"Teaser Tuesdays"

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB ofShould Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

                    "Psah! my dear creature," she replied, "do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow. It would be hideous to be always together; we should be the jest of the place."

~ Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, page 133. ~

"Just wondering...."

Monday, February 8, 2010

"Just wondering...."

Do you frequently read more than one book at a time? Do you try to limit this to a certain number? Do you have different books for different purposes/topics?

I’m usually only able to read one book at a time. I’ve tried to read multiple books at one time, but I always end up focusing more on one than the others, and finishing it first. So, it doesn’t really make any sense for me to try to read more than one, anyway.

If I start a book and find it doesn't hold my attention, I usually never finish reading that book. I have at times made myself finish reading the book, thinking it would get better as I read on, but usually if I'm about half way through the book and it still doesn't peak my interest, it goes to the trash can or the used book store. I have learned after many years of reading, if it ain't fun in the first third of the book, it won't get any better as I go along. 

I do read different books of different purposes or topics. They are of a more serious nature, which I read each week. But as for my recreational reading I try to limit it to one at a time.

"Booking Through Thursday"

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The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do?

I really don't think my reading habits change throughout the year. Since bookstores are my favorite store to visit, I am always picking up new books and putting them on my bookshelves. Therefore, my bookshelves are full of books I haven't read yet. So I spent the winter trying to catch up with my reading.  I can't say I choose any special kind of book to read. Right now I am reading a memoir by Andy Williams, but my next choice to read is the Jane Austen book, Northanger Abbey. So as you can see my reading varies from one week to the next.

What are you reading?