Musing Mondays

Published on by Margaret

How long do you wait after finishing a book before you pick/start another one? How many books do you have planned ahead or do you pick up random books from your tbr pile (if you have one)? Do you review right away or keep reading and come back to it later?

As I always have more than on book on the go at once I’m never without a book to read. I usually start thinking about what to read next as I’m coming to the end of one book. I try to plan in advance but usually I read whichever book takes my fancy at the time, or I read one that’s due back at the library and cannot be renewed. I use the challenges I’ve joined to nudge me to read from my large to-be-read list. (See my previous post for a list of books I’m “planning” to read next year.)

Reviews vary. Sometimes I review a book straight after reading it – which I prefer, but other times I let books settle in my mind before reviewing them, but if I leave it too long it gets more difficult to write about a book without going back and scan reading it. I like to make notes as I go along but sometimes I get so involved with the book and don’t take any notes. At the moment I’m a bit behind with writing about the books I’ve read as I have still to write about Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge by Gladys Taber and Barbara Webster, Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee and The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards.

8 thoughts on “Musing Mondays”

  1. I’m a one-book-at-a-time person, but I read a lot for a living, so there’s just so much I can keep track of! But I’m rarely between books.

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  3. I have difficulty reading more than one book at a time. Probably because I don’t have a lot of reading time, so I focus on only one book. My book choices depend on my mood. And that changes often! :)

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  6. I’m never without a book to read, but I don’t think about what I’m going to read next until done with the other. I’m still trying to sort out my review method.

    My post is up now.

    Robin of mytwoblessings

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  7. I’ve always got at least two or three books going at once, and I’m always at least two or three reviews behind. Maybe there’s a connection there. Yes, I find I’m less likely to make notes on books I’m enjoying – I just have to mark all the passages I want to remember with bookmarks or post-it notes.

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