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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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Aphrathestorm · 25/01/2023 18:25

I always have books overlapping.

Ragwort · 25/01/2023 18:24

I have a few on the go at any one time .. I have been wading through one book for at least a couple of years Grin.

ItsRainingCatsAndDogsAgain · 25/01/2023 18:09

I usually have to wait a day or two after a good book.

JamSandle · 25/01/2023 17:40

I tend to find my next book straight away.

TheChosenTwo · 25/01/2023 17:32

I’m a one book at a time reader who jumps straight into the next one usually.

SilverShadowNight · 25/01/2023 17:30

I jump straight into another book, but sometimes alternate between fiction and crime fiction. However I can also be reading up to three books at once too.

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pleasejustgotosleep · 25/01/2023 17:24

Oooh very interesting @MrsSquirrel

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pleasejustgotosleep · 25/01/2023 17:12

@FineThings I always admire people who can read more than one book at once. I can't see how I'd manage that 🤣🤣

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NetballHoop · 25/01/2023 16:48

I try to pace myself to finish a book just before I go to sleep as I like to ruminate on it as I doze off.
If I can't do that then I'll start a new one straight away.

FineThings · 25/01/2023 16:41

I'm usually reading two or three books at once, so it's kind of jumping straight in but also overlapping. But yes, once I have finished a book I either start paying more attention to one of the others I am reading or start another one straight away.

MrsSquirrel · 25/01/2023 16:40

I wait until the next day. I think of it as a superstition of mine.