No, I'm not a slow reader. Here's the problem.
I didn't always have this problem. I used to be very faithful. I never read more than one at a time until recently.
Maybe my ADD is worse or maybe I'm too easily excited over shiny new books these days, but whatever the reason I've always got at least three going at the same time, sometimes more. Today it's five.
So it's taking me much longer to finish a book.
Oh, and the books don't get fair turns. I've re-read the first two Harry Potters (I'm on number three now) since the last time I picked up Kavalier & Clay. Hence the reason why the later is still on my sidebar.
The really sad thing is that I've been reading The Omnivore's Dilemma longer. Months longer. Even sadder? It's the last 10 pages that have stumped me.
The order and/or length of a turn doesn't appear to have anything to do with how good a book is either. Sometimes I just feel like reading this one and other times that one. *shrug*
The old way was more effective -- I got through more books, faster -- yet I'm having a really hard time making it to the end of a book without being drawn to another. I've tried reading only one, but except for rare occasions (The Book Thief, Harry Potter (all of them), The Hunger Games (all of them), anything by Toni Morrison), I always end up picking up a second, third, or even fifth book.
This new-ish habit of mine is annoying and I'd love it to stop. Do they make a patch for those similarly afflicted? Or maybe classical conditioning would work. I've got a bell.
1 comment:
I've had 2 going at once before and hated it. LOL I found myself saying "which story is this again?" and that's with two! Good luck with 5! Honestly, that would keep me away from all of them. I'm reading Kate Morton right now--Distant Hours at 500 plus pages, I'm finding it a hard read (this author is too long-winded, you can tell she falls in love with her own descriptions) and I'm convinced she could tell this drawn out tale in half the time/pages. If I had others, she would be abandoned and that would be a shame because the story through all the frills is a good one at it's core. If you don't want to read 5, try hiding 3 until you forget where they are..lol You'll have 2 to keep you occupied and stumble over 3-4 once you are finished by pure accident and go, "Oh Yeah!"
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