Link Love: Reading Mojo

Do you ever find a book (or two or three) that you just don’t get into? Do you DNF (did not finish) it or do you slog through it? Do you feel like you’ve lost your reading mojo?

That’s been me for the past month or so. No book mojo. Every book I picked up for over a month just made me feel “bleh”. They probably weren’t bad books, they just weren’t engaging for me. I might not have been in the right mood for the type of book I grabbed or they were just slow to get going.

I have talked with several people who also dealt with a little of book malaise recently.

But finally, FINALLY! I broke the malaise. I chose a book that was on my library list and just plunged in and finished it in two days.

I am a voracious reader so when I don’t read much or lose enthusiasm, I start to question my identity. Am I not a book nerd? Am I broken? So, grabbing a light, frothy little romantasy story unlocked my inner book lover who may have gotten buried under beliefs that I have to like every book I read, finish every book, or just love everything.

If you have had a bit of book malaise lately, remember… you’re not being graded. There’s no quiz and no one should judge you if you don’t love or finish the books on the NYTimes bestseller list or that was on your TBR pile. Read what you love and love what you read.

Pens:

• To Rollerball or Not to Rollerball (via Dime Novel Raven)
• the president has been kidnapped by ninja pens – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)

Ink:

• Cult Pens Robert (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2622: Inkebara Petrol Dark (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #828: Wearingeul The Secret Garden (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ink Swatch Wednesday: Colorverse San Francisco Bay (via CJs Wunderkammer)
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (aka Supersaturated Ink) (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)

Notebooks, Planners & Paper:

• Sutenai Recycled Washi Paper Note Pad Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Choosing Keeping Pocket Notebook Review (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)
• Midori MD Diary Stickers Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Maruman Bodoni A5 Notebook with Cover Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Guest post series – ‘Filohax’ No. 13 – Paul (via Philofaxy)
• Notebook Deterioration (via Notebook Stories)
• Setting Intentions for the New Season (via Bullet Journal)
• The notebook is where you figure out what’s going on (via Austin Kleon)
• Setting Intentions for the New Season (via Bullet Journal)

Art & Creativity:

• St Cuthberts Mill Watercolor Paper Review (via Doodlewash)
• The “Mushroom Color Atlas” Compiles All the Shades of Fungi (via My Modern Met)
• Virtual Traveling (with Street View World Tour) to Japan, Ohio, Arizona and Taipei. (via Apple-Pine)
• Google Orb! (via Apple-Pine)
• Embroider Wild Animal Patches With DIY Craft Kits (via Brown Paper Bag)

Travel, Events and Shows:

• The Superior Labor Workshops (via Wonder Pens)
• TRAVELER’S notebook adventures at San Francisco Pen Show 2024 (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA blog)
• The best stationery shops in Singapore (pens, highlighters, washi tape, stencils etc.) (via All About Planners)
• Recommended: Two NYC Stationery Shops Worth Your Time (via The Cramped)

Other Interesting Things:

• Exercising on the Weekends Only Is Still Good (via My Modern Met)
• Legacy from The New York Times is a zine series honouring the underground press of the Harlem Renaissance era (via It’s Nice That)
• The Flickering Portal to a Forgotten World of Personal Screens (via Messy Nessy Chic)
• Mostly, this Secret Masonic Order Just Wants to Have Fun (via Messy Nessy Chic)
• A hand-drawn map by Vladimir Nabokov of the travels of Leopo...(via Kottke.org)
• Purrfect Moments: A Glimpse into Tehran’s Street Cats in Charming Cat-otographs by Akbar Mehrinezhad (via Design You Trust)
• U.S. Postal Service Proposes Temporary Rate Changes for 2024 Holiday Shipping Season (via USPS Newsroom )
• back from holiday: galen leather writer’s bank bag pen pouch review (via A Fleeting Ripple)

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