[Perry] Pringles Books

We all have these moments.

…Well, for the sake of this post, I’m going to assume that we all have these moments and just continue on.

So you’ve read this absolutely amazing book or you’ve just finished an epic, 7 book, trumpets and heroic sacrifices fantasy epic masterpieceopus, right?

So you’ve finally reached the end and this mood settles over you.

You’re a little sad that it’s over. You feel a little bit lost, maybe feeling suddenly purpose-less.

It’s okay, I understand.

It happens to all of us.

But here’s the thing. We get to that point, after we’ve just broken off a long-term relationship we’ve been having with a book and we still feel like reading.

You don’t want to immediately jump into another long term relationship. That’s just badnewsbears for everyone all around. It’s bad for you because you’re definitely NOT ready for another commitment quite yet and it’s bad for the book you choose to try and tackle because, let’s be honest here, they deserve better from us to be the rebound book, you know?

So what do you do?

You pick up some Pringles books.

And no, I’m not talking about books about the origins and history of Pringles chips (though Tami has a joke to share about that topic *nudgenudge).

Do you know what the original slogan for Pringles was?

“Once you pop, you just can’t stop.”

To me, Pringles books are the ones I read in between the heavy hitters, the ones looking for me to get down on one knee and offer up a diamond ring by the time we get to chapter 2.

Pringles books are spontaneous and flirty. They’re okay with the lack of commitment and they just want to have a bit of fun.

Pringles books are those stories that you KNOW won’t blow your mind. They’re light-hearted, easy to read and they don’t ask much of you. They know that they won’t be the one you chase for the rest of your life and they’re okay with that, so long as they’re able to spend some time with you.

In short?

Pringles books are palate cleansers, the sort of FUN read that you go through to refresh yourself after a monster of a story.

Currently (at the time of writing this post), my Pringles books was the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. It’s not all that deep and the character interactions…kind of remind me of a daytime soap opera (in space!)? At the same time, it’s just this nice, easy on the brain-power, rollicking space adventure and that’s just what I needed after pushing through the book I was reading before.

But we all have them.

More importantly, we’ve all NEEDED them at one point or another.

So in recent memory, what sort of Pringles books have you gone through?

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