Stories you just get addicted to.

[Gryphon]

So I've been off the internet for about a week, and doing pretty much nothing except reading Re:Zero. I managed to complete arc 4 and am now on chapter 37 of arc 5, and I gotta say, this story will not let me go. I finally managed to stop reading for a moment and got back to writing, but I'm probably going to get back to reading again once I finish my chapter.

So, has anyone ever been addicted to a series to the point they don't do anything except reading it. I mean, I got addicted to it to the point I straight up didn't eat for three days. Just me?

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

One time I decided to read a whole 150k word story in one night instead of sleeping. Was glad I didn't schedule classes the next day.

I'm a very slow reader.

 

[BackWoodsJ_ACK]

A Chinese novel by the name: A step into the past. Read it non stop for about 2 weeks from start till end.

 

[FaustVoncleave]

All the time. One piece, gash bell, Harry Potter, percy Jackson, sevens, cultivation Chat group... all these and more I pretty much did what you did. I'm the type to get fully sucked in easily and do nothing else but read as far as I can help it.

 

[georgelee5786]

I'm in the same boat. I've become obsessed with 86 for a while now. Watched the anime, collected all the books, and have read all but one of them

 

[Missivist]

Always, but at least it made me learn to read fast. One day in grade 5 or 6 I got sick and spent the day at home in bed. Read all three volumes of LOTR before sleep. (Re-read actually; it was not my first time through the series)

 

[Forestbear]

Coiling Dragon did that to me the first time. Its hot or miss nowadays.

 

[ASHARA]

So I've been off the internet for about a week, and doing pretty much nothing except reading Re:Zero. I managed to complete arc 4 and am now on chapter 37 of arc 5, and I gotta say, this story will not let me go. I finally managed to stop reading for a moment and got back to writing, but I'm probably going to get back to reading again once I finish my chapter.

So, has anyone ever been addicted to a series to the point they don't do anything except reading it. I mean, I got addicted to it to the point I straight up didn't eat for three days. Just me?

True Martial world and the A Song Of Ice and Fire series have done way worse to me. Can't enjoy smaller stories, need at least 400K+ words before even comitting to anything.

 

[gaylolis]

Bocchi the Rock

 

[TotallyHuman]

Sometimes that happened. Even when the novel isn't that great I cannot help sometimes but just keep on reading for closure.

 

[galaxy123]

COTE (used to be) xD

 

[LuoirM]

People on drugs telling their life story
Trust me bro

 

[K5Rakitan]

I haven't read like that since the summers before I turned 18.

 

[ReaderFromBeyond]

I also had those, I got addicted to omniscient reader. Currently a story got me so attached that I wish next day come soon it called Elven lies it’s almost 100k words

 

[J_Chemist]

There's a book called "Three" by Jay Posey. I was hooked by the third page and read the entire trilogy in a weekend. It was everything I'd been looking for at the time and has been a huge influence on my current writing.

It happened again with the story "Outriders". Something about Jay's writing style hooks me and every time I grab a book by him, I tend to not want to put it down.

I was also addicted to the Halo books for a time, but I was also into everything Halo so when that phase was over, I kind of lost interest.

I'm an extremely picky reader. If the story isn't clicking well for me, or if I scrunch my nose one too many times for even the smallest details, I tend to form a very negative mindset. The book may be great and I might just be in a bad part of the plot, but once my brain drifts off, focusing back in is neigh impossible. The fact that addiction has happened twice with the same Author has me always on alert for his work.

 

[melchi]

So I've been off the internet for about a week, and doing pretty much nothing except reading Re:Zero. I managed to complete arc 4 and am now on chapter 37 of arc 5, and I gotta say, this story will not let me go. I finally managed to stop reading for a moment and got back to writing, but I'm probably going to get back to reading again once I finish my chapter.

So, has anyone ever been addicted to a series to the point they don't do anything except reading it. I mean, I got addicted to it to the point I straight up didn't eat for three days. Just me?

I felt this way about I'm a spider so what? I watched the anime thinking it wouldn't be that great because of the animation quality. However the story quality really made up for that. What are there like 13 volumes now or something? Though the last 4 or so have almost no plot development but it is hard to let something go when there was such a good first impression.

It was similar with accel world. I thought the anime was a bit interesting. It takes a while to get past that author's terrible habit of over-explaining everything but it was really good up until the last couple volumes. The cast is so big now that most of the people seem so shallow. But at first it was really good. There are many volumes of that one too.

 

[Paul_Tromba]

A certain magical index. The book series has 70+ books in the main series and like 5 spinoffs. Super addicting to read. Funny and a compelling story. It's available to read free online too so that's a bonus. I ended up reading most of OT in a week.

If you haven't read it, this is what you would be jumping into.