tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post5348912701977005289..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Sunday Salon: How many books do you read at a time?Aartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-87192123868393263442010-01-07T18:06:57.102-06:002010-01-07T18:06:57.102-06:00I'm with you on the lack of quotation marks or...I'm with you on the lack of quotation marks or other forms of punctuation in certain books. Why? It seems like an unnecessary technique to confuse the reader and make the writer seem somehow cooler or smarter because they are above such trivalities. <br /><br />I guess I'm a goody two shoes, too!Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573647475203643004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-77764490216182252332010-01-07T10:57:17.843-06:002010-01-07T10:57:17.843-06:00Yikes - I am rarely successful at reading more tha...Yikes - I am rarely successful at reading more than one book at a time. Occasionally I can manage a fiction and a nonfiction, but usually I just want to finish the one I'm reading so much that I don't want to start another! Good luck with your three. =)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-2668224895374259612010-01-05T20:24:05.832-06:002010-01-05T20:24:05.832-06:00I'm often reading five or six books at once. S...I'm often reading five or six books at once. Sometimes I set aside a nonfiction book for a week or two and then pick it up and read 200 pages and then set it aside for a few more days. I just like having options, and I like choosing between a few things: nonfiction biography, nonfiction reference book (I read them cover to cover), a really old class, something newer. <br /><br />I just feel empty if I'm only reading one thing. What if I don't WANT to go read THE PILLOW BOOK right now? It's okay because I have three other books well underway...Chances are I'd like to read one of those. <br /><br />I did read a 700+ page book last year that I started January 1. I didn't finish until the middle of April. I'd stop at chapter points and it was okay. I learned a lot. I think if I'd read it faster I'd have missed the intricacies of detail that made it so wonderful (and it was wonderful).Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-32489406612652185892010-01-05T20:17:16.846-06:002010-01-05T20:17:16.846-06:00The only reason why I'm able to read multiple ...The only reason why I'm able to read multiple books at a time is because I'm still in school. Some of the textbooks and novels I read for classics just aren't up my alley, and I have to have my own selection to keep my sanity.Christinahttp://ardentreader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-67374697550595631002010-01-04T21:53:46.926-06:002010-01-04T21:53:46.926-06:00I love reading more than one book at a time. I pre...I love reading more than one book at a time. I prefer to have at least three going. I find if I do one at a time, then I'm not sure what to start next and I pick up and put down a bunch, then I get really grumpy. With multiple books I can read according to my mood. When I'm reading a really thick book, I get impatient to read other books, so multiple reading works well for that also.<br /><br />No flaunting the Rules of Punctuation!bookmagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808845291761439603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-30948806770007140262010-01-04T21:44:09.078-06:002010-01-04T21:44:09.078-06:00I am starting with Erin Hart's Haunted Ground....I am starting with Erin Hart's Haunted Ground. Going slow, but getting there! Great start to your 2010, btw!Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-33223296747776336312010-01-04T20:45:32.571-06:002010-01-04T20:45:32.571-06:00I don't usually read more than one piece of fi...I don't usually read more than one piece of fiction at a time, but I do try to have one novel and one less involved nonfiction on the go at once. I carry the novel around with me as my primary book and read maybe a chapter or two per day of the nonfiction. I sometimes take quick breaks so I can whip on through shorter graphic novels, too.<br /><br />I'm sort of tempted to take breaks so I can read shorter <i>novels</i> right now, though, because I decided to start the year with DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, the second book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. It's nearly a thousand pages long, and while I'm enjoying it I <i>do</i> sort of feel like I'm stagnating. I'm not used to reading the same story for this long!<br /><br />Oh, and I'm with you on the quotation marks. I can never quite manage to connect with books that don't use them. I know some non-English literary traditions shun them in favour of dashes, (ie, -I wish I knew what you were thinking, Bob said). but... yeah. I can't get behind that. It never feels like the characters are actually talking to one another.Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-15376639455203088982010-01-04T18:13:16.375-06:002010-01-04T18:13:16.375-06:00Aarti, I am amazed at the book juggling you are do...Aarti, I am amazed at the book juggling you are doing! I must say that I am in the middle of The Bone People and Dead Souls as well, but Dead Souls has taken a backseat for the last few days because The Bone People has me hooked. I find her writing intimidating in general, not only for her lack of quotation marks, but the story is very engrossing and almost gut-wrenching at times as well. It is a great read though. I am also finding Dead Souls hilarious and very modern feeling despite it's being written so long ago. I really admire you for tacking all these books at once, it will be a huge accomplishment when you finish them, I bet! And don't worry about slowing down with The Bone People, it can take as much time as we need. Very inspiring post!