How to spice up your reading adventures

Are you ready? I'm am going to make a list of 15 things you can do to 'spice up your reading adventures'. Ok... let's begin:

1. Is it snowing? Get your snow suit on and go read while sitting in the snow. Be careful not to get your book wet!

2. Eat. Try some new foods from the setting of your book. Eat them while you read. If it's set in France, go get coconut cake.

3. Are you eyes sore? Grab your phone and download an audio book. Listen to it as you do everyday things.

4. Go to the book store. You don't have to buy anything, just find a comfy corner and pick up a book to read. If you enjoy the book, buy it so that you can continue reading. Works especially well if there's a kids department with bean bag chairs.

5. Have to do chores? Grab a small book that you can hold with one hand so you can do your chores with the other hand. Don't get too lost in your book!

6. Go for a walk. Grab a book and go down to your favourite trail. Walk while reading. Watch out for the tree roots!

7. Morning time has come and you just want to finish your book but you have to get ready for the day. I feel your pain. Just read while you brush your teeth and comb your hair. I would advise to not read while washing your face but to each their own.

8. Go buy the colouring book pertaining to the book you're reading. (If there is one). Colour it and fall in love with the images of your favourite characters. I have one for the Selection and I love it!

9. Reading Slump? I always get these when I just finished a really great book because I believe that nothing will ever rise up to the level that book did. You just have to power through. Pick up the next book on your tbr list and read it. Give yourself a good amount of time set aside in your schedule for reading the book. Even when it gets boring just keep reading. (just keep swimming, just keep swimming)

10. Grab a bunch of friends that like reading and have sleep over with them where you stay up as late as your can and read as many books as you can. Fist one to fall asleep gets a book drawn on their face with eyeliner.

11. Do you like sticky notes, highlighters or make things pretty? When you read your next book, have  highlighters and/or sticky notes beside you so that you can highlight and/or sticky any phrase or word that sticks out to you. Leave them in even after you finish the book and let a couple years pass. Go through the book again and see if your opinions have changed.

12. Go to a book store/library and find a fiction book with an ugly cover. Read the entire thing. If you don't like it, that's ok. But if you do, it teaches a valuable lesson, don't judge a book by it's cover.

13. Missing your childhood? Pick up one of this books you loved as a child and read it again. Sometimes it's neat reading book you loved as a child because now you pick up things that you would never have picked up as a child.

14. Bored with the books the books you have right now? I understand. Go to the book store/library and find a book that started with the letter C. It could be the title of the book (Caraval for example) or the first/last name of the author (Carey for example). Just have fun and read the book.

15. Do you have no reading friends? No one who shares your love of books? Contact Espresso Patronum and I through our Instagram (@the_readingcafe, just click on the link) and we would be more than happy to talk about books with you!

I hope you enjoyed this little post. I know I enjoyed making it. Most of these things are legitimate
advise but I would suggest that you do some carefully if you choose to take my advise. #15 I definitely suggest! We would love to hear from you!

Until next time

~ Tea-Riffic