ARE YOU A ONE BOOK AT A TIME READER? Showing 851-900 of 1,181

[Manugw]

For entertainment my whole life

[Shai]

No. Between reading for graduate school, I am normally juggling at least three, mostly more at one time.

[Shel]

I tend to have at least two on the go, especially now I've got a kindle. I usually have one which I read in my break at work and a hard copy book to read at home.

[K.]

At least 3 at a time, sometimes 5. More than that makes me crazy

[Dan]

I usually read one novel at a time. My main interests are SFF, mystery/thriller, and horror, though I do delve into the occasional literary work. For variety, I like to keep a non-fiction book handy, but it takes me weeks or months to get through these, whereas I usually devour a novel in a day or three. Interests in non-fiction include mythology, the craft of writing, and religion (mainly Buddhist works).

[Cheri]

I would LOVE to be a one-at-a-time reader, but that's not possible anymore. I usually have 4-8 going. A few will be pleasure reads, but often I'm reading for various reasons related to writing or editing. At the moment, I'm reading a few that I'm considering cross-promoting in the back of my e-book. Takes time to pick the right ones. Another is a book on characterization. One is a poetry book that's a favor to a friend. =)

[Jewel]

Not at all. If I get bored I jump to another.

[Gordon]

Before I got my kindle, I was a one book at a time guy. Since I got the devil's device :P I've usually got five or six on the go at any one time!

[Nicky]

I'm definitely a one-at-a-time serial monogamist style reader. I love to get properly immersed in a book, and if I have to put it down, it leaves me with a distinct flavour, or colour, or impression. I love to hold on to that and get back to it as quickly as possible, with no distractions.... XX

[Dave]

I'm a one at a time kid of guy. Although I usually have a graphic novel or comic on the go at the same time.

[Ethan]

I'm too unfocussed to read more than one at a time! I have stopped reading a book in the middle when I got my hands on another one that I just couldn't wait to read. After I finished the new book, I went back and completed the original.
-Ethan
http://e135-abookaweek.blogspot.com/

[L.T.]

When I was in school, I could read more than one book at a time, but that wasn't for pleasure. When I read on my own time, I have to stick to one book because I become obsessed with finishing the book and I devote most of my free time to it. I've been trying to focus on my writing lately, so I have limited my reading because I know I won't stick to a schedule if I get my hands on a good book.

[Marsha]

I, too, am amazed at those who read more than one book at a time. How do they keep all the plots and characters straight? I guess I'm more into the craft of writing. I like to savor how the author put his or her story together.

[Cheryl]

The one way I can read two books at a time and keep them straight is by reading one at home and one at work. I have occasionally had more than one on the go at home, but that's pretty rare.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Cheryl wrote: "The one way I can read two books at a time and keep them straight is by reading one at home and one at work. I have occasionally had more than one on the go at home, but that's pretty rare."

Marsha wrote: "I, too, am amazed at those who read more than one book at a time. How do they keep all the plots and characters straight? I guess I'm more into the craft of writing. I like to savor how the author ..."

I try to read classics, new thrillers,and historical bios- so I can "mind-travel" around different worlds and times!

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Marsha wrote: "I, too, am amazed at those who read more than one book at a time. How do they keep all the plots and characters straight? I guess I'm more into the craft of writing. I like to savor how the author ..."
You are amazed how people can read more than one book at a time? I am amazed how people can only read one book at a time. It's not that I get bored of one book, it's just that I have so many books to read in so little time so I tend to read more than one at a time. I usually have a book in my bag, by my bed, and one downstairs when I'm waiting for something.

[K.]

I always read more than one book at a time. I get bored or I want the ideas of one book to ruminate for awhile so I read something else. Sometimes I don't want a book to end so I don't finish it and start something else.

[Peg]

I usually have four books going at a time, mainly because I don't carry them around but I want them in places where I might have time to read. I mostly read mysteries (which I also write) but I like a mix, so right now I'm reading Charles Todd's THE CONFESSION, a James Patterson-sponsored novel called PRIVATE, an ARC I got at a mystery con called DEFENDING JACOB, and a thriller my husband recommended called SPYDER WEB.
If you add to that that I'm writing the next book of my Dead Detective Mysteries and editing another book, it really is a lot to keep track of. Thanks, you guys, for pointing out to me how crazy I really am!

[William]

I can't read more than one novel at a time, however, I can handle a novel and a non-fiction book together. It usually takes me longer to read the non-fiction book since I try not to take in a lot at once if its on a subject I'm trying to learn more about. Sometimes I also will add a short story anthology to the mix, my goal being to get a story in every night before I go to bed.

[Rebecca]

I usually read a few books at a time, though one tends to be fictional and another inspirational. I am in awe that friends I have talked to can read 3 or 4 books at a time. Truly amazing.

[Gemma]

I am mostly a one book at a time person buuuutttt if the book becomes kind of slow I will start another one that I know I will finish quick, then go back to my previous book.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Gemma wrote: "I am mostly a one book at a time person buuuutttt if the book becomes kind of slow I will start another one that I know I will finish quick, then go back to my previous book."

I can relate Gemma- I am reading an 800 page History of Philosophy- so - very nice to have fun books to turn to!

[Holly]

Gabrielle wrote: "Marsha wrote: "I, too, am amazed at those who read more than one book at a time. How do they keep all the plots and characters straight? I guess I'm more into the craft of writing. I like to savor ..."

I definitely have more than one book going--right now I'm reading Pulphead downstairs and Binocular Vision upstairs, plus I have a comic Chelsea Handler book of essays on my Kindle that rides around in my pocketbook. Not to mention the New Yorkers in the family room and the newspaper in the dining room...so much to read, so little time!