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-85731386435200066222010-01-04T17:09:25.260-06:002010-01-04T17:09:25.260-06:00Hi! I have an award for you here: http://christysb...Hi! I have an award for you here: http://christysbooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-lovely-blog-award.html :)Christy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821023460317956914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-87633463631395578802010-01-04T06:47:03.374-06:002010-01-04T06:47:03.374-06:00The only time I have two books going at once is wh...The only time I have two books going at once is when one is an audio book and one is a written book. I'm like you - I just can't keep it all straight in my head. Good luck with your multi-tasking and have a Happy New Year!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-60368381215973568662010-01-04T06:29:58.806-06:002010-01-04T06:29:58.806-06:00I have 3 on the go but one is for book club and I&...I have 3 on the go but one is for book club and I've already met this week's milestone. 2 are classics and one is women's fiction.Chrisbookaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972547663609480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-20940317215430422412010-01-03T23:09:55.329-06:002010-01-03T23:09:55.329-06:00Hey Aarti!
First off, I LOOOOOVED this post. LO...Hey Aarti! <br />First off, I LOOOOOVED this post. LOVED. Like huge. Secondly, I am one of those multiple reader types, and I look at it like switching channels on a TV. But here's the thing, inevitably one book starts to really grab my buns more than the other and I end up going solo till I finish it. Right now I am reading Lion Among Men, Lament, Shiver and Wolf Hall. I have a feeling Wolf Hall will be the grab-your-buns type this go round. <br /><br />I hear you about the meaty books. I picked up Atlas Shrugged the other night thinking it was perfect to make a knick into the 3 challenges I have going (chunky, recommended, and clearing of shelves), but I just can't get into it. I've had it for 5 years so I'll keep trying till one day it takes.<br /><br />And I am SO HEARING YOU ON THE LACK OF QUOTATION THING! <br /><br />There is one book I have called The In Between World of Vikram Lull by M.G. Vassanji. Now I am a HUGE fan of this type of genre, but the lack of the quotes drove me bananas so I put it down and have yet to pick it up. The ONLY book that I have forgiven in this is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I love it. I have sworn a solemn oath to love it forever till the day I die. <br /><br />ANYway, good lord this comment is looong. Sorry about that. But your post was so inspiring! :0)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703297010445873719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-74106633085120028042010-01-03T17:35:28.078-06:002010-01-03T17:35:28.078-06:00The only way I can multitask is by making sure I d...The only way I can multitask is by making sure I don't read more than one novel at the same time. I can do novel and non-fic and novel and short stories, but two novels confuse me too :P<br /><br />I can't wait to see what you and Zibilee think of The Bone People! To be honest that book scares me a little bit too, even though Chris has been telling me to read it for literally years :PAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-80412862756068285312010-01-03T16:27:18.251-06:002010-01-03T16:27:18.251-06:00You know what I love about your approach to readin...You know what I love about your approach to reading?<br />You still have a sense of wonder. I can almost here you delight at open to the first page of a new novel. You truly enjoy reading and those of us who frequent here I think do so because get that.<br />Thanks for sharing your passion with me.<br />Warmest regards,<br />Simone.The romantic query letter and the happy-ever-afterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382165250238920938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-42708087640082558512010-01-03T11:54:23.163-06:002010-01-03T11:54:23.163-06:00Hi! I just discovered your blog via the flashback ...Hi! I just discovered your blog via the flashback challenge, but I've enjoyed your other content as well! <br /><br />I sometimes like to read more than one book at a time -- it helps to keep me engaged if the book I'm reading is slow going/hard to get through, and then I switch to something different and come back to it. Usually when I do that the other book is a quick read. Sometimes, though, I do end up neglecting one of the books (Anna Karenina has been sitting on my shelf half-read for months now, arg). <br /><br />Also -- thank's for posting about the Robin Hood series. I spent last week devouring Legend of the Seeker on netflix, and now that I'm done with that I need a new obsession, so I'm going to give Robin Hood a try!Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791309582153979145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-78765650723059487442010-01-03T10:15:46.411-06:002010-01-03T10:15:46.411-06:00Yay for more people standing up for the Russians! ...Yay for more people standing up for the Russians! hehe And I watched seasons one and two of Robin Hood SO fast, because I was in love. Then the season two finale made me so mad I refuse to watch season three. lolEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-77758118638858551432010-01-03T07:35:48.778-06:002010-01-03T07:35:48.778-06:00Mmmm Richard Armitage. Brilliant in North & So...Mmmm Richard Armitage. Brilliant in North & South. Mmm. :)<br /><br />Anyway!