I loved Daunt when I went!

I love this book!

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Came across a movie adaptation...try to find it; it's pretty good also

While it doesn't quite hit the OPs threshold, I love talking about this book:

Devils in Daylight by Junichero Tanizaki. 1,070 ratings on GR. This novella coming in at 98 pages was written in 1918 which is why I think it counts. A short murder mystery with themes of voyeurism and obsession and so much more that meets the eye. A really cool observation of films influence on writing too. When I first read it, I thought it was written in the 60s, but for it to be 1918 I was totally blown away it felt so ahead of its time.

yep, book hangover is real. I have it with some movies too.

Best thing I've found is finding something else to really occupy your brain. Other engaging hobbies, not just another book or movie. Puzzles work for me.

I second this. Also they do happy hour cocktails on the top floor.

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Yep, got that with Diamond Age. I related to Nell so much, I looked up to her as a model getting my CS degree in college. I considered acing each class as getting the jewel encrusted keys that Nell worked so tirelessly to obtain.

No challenge was too hard for Nell to make her give up. No CS exam or problem was too difficult for me to figure out. I graduated with 4 consecutive semesters on the deanslist.

Foyles moved out of their higgledy piggledy warren a number of years ago into a light, airy modern building a few doors down. Still a great bookshop, but a very different feel.

I’m a big fan of second hand bookshops, nothing better than a nice quiet second hand book shop and discovering a gem:

You could spend a day around Kings Cross, Camden and Kentish Town visiting:

• As mentioned earlier: Skoob (King’s Cross)
• Oxfam books and Amnesty books - these aren’t ‘political’ bookshops (although they do have political non-fiction and have books of every genre), but just second hand book shops where the money goes to charity (Both Oxfam an Amnesty in Kentish Town - the walk between the two has many charity shops that also have books).
• Judd Books (King’s Cross)
• Walden Books (Camden)

Then another day head to Waterloo and go under the bridge to find the Southbank Book Market. Stalls and stalls of second hand books - I’ve found some decent vintage books here and there’s a stalls that specialise in old-skool sci-fi, westerns and vintage Stephen King editions.

Absolutely, although I've never had this feeling with a book, but only with videogames and movies/tv shows. Couldn't say why. As others have pointed out, the best way to get over it is to engage with something else and in time it'll pass :)

Haven't read The Blue Castle which everyone else is saying is the best, but Anne of Green Gables wasn't her best book imo. Can't really blame her though, because it was the first book she ever wrote. I preferred the other books in the Anne series, and the Emily series.

when I read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I kept picturing Rose McIver as Addie.

Different but similar issue… I read the Harry Potter books before the movies came out, and the name “Hermione” was not at all something I had heard of, so I made my best guess and moved on. I was so mad when the first movie came out because her name was “Her-mee-on” in my head, and they kept messing it up.

People who are described as "book addicts" are almost never actually addicted to reading. It is usually meant exaggeratively to describe someone who really enjoys reading. The term "addict" gets used euphemistically to describe lots of behaviors which do not really amount to true addiction.

If someone were truly addicted to reading, I think the people in their life probably would be very concerned for them and it would be very disruptive and damaging to their overall well-being and relationships.

It's the same feeling as watching the last episode of your favorite tv shows.

I prefer the Emily books tbh, but I was definitely creeped out by her being pursued by that older man who was literally old enough to be her dad.

Happened to me after reading Cain by José Saramago

I loved the movie but only because I watched it before reading the book. The book characters are so much richer.

Woah, I remember that book series, this comment took me back.

I’ve read I’m Glad My Mother Died and Educated via audiobook, both of which were read by the author. I think that this method can sometimes help you connect, since you can hear the emotion in the speaker’s words. Maybe give audiobooks a try!

That said, memoirs and biographies are certainly not everyone’s cup of tea - I tend to avoid them unless it’s a person I am particularly interested in (or, in the case of McCurdy’s and Westover’s books, my spouse highly suggested them).

Finally, you picked pretty heavy memoirs, focused on traumatic childhoods and complex, abusive relationships with the authors’ parents. Perhaps a more lighthearted memoir of a comedian may be a good place to start. Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling all have memoirs that are generally well-reviewed (I haven’t read any of them in a while though).

At the end of the day, contrary to popular opinion, memoirs are kind of a niche thing to enjoy. They’re super popular because of celebrity culture and the fact that they’re relatively easy to write and sell. If you don’t like them, don’t force it! Life is too short.

Edit: Michelle Obama’s memoirs are amazing as well!

You aren’t doing anything wrong - it’s simply a genre that you do not enjoy. Please don’t think negatively about yourself for it. If you wish to try again, I would try to find another connection. If you like sports, get a biography about an athlete and try to think of it as a sports book instead of memoir. It may be your internal labeling. Or try a pair. I have had fun reading books by different people on the same event. You also don’t HAVE to try again. If you need to force yourself to read something it feels like school/work. Choose something you enjoy instead.

Book and Record Bar, near West Norwood Station. Kirkdale Books, near Sydenham Station. Fosters books, Chiswick high road.

Try Elias Canetti, Auto da Fé.

When I read Catcher in the Rye it started to affect my mood. I think I could have been taking on Caulfield’s character….it’s really the magic of books that can affect us in some way.

heywood hill and daunt are my favs