Are You Reading for Pleasure? Or Reading to Write? By Connie Vines #RoundRobin, #WritingLife, WhatAreYouReading?

Topic: How much reading do you do, both for pleasure and for a work in progress? 

This month's topic required a bit of pondering on my part.
While I'd like to happily confess to reading only for pleasure, this is no longer true.
I read one or two books a week in genre fiction (not the genre of my current WIP) for pleasure. In years past the number of novels, I would read solely for pleasure numbered one or two each day. 
Sigh. 
Publishing has changed; authors have (sort of) adapted.
More and more of an author's day is spent on promotion via social media, developing book trailers, book covers, contests, and cross-promotion projects.
Egad!  
Unfortunately, this leaves less and less time for writing ✍ and even less time for sleeping 😴

🕵Here's the pondering I mentioned at the start of this post:  most of my reading falls into these categories: 
• Research for my WIP.• The craft of writing. • Promotion, promotion, and more promotion.
All of my novels and novellas have recipes included; recipes that I have adapted from family recipes or are my personal favorites. Therefore, I have no one to blame but myself for this foray into kitchen time!!  🥣🥄🍲🍪 









Happy Reading,ConnieX O X O
Visit the talented authors participating in this month"s Round Robin Blog Hop!  

Marci Baun http://www.marcibaun.com/blog/  Connie Vines http://mizging.blogspot.com/  Helena Fairfax http://www.helenafairfax.com/blog  Diane Bator http://dbator.blogspot.ca/  Skye Taylor http://www.skye-writer.com/blogging_by_the_sea  Dr. Bob Rich https://wp.me/p3Xihq-2BH    Rhobin L Courtright http://www.rhobincourtright.com