School has been out for nearly ten days now, and I have consumed nearly that many books. This is a trend, for after working hard for so long this becomes a sort of vacation for me: take the journey through the lines and go places while my body rests in my chair.
At some point, I pause and count: I not only read many, I begin a lot. For instance, right now I have five books started, reading a few chapters, then setting it aside to pick up another. Why...?...as this was once something I could not do! Have more than one book going at a time?! Never! Sometimes, I think, this is my addicted brain to multitasking. I go like this for months at school! As a matter of fact, I may be the queen of multitasking, buzzing here and there, accomplishing (usually!) much.
I will say I am reading one self-help book and one collection of essays. While I enjoy such books, I do not tend to inhale them like I would a series, of which I am in the middle of one now (Acts of Valor). These series, also, interrupt my sleeping pattern, as I will stay up late to finish...as in last night, when I finished book two at 2:35 PM!
And...this personal challenge to read a book an average of one per week? That goal encourages me to ever be reading a book...or two...or five. Such challenges spark the need to achieve within me.
Thoughts about abandoning books or a series of books? Do it. I like to purchase/collect a series and then read straight through. What a journey! This author took a turn and included a storyline with an agenda that I cannot support by paying money for it. I felt like I had been twicked, snuckered, blindsided...but...I should have known as I have noticed other authors doing so. Abandoned this series I did. Sometimes, one must just take a stand.
This is just the swirl of summer beginning. The time of transitioning from a busy school...to a busy time of reading...to days with naps...and then the need to plot and plan for my summer events. In the meantime, back to my five current books!
- The Art of Gathering by
- Braiding Sweetgrass by
- Killing Floor by Lee Child
- Cry in the Wilderness by Rebecca Hartt
- Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
