Some Weeks, You Don’t Need a New Book

Ren Reads Too Much Podcast · Apr 15, 2026 · 12m

Some weeks are not “try something new” weeks. And I feel like we don’t talk about that enough.

This has been a low-capacity week for me.

The kind where everything feels a little too loud, a little too heavy, and I do not have the energy to invest in figuring out if a new book is going to give me the dopamine.

So I didn’t. I went straight back to The Long Game because I knew exactly what I was going to get from it. No ramp-up. No risk. Just feelings on demand. And honestly? That was the only thing that sounded even remotely appealing.

I did add a few other books to the mix, but every night, I…