I think we’ve established in previous posts that I tend to be a slow reader and compensate with audiobooks which increases what’s on my reading list. Plus I just like to read when I’m supposed to be doing something boring like housework. I also have an e-reader or two in my company at all times–ya know–for emergencies. LOL! Additionally, I’m reading a plethora of different books to my boys every night. The kids range from ages 11 to 7 and have broad interest areas increasing my habit of reading broadly. Plus I like to read them things that are outside of their box–to mix things up a little bit. Because of that we usually have anywhere from 2-4 different books going at a time. Yeah, this is how my reading list easily gets to be so long. But I’ve also discovered something else about my reading habits. I read for pleasure and I also read for purpose. Right now I’m in the exploratory, mullet-over phase of my third book and so I’m reading things that will help me connect the random and semi-random dots floating around my head. I also read because of curiosity and and the need to belong. Yeah, I’ve put a dent in 50 Shades of Grey. I’m not sure whether I wanted to read it or not, but I know I wanted to be a part of the conversation, or at least be an informed listener–not left out. I also read for craft. Lately it’s been mostly in the form the The Writer and Writer’s Digest, but I have a long list of favorite craft reads and want-to-reads and even re-reads to keep me busy for a long time. And then I critique my friends’ writing too, which I love because it makes me feel special to be on the ground level of something amazing. Phew…I’m tired just talking about it. LOL!
And then there are those folks who read one book at a time. *head thunk*
They make me feel like a reading spaz. But I try to remind myself that I’m “that girl” in other areas of my life–like when it comes to ice cream. Because I only ever order chocolate. I am not an ice cream spaz. And I’m also that girl a lot of times in a lot of different ways through out my day. I’m often tried and true, boring and horribly predictable, so it just might be healthy for me to be a bit of a spaz somewhere in my life. Or not–you never know. Okay–I’m an organizational spaz too–but that shouldn’t count because cleaning and organization is no damn fun.
How do you read your books and eat your ice cream? Are you messy like me? Inquiring minds want to know. *waggles eyebrows*
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I do generally have two or three books going at any one time, so I can pick up whatever I happen to be in the mood for. Hmmm. Guess that makes me a spaz, too.
Re ice cream: it’s usually vanilla for me, but I jazz it up with chocolate and/or caramel sauce and a squirt of whipped cream. Mmmm.
I agree–another part of the spaz thing is the mood you’re in too! Other than the vanilla–which you can’t disguise IMHO–I’m happy to share the SPAZ with you. :o)
It totally depends on the book for me. Sometimes I start three or four books, and if none of them grab me, I’ll just keep adding new titles to my list. Then eventually something will really hook me, and I’ll read that one straight through. And then sometimes I get in a sort of cleaning mindset, and decide enough is enough, and finish three or four of the books I have started, just to say they’re finished!
In terms of ice cream…my absolute favourite is the simple Neapolitan. But sometimes I like cookie dough, cinnamon, and other (usually chocolate-y) things thrown in as well.
And I dreamt of ice cream last night. So now with this post, I’m afraid you’ve set me on the path for an all-out ice cream craving!
I do that sometimes too–put my nose to the book grindstone LOL! I’m super super picky about my ice-cream. LOL! I would unhappily settle for maple walnut with lots of chocolate syrup or mint chocolate chip in those little chocolate shot glasses. :o) Yeah, not picky at all. Great dream BTW!
Good Morning Sabatini! 🙂
I happen to be a one novel at a time kind of girl. I like to focus on everything in the book, which seems intense, but it works better for me. I do “dip” into reference books for recipes, designs, health, and such if I am needing fresh ideas or have the interest.
My teen daughter reads SEVERAL books at a time. I don’t know how she keeps them all straight. She is a reading spaz like you for sure! 😉
The Hubby also reads one book at a time, but we cannot forget the plethera of Sports Illustrated and Time magazines he reads along the way. There are stacks of them everywhere scattered around the house.
Ice Cream…hands down chocolate. Chocolate upon chocolate upon chocolate! Who needs diamonds? Not I, just give me some chocolate and I am a happy camper! 🙂
What did you say? I got distracted by the chocolate LOL!
I am so with you on this Kim! I am never reading less than 3 books at a time. I don’t like giving up on books, so if I’m not feeling a book, I’ll put it aside for a while to read something else, then pick it back up to see if it’s fitting my mood better…so that’s some of the spazziness, but mostly I want to read all the books and I want to read them right now, so I read more than one…haha :0)
I hate to give up on a book too…I hardly ever do it too. LOL!
I read somewhere between 40-70 books a year, and many of them simultaneously. I always have books nearby and tend to pick up one of the four or so I’m currently reading to suit my mood. I do, though, try to stick to one book per genre (non-fiction, YA, classic, etc.) at a time. As for ice cream, I want to try everything there, too. My goal last trip to Italy was to try every gelato flavor I encountered. Mission successful (didn’t eat much else, though).
Oh…the gelato in Italy…*moans*
I’m starting with ice cream because ice cream is YUMMY. I’m, like, the pickiest eater in the history of forever, so I have specific flavors I like and specific flavors I don’t like. But I’m also perfectly happy with smothering it with whipped cream and chocolate syrup and stuff–but again, I’m a picky eater, so there are a lot of things I WON’T put on top, too. Still, ice cream is so good.
As for my reading habits, I always try to read one book at a time. That’s so I can focus on that book as much as possible for review purposes. It’s easier for me to know how I feel about a specific book when I’m JUST reading that book. I’ve really taken to reading one ebook and one paper book at the same time, though. So I’m more often than not reading two books at any time. That’s okay, though, because my ebooks are on a Kindle app on my computer. That means I HAVE to read another book at the same time–what else am I supposed to do with my life while my brother’s hogging the computer?
This is a fun little dicussion, hehe.
♥Jessica(:
Damn brothers!