Allison Symes's Blog - Posts Tagged "print-books"
Do You Change Your Favourite Book List?
I suspect you may well have a favourite book list. I do. But do you ever change what is on it?
I do so every now and then but it is mainly to add things to it! The nice thing about favourites is nobody has the right to specify you can only have so many. Even if they did, I’d ignore them!
What is nice is trying to keep a balance on my list of funny books, crime books, fiction, and non-fiction, and it is always a joy to discover a new favourite. Doesn’t mean you cherish the old favourites any the less either.
What is nice is having favourites to pick in the first place.
Of course if you read ebooks as well, you could have two favourite book lists - one for the Kindle as well as your print versions!
I do so every now and then but it is mainly to add things to it! The nice thing about favourites is nobody has the right to specify you can only have so many. Even if they did, I’d ignore them!
What is nice is trying to keep a balance on my list of funny books, crime books, fiction, and non-fiction, and it is always a joy to discover a new favourite. Doesn’t mean you cherish the old favourites any the less either.
What is nice is having favourites to pick in the first place.
Of course if you read ebooks as well, you could have two favourite book lists - one for the Kindle as well as your print versions!
Working Out What To Read Next
Do you ever have problems working out what you’re going to read next?
I must admit to being a bit “naughty” in that I don’t necessarily read in strict chronological order from my always large To Be Read pile, whether is the old school print pile or the electronic one on my Kindle!
I don’t if I’m reading a series. I’ll just follow on.
When not doing that, I will go by my mood. If I’ve just enjoyed a crime story, I may well read another one straight off the back of the first one.
However, I never read more two books in a row in the same genre. After two, I want to ring the changes a bit.
At the moment, I’m on my second non-fiction book in a row so when I come to the end of that, I will go for fiction again. I’ve not decided yet what the genre will be.
In between novels, I will read short story and flash collections before resuming novel reading again. Then it will come full circle and I will be back to the non-fiction.
I am keen to make sure I have a good balance of reading material and like to mix up classic and contemporary here as well. Why limit your reading after all?
I must admit to being a bit “naughty” in that I don’t necessarily read in strict chronological order from my always large To Be Read pile, whether is the old school print pile or the electronic one on my Kindle!
I don’t if I’m reading a series. I’ll just follow on.
When not doing that, I will go by my mood. If I’ve just enjoyed a crime story, I may well read another one straight off the back of the first one.
However, I never read more two books in a row in the same genre. After two, I want to ring the changes a bit.
At the moment, I’m on my second non-fiction book in a row so when I come to the end of that, I will go for fiction again. I’ve not decided yet what the genre will be.
In between novels, I will read short story and flash collections before resuming novel reading again. Then it will come full circle and I will be back to the non-fiction.
I am keen to make sure I have a good balance of reading material and like to mix up classic and contemporary here as well. Why limit your reading after all?
