1. Do you get to read as much as you WANT to read?
(I’™m guessing #1 is an easy question for everyone?)
2. If you had (magically) more time to read’“what would you read? Something educational? Classic? Comfort Reading? Escapism? Magazines?
Of course in theory I have more time to read than ever before, but in practice the time I spend reading now that I’m at home is almost the same as when I went out to work full-time. There are never enough hours in the day to do all the other things I want to do either.
If I did magically have more time to read I wouldn’t read magazines. Why buy a magazine when you could buy a book for around the same price? And they’re full of adverts – I don’t watch adverts on TV so I’m not going to buy a magazine full of them.
No, I would read the books in my to-be-read piles, books from my wishlist, books from the library – a glorious mixture of books, including classics, contemporary novels, escapism, detective/crime fiction, historical novels, non-fiction – history, philosophy, religion, biography, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries and letters, travel and whatever takes my fancy. If only …
BooksPlease 
Like you, I want to read books from my TBR pile.
I do love reading magazines but I find they’re putting too many ads in it so I’ve cut down on buying them.
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I too have stopped buying magazines- I would rather be reading a book! Happy BTT!
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Even when I am on vacation I still don’t have enough time to read, so I can definitely agree with you that other things step in and get in the way. No matter what the circumstances I find that I would always like to do more reading.
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No one has enough reading time, and we all could use more to read what we like. Happy BTT!
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How I wish I could get more read! But there it is. Btw, I see you are reading the biography of Mary Wesley. I have so very nearly started that several times over the past fortnight. The preface bit was very enticing, but other books pushed ahead. I do hope you’re enjoying it.
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I would absolutely read a mix of books. I have my favorites, but I’m not a niche reader.
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I stopped with the magazines a long time ago. They didn’t seem worth and, like you, I’d rather spend the same money on a book.
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I too seldom read magazines unless those are political ones
Here is my BTT post
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I don’t reach for magazines either! Plus, who wants to read ads? 🙂
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I know what you mean about not having the time you want to do all the things you want to do. Every time I have a holiday or a vacation, I plan all of these books that I’m going to read, but I never get them all read. Life just seems to get in the way, and I have so many other interests that take up my time, as well. Wouldn’t it be great if you could magically find more time in the day?
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Every few years I will subscribe to the National Geographic or Smithsonian for a while and save up issues. I like to have them handy for when I get the urge to take a bath. It seems like such a waste of time not to be able to read while bathing, so I take the magazines in with me. I don’t worry about them getting damaged as much, and then I get to read something short and intellectually satisfying at the same time.
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I would never pick up magazines, either. I used to tear all the cardstock-type ones out of magazines before reading them; now I just don’t get magazines anymore.
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I used to read certain magazines that focused on a few interests of mine, but when I noticed that the magazines had started piling up, I stopped buying (and reading) them. Like you, I’d rather spend the time with books!
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Magazines drive me crazy with all the little cards inside and having to spend the time tearing out everything. I’d rather read a book as well. I make exceptions for writer’s digest magazine and Edutopia. Two of my favorites. My post is up now.
Robin of mytwoblessings
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Since I retired I have less time to read but like you my interests are diverse.
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You know, I actually have a limit to how much I can read — I start to feel like I’ve taken too much in after a while, and need some time to process. So while I would like to have more time, I can see myself with TOO much as well — I mean, it’s possible.
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I would LOVE more time to read. I seem to find more and more ways to fill my time at the moment, and the amount of time I can find to read tends to suffer. But, of course, I’ll skip an hour or two fo sleep if the book is worth it, just so I can fit in it each day!
If I had all the time in the world, my reading patterns wouldn’t change (choices based on my own TBR pile, reviews and blog recommendations), I’d just get through more books quicker!
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