Spring Reading Slump

Before a few weeks ago, I didn't take reading slumps very seriously. I knew there were times in my life when I didn't feel like reading very much or there were things I wanted to do more than read. However, it never got this bad. I never felt this disinterested in books and reading. When I am typing this, I am coming up on four weeks from the last time I finished a novel. Things are getting ugly here at my house. The more I try to read the more frustrated I become! 

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At first I thought I was reading too many books. I was. I had a pile as high as my nightstand going all at once! So I reshelved some promising to return as soon as possible. That didn't help.

Then I tried a different book format. I picked up comics and graphic novels. I listened to audiobooks and lectures rather than reading anything. Still, no desire to read has reemerged.

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This feeling is different than my regular autumn slump too. Every autumn I start to slide into a bit of a lazy period. The days are getting shorter, all the summer excitement is over, and the weather is turning cold. At that time of year I tend to be a vegetable on my couch every evening. This isn't that. This is just no desire for reading.

Did I break my reading bone?  The sad thing is I know when I "hurt" myself too. 

It wasn't even a bad book that broke my reading desire.  It was all me reading too much in February. In February I felt like I was reading faster and faster. If I was in a car I would have been pushing pressing my accelerator to the floor. It was reading reading reading all month and every second of it was glorious at the time. It was great then! Now I can barely look at a book. My TBR shelf seems boring. The books I was excited to read in April scare me and my anxiety over my reading goal grows every day. My graphic novel and comics therapy isn't working any more either. I read recklessly and now I'm paying for it.

Have you ever felt this way? What did you do to fix it if you did? Should I just let this weird slump run its course? Advice is welcome. Slump breaking books are also appreciated.