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Do you jump straight into another book or wait a bit??

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pleasejustgotosleep · 25/01/2023 16:37

Just that really.

I finished Becoming by Michelle Obama at around 1pm and I've picked up another book to start reading and I can't get into it.

I was thinking if I should take a break or keep searching my bookshelf for a different book (I have over 530 so I have a lot of choice lol)

Just got me wondering if other readers jump straight into another book or wait a few days lol

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DoNutSweatTheSmallStuff · 26/01/2023 22:49

LizzieSiddal · 26/01/2023 20:36

I usually wait until the next day as I like to think about the book I’ve just finished.

Yes,this.

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pleasejustgotosleep · 26/01/2023 22:36

@BaconAndAvocado

I've tried several times to do book challenges and read a certain amount each year but weirdly enough I found it gave me anxiety and I wasn't really focusing on the actual book but more how quickly I could get through it to meet my target lol

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pleasejustgotosleep · 26/01/2023 22:34

To the posters who read several books at once...how does that work? Do you read a few pages of each book per day or more attention to one than the others?

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LizzieSiddal · 26/01/2023 20:36

I usually wait until the next day as I like to think about the book I’ve just finished.

BaconAndAvocado · 26/01/2023 20:33

Straight onto next one. I’m on the 26 books a year challenge and I’m a slow reader!

Terpsichore · 26/01/2023 20:05

I'm another who normally has a few on the boil at once, and since being on the 50 books thread I've alternated fiction and non-fiction, so I often juggle two current books and have another one (or two) on the go. I also tend to try and think ahead to what I want to read next, so I can go straight to a new book when I want.

Riverlee · 26/01/2023 19:25

I usually wait until the next day.

JaninaDuszejko · 26/01/2023 12:38

@bluesky45 that's how my DD reads!

I'm another who prefers to start my next book the next day. Although I often fill the time with poetry if I've not finished the book in the evening. I always have more than one book on the go though so I'm never not in the middle of something.

bluesky45 · 25/01/2023 21:54

I usually start a new one straight away (within seconds of finishing the previous one), struggle to get into it for around a week reading a few pages here and there and thinking it isn't as good, I don't like the characters as much etc as the previous book. Then I suddenly get far enough in that I'm hooked and read last 2 thirds in a couple of days. And then the cycle starts again.

DoNutSweatTheSmallStuff · 25/01/2023 21:45

I read one book at a time and wait until the day after finishing one before starting the next.

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pleasejustgotosleep · 25/01/2023 21:42

Lmao @MajesticWhine - totally understand. Especially after a great book

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username98765 · 25/01/2023 20:20

I have to wait! I get a bit obsessed when reading and hate finishing a good book as it's all I think about haha!

MajesticWhine · 25/01/2023 20:13

When I finish a book I tend to sulk for a while and find it hard to start the next one Grin

Ilovelurchers · 25/01/2023 20:05

I jump straight in even if I am really tired as for some reason I hate going to sleep without having a book on the go!

My husband is the opposite and to some extent deliberately times it so that he finishes a book just before going to sleep.

So of my sample of two, both approaches are equally popular!

Pearlsister · 25/01/2023 19:58

Faircastle · 25/01/2023 19:42

The gap between books is the minute or two that it takes me to choose which book to start next. The idea of not having a book on the go actually makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. If I left it for two or three days, what would I read during that time?

I feel exactly the same. I've just finished a book. I'm going to the library in the morning to get the next in the series, but I'll start another book tonight as an 'in between' book. I can't bear the thought of having nothing to read tonight.

Noonesperfect · 25/01/2023 19:53

I only tend to have one on the go at a time, which is weird in a way because I manage to follow lots of different drama shows on the tv all at the same time, well lot literally watching several tellies at one Grin

Noonesperfect · 25/01/2023 19:50

When I've finished one, I like to try and wait till the next day to start a new one. Don't always manage this and not really sure why I even try to. 🤔

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 25/01/2023 19:45

It depends what I've just finished reading and what time I finish it.

I try not to read 2 books of the same genre straight after each other.

I try to stick to one book at a time although I've currently got 3 on the go!

Faircastle · 25/01/2023 19:42

The gap between books is the minute or two that it takes me to choose which book to start next. The idea of not having a book on the go actually makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. If I left it for two or three days, what would I read during that time?

Pashazade · 25/01/2023 19:21

Lol, I'm not sure it's a good habit, but one on the Kindle, one in the bathroom, one in a handbag, one by the sofa......if it's a good one then it gets carried from room to room until it's finished!

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pleasejustgotosleep · 25/01/2023 19:18

4 or 5! @Pashazade
Wow that's impressive. I feel very rubbish now only being able to handle one at a time lol

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Pashazade · 25/01/2023 18:58

I've usually got about 4 or 5 different books on the go at the same time so never really been a thing for me!

OldSchoolCasualty · 25/01/2023 18:41

I usually have one fiction and one non fiction on the go, and then go straight into another after, god bless kindle unlimited!

Fairislefandango · 25/01/2023 18:32

I start reading a new book straight away. I sometimes have the books on the go if I'm reading one in another language as well as one in English (I'm a languages teacher so I can read in several).

Natsku · 25/01/2023 18:26

I start a new one straight after unless I finish fairly late at night. No way would I wait a few days to start a new book, how would I pass the time on the loo??

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