Comments on: BTT: The End http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 e-mail By: misscz http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-82 misscz Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:08:26 +0000 http://misscz.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-82 Trish, Exactly! As I get closer to the end of the current book, the more excited about the next book I am, and doubly so if it's one I've been looking forward to for awhile (new book, recently obtained older book, "tortured myself long enough with putting it off" book, etc). But I've noticed the more enthralled I am with the story of the current book, the less likely, or less frequently, I think about the next book or the pending review of the previous. It's a little silly, but thinking about the next book while still reading the current one seems like I'm being unfaithful: so excited about starting the book but barely a third way through it, I'm thinking about the next and/or reminiscing about the previous (for the review). Trish,
Exactly! As I get closer to the end of the current book, the more excited about the next book I am, and doubly so if it’s one I’ve been looking forward to for awhile (new book, recently obtained older book, “tortured myself long enough with putting it off” book, etc). But I’ve noticed the more enthralled I am with the story of the current book, the less likely, or less frequently, I think about the next book or the pending review of the previous.

It’s a little silly, but thinking about the next book while still reading the current one seems like I’m being unfaithful: so excited about starting the book but barely a third way through it, I’m thinking about the next and/or reminiscing about the previous (for the review).

]]> By: trish http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-80 trish Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:37:08 +0000 http://misscz.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-80 I think that starting a new book is exciting, so that's usually what I think about after I've finished a book: what I will be reading next. I think more than really pondering a book, I let it sit in my subconscious and see what thoughts come to the surface. :-) I think that starting a new book is exciting, so that’s usually what I think about after I’ve finished a book: what I will be reading next. I think more than really pondering a book, I let it sit in my subconscious and see what thoughts come to the surface. :-)

]]> By: misscz http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-83 misscz Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:03:07 +0000 http://misscz.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-83 Lisamm - Pressure to read faster? No, not really. I try to pick at least one book a month that counts for two different challenges. That helps. Several of the challenges are short-term and/or don't require 12 books by the end of the year, so I'll have the chance to concentrate on those I've neglected. :-) Avid (re: More than one book) - I was reading two at once, but I stopped doing that last year. One was for my commute, and one was for home reading. But my commute changed and I realized that I wasn't finishing that book any faster than the at-home book. My average was four books a month whether I reading two different books at once or not. Thanks for stopping by! I'll come visit! Lisamm – Pressure to read faster? No, not really. I try to pick at least one book a month that counts for two different challenges. That helps. Several of the challenges are short-term and/or don’t require 12 books by the end of the year, so I’ll have the chance to concentrate on those I’ve neglected. :-)

Avid (re: More than one book) – I was reading two at once, but I stopped doing that last year. One was for my commute, and one was for home reading. But my commute changed and I realized that I wasn’t finishing that book any faster than the at-home book. My average was four books a month whether I reading two different books at once or not.

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll come visit!

]]> By: Avid book reader http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Avid book reader Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:59:36 +0000 http://misscz.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-84 I usually have a couple going at once - never just one. Sometimes I feel more inclined to read one book over the other, often depending on whether its fiction or nonfiction. I usually have a couple going at once – never just one. Sometimes I feel more inclined to read one book over the other, often depending on whether its fiction or nonfiction.

]]> By: lisamm http://www.babblingbookreviews.com/2008/03/20/btt-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-81 lisamm Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:11:36 +0000 http://misscz.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-81 Do you feel pressured to read quickly due to the multiple challenges you're participating in? Do you feel pressured to read quickly due to the multiple challenges you’re participating in?

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