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One Book, Two Book…

by JM

bookstacksmall.jpgSome people prefer to read one book at a time while others prefer to keep more going at once. One for before bed, one for lunch breaks, one for the train/bus, so on and so forth.

Personally, if I keep too many books going at once, they all run together a bit. I feel like if I can’t put a good amount of my focus into what I’m reading, then I’ll have to read the book over again whether I like it or not because I won’t remember enough of it after the first read.

However, I don’t mind reading quite a few books if they are of different subject matters. I don’t want to read five fantasy novels at once, but I have no problem reading one thriller, one horror, one fantasy, one self-help, and one political. They are a lot easier to keep straight if they are vastly different.

But even so, I don’t like keeping more than five on the go at any one time. I am a multi-tasker, but not so much that reading so many books at once would be enjoyable. (It would be great for when I need to get ahead on my reviews, though…)

This is completely different to how I write, though. I like keeping as many projects going as possible until one steps ahead as my favourite to work on.

How about you? Do you like reading more than one book at a time? Why or why not? What does your reading list consist of right now?

This post was inspired by Booking Through Thursday May 26th 2005


2 Responses to “One Book, Two Book…”

  1. Auria Says:

    Like you, I can read more than one book at a time if they are all in a different genre. I like to listen to audio books and tend to only listen to one at a time.

  2. JM Says:

    I’ve only listened to one book. I never really got into it.

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