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2by2 -> To Read or Not to Read... (5/8/2008 8:30:25 PM)

Do you read just one book at a time?

I am currently reading 4 different books and it drives my husband crazy. He doesn't understand how I can follow the story lines and keep all the characters straight. [8|]



9drtr -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/8/2008 8:46:18 PM)

I'm currently reading three novels, two books of short stories, three history/archaeology books, and am between novels in three series.

As long as you can keep it all straight, have fun![sm=dance.gif]



StephK -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/8/2008 9:54:20 PM)

I try to focus on one novel at a time but sometimes I have several going at a time.



Auben -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/8/2008 10:06:18 PM)

I find that reading 2-5 is the best for me. More than 5 and I start to loose interest in 1 or 2 of the others or I forget where I leave them.

I must admit that I can't read War and Peace with multiple others, but with most things it's easier to keep my options open. Then I can read whatever I feel like at the time. Otherwise I can get bored with one and go from novel to novel without finishing anything.

Right now I'm reading:

Kon-Tiki (non-fiction adventure/history)
As They Were (non-fiction biographical essays)
Ringworld (science fiction)
The Ketogenic Diet
The Italian Secretary (mystery/thriller)
and The Art of Kissing

Ringworld and The Italian Secretary are backburner books but the others have all been worked on in the last few days.



alias007 -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/14/2008 11:04:03 AM)

Right now I'm reading one non-fiction and one fiction book. Usually, I only read one book at a time, but I thought I would give this a try. We'll see how it goes.



HisCovenant -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/15/2008 5:16:21 PM)

I can only read one fiction at a time, but can read several other books at the same time, if the subject matter is different. For example, I can't read two nutrition books at the same time or two gardening books at the same time. However, I could read one book each about nutrition, gardening, art, and a fiction story at the same time. I don't do that real often because I prefer fiction, but I can and have done so. [;)]



wshepherd -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/15/2008 5:44:20 PM)

I always read multiple books at a time, and I don't read fiction very often. I don't seem to have a problem keeping them straight.



lanalounsbury -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/16/2008 4:32:00 PM)

I usually have a few non-fiction going at one time. But when I get a new fiction I drop everything and read, stopping only for the work day, until it's done. So, I'm pretty much one book at a time :)



buckifn -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/17/2008 5:30:40 AM)

pretty normal for me to read 3-4 at a time but if it's a good one Im reading it straight through a lot of the times



ebony101 -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/17/2008 7:28:56 PM)

I prefer to read one book at a time. I don't think that I'll be able to keep the story lines straight.

I have started to read two books at a time in the past, but one usually gets left behind while I finish off the first one and then when that's finished I return to the other one to finish reading it.



amymelissa -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/19/2008 12:22:06 AM)

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ORIGINAL: ebony101

I prefer to read one book at a time. I don't think that I'll be able to keep the story lines straight.

I have started to read two books at a time in the past, but one usually gets left behind while I finish off the first one and then when that's finished I return to the other one to finish reading it.


That sounds exactly like me. One at a time, any more and I forget about the second one.



Liveloved -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/20/2008 7:21:32 PM)

I am always reading many books at one time. Not alot of fiction but I do like to read some fiction to 'lighten' things up, KWIM?



DenimDiva -> RE: To Read or Not to Read... (5/26/2008 3:14:47 PM)

I like to focus on one book at a time.



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