Is it better to read one book at a time rather than say read 3 books at a time? I used to try reading four books at a time. I was able to read four
books at a time but I had trouble making progress in each book. So I now just try to read one book and stick with that book. I'll listen to an
audio-book too, but, I can only read one book at a time, because, it seems like I can't make progress in the books that I want to read if I do
otherwise.
What's your opinion?
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I was able to read numerous books at a time, but it just doesn't work for me any more. About the best I can do is read magazines or short stories in
addition to a more serious book. Thinking about why this is, I come up with 2 could be answers. I think Direct TV and Hughes Net are the main
reasons. Up until I was remarried and TV was reintroduced to me I spent a lot of time in book stores and listened to music. Then the internet bug bit
and I have suddenly realized that I now have the attention span of a 3 year old. The fact that there wasn't a book store within 40 miles or so of
this miserable little town that I live near. also contributed to me dumbing down. I think I am going to spend less time here, more time reading,
playing music. and patronizing the new book store in town. I was a lot happier with books.
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I only read one book at a time also, i have this problem that i can't start something new until the old project is completed, at least around the
house that's how it works. I also read pretty fast and usually finish a book within a day or two of starting it, this however can be a killer on the
pocket book, thus my collection of some 750 titles in my library. I also was never very good at remembering the exact details of a book if i was
reading several at a time.
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What I've been doing the last couple years is to keep one fiction and one nonfiction book going. That way, I'm not getting confused in my fiction
reading, or forgetting what happened last chapter or something, and I'm still learning other stuff in the nonfiction read, which is a lot easier to
put away for a week or something if I don't get to it, since there's no plot suspense or whatever. There isn't really a right answer to this
question, but that's what I do and it works for me.
[edit on 18-7-2008 by DragonsDemesne]
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I like to have one long and one shorter book with me. For instance, today I will be waiting 4 and 1/2 hours while an elderly relative goes thru an
outpatient dialysis session. So if I have a long stretch of time available, I'll crack open the long book. If not, the smaller book gets picked up.
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