One Book, Two Book…
Some 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
December 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
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.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
I’ve only listened to one book. I never really got into it.