

I used to run a different blog. It feels like a lifetime ago. There was a pen name and lots of posts all over the place and I honestly have moved that blog to private now, so I'm not going to share too much about it. 

But I was looking back on that blog. The energy from that blog was radiant and vibrant and I realized I missed that about myself. A writer who didn't know she'd be published, and just had a love of story. 

As I crept up closer to the concept of publishing, I was conflicted with options. Continue with that pen name? Create a new pen name? Then I read Abbie Emmons' 100 Days of Sunlight and I was inspired to use my real name. (Or part of it, anyway haha. That's right, you don't know my actual, actual name peeps.) 

I started a new blog, Chasing Dragonflies and jumped in with writing posts, then deleting posts, struggling to figure out how to rebrand and restart my blogging career on an entirely different home base.

And... it didn't feel like home anymore. 

Even this blog has yet to really feel like home. 

But my point is... I want to be a better blogger. I used to be a really good blogger. I drew people here with light and charisma and confidence. 

However... lately... I've been raw. I'm not entirely happy lately. I'm not a confident person in most cases. And even though we live in a culture telling us to be raw and open and vulnerable... no one really wants to read things that bring them down all the time. 

Truth is the beginning of 2020 was hard for me, unrelated entirely to Corona. I had friends backstab and betray me, including someone who is on this very blogosphere. So it's very hard sometimes to really just... see that person being mention online, on blogs or on Instagram. 

I wish them no ill will, but healing has not come fast from all of that. And having mutual friends has not helped matters either. It's probably caused me to be distant from some people, more than I actually intend to be. 

So blogging is sometimes very hard because of all of that. 

But, when I looked back at that old blog (which is private for my eyes only) I felt inspired to try again. To REALLY try again with getting this blog on track. And to do that, I've decided to implement a couple of new changes. 

 Step #1: Finding My Four Pillars Of Blogging Content

Step #2: Create A New Schedule

Step #3: Implementing The New Layout

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Conclusion...