[[deleted user]]

That's exactly why I keep two different books up and downstairs. Some people think I'm so weird that I do that.

[Deb]

I usually read between 2 and 3 books at a time.

[Riya]

i read 2 to 4 books at a time. usually two of the books will be non-fiction but in different categories (a history book along with a biography, for example); and the other two will be novels, a light fluffy one and a longer more in depth one. i don't intentionally mean for my reading habits to be lile this, it just naturally happens i guess

[Robert]

I used to be a one book at a time reader, before I started seriously writing words of my own. Now I find myself reading multiple books at a time, and in some cases, blending fiction and non-fiction.

Robert Downs
http://www.RobertDowns.net

[Susie]

Nope, 2-3 @ a time. Depends on my mood what I read.

[Nell]

Yes and no - usually it's one to read instead of watching TV in the evening and one to edit in the daytime - that's if editing is counted as reading. Or else it's one fiction and one non-fiction - two novels are too distracting - I prefer to be fully immersed in one.

[Kathy]

There's always at least a couple books to edit. And then for fun, there are different books to suit my mood.

[C.nick]

I definitely read more than one book at a time. I actually like doing it because of the craft, I like experiencing different 'voices',I would get bored quickly with nothing to counterblance one style of writing. It is when it adds up to eight or nine books that it becomes insanity inducing.

Right now I reading:
Mists Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison
A Very Short Introduction to the Celts by Barry Cunliffe
Tecosca Cormaic (Counsels of Cormac)
A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory
Selected Poems of Robert Burns

[Jameelah]

no i can read 5 books at a time

Spooks Apprentice
The Murder of King Tut
The Dragons Spell
the Grim Adventures and Fairy Tales
Siren

[Ian]

Definitely one at a time, if fiction.

I may have a biography going on the side, but I tend to dip in and out of those rather than read straight through. The only bio I couldn't put down was Alistair Cooke's (the journalist, not the cricketer), but he is a hero of mine.

[Jeff]

I sometimes read multiple books at the same time but for the most part, I prefer to immerse myself in one book at a time.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Ian wrote: "Definitely one at a time, if fiction.

I may have a biography going on the side, but I tend to dip in and out of those rather than read straight through. The only bio I couldn't put down was Alista..."



I agree- so very much more to this great man than what most know him for- the TV apppearances

[Mike]

I usually have 2 or 3 books in progress. But, only one of them can be a novel. The others are humor, golf, or self-help. Sometimes I love the book and the others must wait until it is finished.

[Fred]

I'm usually a one book at a time reader although occassionally I will have 2 on the go usually at separate ends of the spectrum

[Heather]

I would never have considered reading more than 1 work of fiction at a time, aaand then I joined Goodreads. I was suddenly drowning in books I wanted to read. I started reading for 2 book clubs while simultaneously following my own whims. After a few months of this fragmentation, I found myself falling into a more realistic groove. Now I usually have 1 novel, 1 personal enrichment book and 1 other nonfiction work in progress at any given time. I don't think I can give myself fully to more than 1 story at a time, so if I read 2 novels together one of them always seems to get the short end of the stick.

[Darren]

I typically read two to three books at a time. It depends on my mood really. The Bible not included. Right now Hostage of the Devil, Zombies and Bleak History.

[Hend]

ya i usually read more than one book as i get bored...
especially if it is a long one....
otherwise i feel i am studing and has an exam .....

[Gregory]

Depending on the difficulty and the understanding of what I am seeking I may read 3 to 5 books at a time. But If I have one that is particularly difficult or new to my thinking I may only read one book.
When i read the Poetic version of: "The Conference of the Birds" i could only read it as it consumed me i consumed the book. Then I had to reread almost immediately,,, as it re-consumed me, I could read no other. Some of the lines, just made me stop and experience the imagery of the intent/content/spirit of the book.

[Hend]

ya great discription greg for confrence of birds....

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Gregory wrote: "Depending on the difficulty and the understanding of what I am seeking I may read 3 to 5 books at a time. But If I have one that is particularly difficult or new to my thinking I may only read one..."

now- I really want to read that- never heard of it before!

[Hend]

ya rick ,but if it is difficult u read another one with it so as not to feel u are not acomplishing any thing..
what u think...?

[Hend]

the conference if bird is an islamic sufism book
has alot of symbolism....
it speaks about GOD'love...
very good book if u like sufism...

[Hend]

The Conference of the Birds (Persian: Mantiqu 't-Tayr, 1177) is a book of poems in Persian by Farid ud-Din Attar of approximately 4500 lines. The poem's plot is as follows: the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. It is an allegory of the quest for God (The Simorgh). The hoopoe respresents a sufi master and each of the other birds represents a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment. When the group of thirty birds finally reach the dwelling place of the Simorgh, all they find is a lake in which they see their own reflection.

Besides being one of the most celebrated examples of Persian poetry, this book relies on a clever word play between the words Simorgh – a mysterious bird in Iranian mythology which is a symbol often found in sufi literature, and similar to the phoenix bird – and "si morgh" – meaning "thirty birds" in Persian
hope it helps....

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Hend wrote: "ya rick ,but if it is difficult u read another one with it so as not to feel u are not acomplishing any thing..
what u think...?"

so true!
Thats why i am always read a "fun" book as well as a complex novel, biogrophy or history book- love switching the brain on and off!!

[Hend]

i completly agree with that....

[Raymond]

I'm always in the middle of a handful of books, but I'm tied down to generally one main novel. The rest, I merely peck at until either they're gone, or I've finished my main read.

- Raymond

[Hend]

ya often do that...