wordsgood Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Doesn't bother me to move from one book to the next without a break. In fact, when I'm stressed to my limits (like I've been the last several months) and my reading mojo isn't kaput, I generally have several books on the go at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I go from one book to the next, sometimes literally finish one and pick up the next straight away, and this doesn't bother me in the slightest, but sometimes, if i finish late at night and it was a particularly emotional book and i want to think on it a little, then i start the next book on the following afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I don't tend to have much of a problem. I did it today! I finished Man and Wife by Tony Parsons and went and picked up An offer you can't refuse literally the second I finished it. Although, saying that. I do find it hard to get into the next book if the previous book was amazing and unforgettable. Like Twilight or Noughts and Crosses. I find it hard to focus on the new book otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I read a few books at once usually, but of different sorts so nothing gets too dull. Like right now I'm reading Slash's autobiography, but then I want something a little less serious, so I read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and then I want something less disturbing so I go read Madame Bovary.... haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landevale Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I've generally had no choice in the matter; I've had to go straight from one book to another because of school. Ideally, however, I love to sit and reflect for a bit in between books. My favorite thing to do, actually, is to marathon read the last portion of the book so that I am completely immersed in it. Then I'll just sit and revel in the fact that I still feel a part of that world. I first did that with The Lord of the Rings, and my reverie lasted until I turned on the radio, at which time it was shattered completely. I cherish that time after finally closing a great book, and I don't like to impose on it by immediately picking up a new book if I can help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I usually leave a little gap in between books myself. It's usually the following day although I do sometimes start a new book the same day I finish the previous one but I don't literally close one and open a new one - there is usually a couple of hours in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iagegu Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I always start another book straight away after finishing one. I cannot possibly be without a book to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 In the reading of the final chapters of one book I will already have lined up the next one to read. Often this is based on what I need to read - sometimes from a series, sometimes a counter point book to the one I've been reading. It's a hunger thing - I gotta keep feeding the reading beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay_loves_purple Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 While I could go straight from one book to another (and used to do that some years ago), these days I'd rather wait a bit and let everything settle in. Lately I have made a deal with myself not to start a new book until I have written the review for the last one (as I have this "almost worry" that the information in the new book will somehow "overwrite" the information my brain has kept from the last one; I know it's more of a fantasy than truth but it kept my decision to write things down before moving on up and running). What I do find a bit hard (especially after reading series or long books) is letting go of the characters I've grown to love and care for and start anew with new ones, ones I know nothing about. While chances are I'll grow to love the new ones too, there is always this "awkward moment" at the beginning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hume Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) I usually leave a gap of several days. Simply to digest what I've read. If a book doesn't require a rest period, it's probably one in a series, you skimmed it in order to tell friends you've finished it or it was complete bobbins Edited February 2, 2009 by Kell Inserted ALL the capitals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 The better the book I just finished, the hungrier I am for another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feidhlim Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I sometimes have two books on the go at once usually one fiction and one non-fiction. But I can definitely start one book straight after the other. If a book is really intense and I really enjoyed it I may wait a short period but never too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I usually take a break for a day, unless I have more than one book on the reading list, which is how it's been for a while. If I don't have anything else started then I'll just take a break and start a new book the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggiesfan Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 i finished reading a book at about 8 o'clock last night, normally i would wait until the next day to start another one but Mrs Baggiesfan was watching Dancing On Ice which bores me silly so i started another book straight away which is unusual for me i was just wondering if everyone else is the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crotalus_p Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Normally if I finish one in the morning I will start the next one that afternoon , I have been known on occasion to start the next straight away (especially if it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I can usually absolutely start another one, unless I've been reading a tough, long book or a really long series (even one as light as Twilight). Otherwise, I have no problem jumping into the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) I pretty much put a book down that I've read, then immediately pick up another one. Edited January 19, 2009 by Ben Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 As soon as I finish a book I start a new one sometimes I know which book I am going to read next other times I have to look at my TBR pile and choose one from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I can pick up another book immediately if I know what I want to read. Atm I'm starting and stopping, coz I just don't know what I want to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I usually stay up to finish one, then sleep when I'm done, then start the next book the next day, although if I finish during the day, then I just pick up the next one immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawkins Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 one after the other for me.If I'm out and about and I know I may finish a book I'll take my next book with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Jacobs Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I like to sit down, have a fag, a cup of tea and just think about the story and then I will write a review for Amazon and Play. Then I will start another Book. I only read one at a time. While I am unemployed I read all day if the weather stops me for going Birding or doing anything outdoors. If not I will read at night until the other guests have settled down to sleep which is normally about 2:30am.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I usually stay up to finish one, then sleep when I'm done, then start the next book the next day, although if I finish during the day, then I just pick up the next one immediately Unless it was a really thought-provoking book and then I leave it for up to a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If it's a though provoking book, I write down all my thoughts and then rant them at people until they're scaredinto reading it or dead. Once my venting is sufficiently effective, I move onto the next book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessicle Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 If I'm reading part of a series (i.e. Harry Potter or recently the Twilight Saga) then I can't live without contining straight on to the next book. Sometimes I've got so involved with the characters that I have to mentally switch off from them before I can pick up another book, especially if the writer of my new book has a different style of writing to what I've just been reading, that can confuse me a little and I have to re-read lines to take it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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