Book readers - a question

mlveynar · January 2011

Do you read more than one book at a time? If so, how do you determine which book to read at any particular time? Also, how do you keep the story lines and characters straight?

I am completely fascinated by this. I can only do one book at a time, or I get too confused.

Five_letter · January 2011

I typically only read one book at a time (as long as you don't count pregnancy books).

I have tunnel vision with books, I want to finish them asap and can't grasp the idea of starting another one before my main one is finished. My goal when starting a book is to finish it, so why would I delay that?

KSMILEY 77 · January 2011

I don't think I could read more than one book at a time... except reference books, but that's different.

burkems · January 2011

I'm the exact same as Marcy, to the point that I can't start a book unless I know I'm going to have the time to finish it that night or the next day.

Vikki2pay · January 2011

I usually have more than one book started, and go back between the two.

amethyst1220 · January 2011

i do this, but usually it's one for-fun book at work for lunch breaks and one at home. if one gets really good, i'll carry it back at forth with me. and usually i'm "reading" a few reference type books, too. more like perusing and trying to get through them. don't think i ever made it past the first chapter of home buying for dummies, lol!

aligator423uf · January 2011

I will occasionally read two books at a time, but usually they're extremely different subject matters. But really what happens most often is that I get caught up in the one that interest me most, finish it, then finish the second one.

justrachet · January 2011

I only read one fiction book at a time.

But, I usually also have a couple of non-fiction books going, too. I had been reading 2 parenting books (Wonder Weeks and Third Culture Kids), but I finished WW and started a book called When Helping Hurts, which is something anyone who's interested in helping those in poverty should read. Non-fiction takes thought, and I have to be in the right mood to want to read it.

burkems · January 2011

justrachet:
Non-fiction takes thought, and I have to be in the right mood to want to read it.

Me too, and Clint bought me a non-fiction book for Christmas and I'm only on page 30. I feel so bad that it sits on the table unread, but I really have to focus when I read it.

mlveynar · January 2011

burkems:

justrachet:
Non-fiction takes thought, and I have to be in the right mood to want to read it.

Me too, and Clint bought me a non-fiction book for Christmas and I'm only on page 30. I feel so bad that it sits on the table unread, but I really have to focus when I read it.

I never really thought about this, but I agree. I also pretty much never read non-fiction. I do read historical fiction, and it takes a lot of thought too.

Quilty · January 2011

I tend to read multiple books at once. I currently have about 10 I flip between. Most of them are non-fiction, although I do have three fiction books going right now.

I'm ADD so it works for me. Rarely do I get confused, but back at Christmas it took me some time to figure out what Billy the Kid was doing in Thomas Jefferson's biography. D'oh!

LarissaAnn · January 2011

I'll do 1-3 at a time. They're usually different enough in terms of fiction/nonfiction or very different authors, plots or tones, that I don't confuse them. Sometimes I pick up whichever is closest at hand, sometimes whichever strikes my mood.

Cutiepie811 · January 2011

I used to be able to read about 2 books at a time. Now, I only read about 1 book. I'm like Marcy, I concentrate on my main book and not want to read anything else until Im finished with it.

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