Reader Fatigue: Why It's OK to Reread/Rewatch Your Favorites

09/14/20 • 6 min

Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time

Having trouble diving into a new book series? Don't feel up to watching that new movie everyone's talking about?

As someone who's suffering from a reading drought herself, Megan O'Russell promises you're not alone.

Check out this week's episode, because science says re-bingeing your favorite series can be healthy.

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Having trouble diving into a new book series? Don't feel up to watching that new movie everyone's talking about?

As someone who's suffering from a reading drought herself, Megan O'Russell promises you're not alone.

Check out this week's episode, because science says re-bingeing your favorite series can be healthy.

Get full access to Page by Page Podcast Substack at meganorussell.substack.com/subscribe

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Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time - Reader Fatigue: Why It's OK to Reread/Rewatch Your Favorites

Transcript

A Book and A Dream Episode 43

Megan: [00:00:02] None of us knows what's coming tomorrow anymore, who it could be, aliens, you know, the Loch Ness Monster could have bonded with Godzilla and they're going to come and kill us all. Who knows?

Announcement: [00:00:16] Welcome to A Book and a Dream with Megan O'Russell: An Author's Adventure in Writing, Reading, and Being an Epic Fangirl.

Megan: [00:00:28] Hello, my name is Me