<br /><br />Good luck with reading so many books at the same time - I find, when I do that, that it helps to read books that are SO DIFFERENT from each other that there's no way to get them mixed up (ie a fantasy book and a nonfiction, or a scary book with a feel good book).Courthttp://books.moonsoar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-74953804249667974022010-01-03T06:00:14.570-06:002010-01-03T06:00:14.570-06:00When I was a child, Saturday afternoons were spent...When I was a child, Saturday afternoons were spent visiting my grandparents. They weren't formal so I could take books, toys, anything to keep me amused. Sometimes I could have three books on the go. My Gran was always amazed that I could put down one book and pick another one straight up. And remember what the story had been. <br /><br />Bless her, my Gran didn't enjoy school and would take an entire day to read her morning newspaper ;)<br /><br />On a side note, I can remember where I am in books but other than that, I have no short term memory!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684400154894645235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-21417034697195774432010-01-03T00:32:44.821-06:002010-01-03T00:32:44.821-06:00This was an interesting post. I too have one audio...This was an interesting post. I too have one audio book in my car and one book by my bedside. I think I am going to pick up Ayn Rand "Atlas Shrugged" to read and listen to "A Short History of Myth."Tanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323949931560581914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-28778759114278324022010-01-02T23:19:13.131-06:002010-01-02T23:19:13.131-06:00Hmm, I usually have several books going at one tim...Hmm, I usually have several books going at one time, but I typically have one that I'm focusing on on any given day.<br /><br />I must have picked up and put down The Bone People at least 6 times in the past two years. I really really want to read it, but it scares me. Also, I have a thing about quotation marks too. (Although, like you, I'm not actually sure if TBP has them or not.) That's why I could never finish Blindness. Good luck! I will be inspired to try it if you found the work worth it!Mairehttp://dailywordsandacts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-21797090377747741462010-01-02T19:58:44.431-06:002010-01-02T19:58:44.431-06:00I can only read one book at a time - I get too con...I can only read one book at a time - I get too confused if I try to do multiple books.<br /><br />The Bone People is wonderful...one of my favorite books...although it is not an easy read. Reading this with other people would have been something I would have appreciated. Here is <a href="http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/13/the-bone-people-book-review/" rel="nofollow">my review</a> if you're interested.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332796775305098552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-53669406329208316382010-01-02T19:39:49.955-06:002010-01-02T19:39:49.955-06:00I usually read more than one books at a time, up u...I usually read more than one books at a time, up until one really grabs me, or gets into a very intense section.<br /><br />I usually keep an anthology or two in the (sorry about this) bathroom. I have one in the car for when I get stuck waiting. I'm currently reading two separate novels to classes at work (library) and I have my main book that I focus on - currently The Better Part of Darkness.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063358136590143066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-31301087320073203882010-01-02T18:54:34.879-06:002010-01-02T18:54:34.879-06:00I'll watch Richard Armitage in anything, as an...I'll watch Richard Armitage in anything, as anything. Hero, villain or underused extra.<br /><br />The best thing about RH for me was 3 seasons of Guy of Gisborne.Starhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301510892391837760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-91077006903767231752010-01-02T17:56:09.861-06:002010-01-02T17:56:09.861-06:00I can only read one book at a time otherwise I get...I can only read one book at a time otherwise I get confused, but maybe that is just my small brain not coping!<br />Although, I tend to read books in one go. I wait till my son goes to sleep at around 7pm, cook dinner, then sit down with my book and read till I finish (which is usually around 1-2am). But this is for books up to 500pages, anything over that I do in 2 nights. <br />So it isn't practical for me to read more than 1 book at a time.<br />http://bookywooks.blogspot.com/Nicole, The Book Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498532651009602967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-25484898007354649582010-01-02T17:47:01.977-06:002010-01-02T17:47:01.977-06:00I agree about Richard Armitage! (esp. in N&S) ...I agree about Richard Armitage! (esp. in N&S) Well worth watching anything he is in ;)<br /><br />As for my first book(s) of the year, on my break this week I have begun eight! I'm now choosing which to focus on after reading the first 30 pgs of each. But I love having lots on the go at the same time.Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.com