Reading More Than One Book
Reading More Than One Book
I like to read more than one book at a time. It has its disadvantages, mostly in keeping track of what's going on, but I love the idea of setting myself up to read in any situation. Here is what I am reading at the present time in five different ways.
1. I am reading a hardcover book: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. I read this book to myself on my own and take notes. My review will have more details.
2. I am reading a hardcover book to my wife out loud: Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King. I love doing this. It takes longer, but it does bond us together.
3. I am listening to one book on my iphone: The Evolution of Beauty by Richard Prum. Terrific science book. This helps me to fill in time without resorting to a game on my phone when I am sitting around somewhere with nothing to read. Hard to take any notes, just what stays in my brain.
4. I am reading one book on my ipad: This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War by T. R. Fehrenbac. Here I take no notes.
5. I read one poetry paperback slowly: Those Who Keep Arriving by Julie Danho. I like to read poetry in small doses if possible.
So there you have it. Five books at once.
I like to read more than one book at a time. It has its disadvantages, mostly in keeping track of what's going on, but I love the idea of setting myself up to read in any situation. Here is what I am reading at the present time in five different ways.
1. I am reading a hardcover book: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. I read this book to myself on my own and take notes. My review will have more details.
2. I am reading a hardcover book to my wife out loud: Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King. I love doing this. It takes longer, but it does bond us together.
3. I am listening to one book on my iphone: The Evolution of Beauty by Richard Prum. Terrific science book. This helps me to fill in time without resorting to a game on my phone when I am sitting around somewhere with nothing to read. Hard to take any notes, just what stays in my brain.
4. I am reading one book on my ipad: This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War by T. R. Fehrenbac. Here I take no notes.
5. I read one poetry paperback slowly: Those Who Keep Arriving by Julie Danho. I like to read poetry in small doses if possible.
So there you have it. Five books at once.
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Jan 15, 2021 08:05PM
I used to read one at a time unless I had a pile up of school assignments, but reading so much poetry changed that. I almost always have a novel and a poetry book in progress. Since I find reading most nonfiction slow, I will juggle a third book about history or animals or some such. Then I used my favorite book as a carrot, the reward for reading a chapter or 20 pages of something I'm not enjoying much.
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It is interesting to hear how different people manage their reading. I like that carrot idea. I still enjoy the actual books the best. My audio books make it difficult for me to reread or take notes or pause or so much more.
I've never gotten into audio books, although I do love it when my husband reads to me, as he did for a week this summer after my eye surgery. I tend to fall asleep when I listen. That was particularly true of some novel read in a beautiful, lilting Irish voice years ago. I could never get off the first page.
