Hey, hi and hello! π Welcome to my blog, today I’ve got a quick chatty post in store for you. One about a reading habit that I broke through, let me start from the beginning. So over on my Bookstagram account I’ve made it no secret that in the past I’ve read a load of books at the same time. But this isn’t something I take pride in because I’d often forget what was happening in more than one of them and it would take me forever to finish reading any of them as I struggled to juggle more than one. I kept going this way and soon fell into a slump whereupon I found it difficult to pick up any book at all. It was a sad, sad time π₯Ίπ€£.
Well recently I started reading one book in a go (even if I’ve previously started others I am just setting them aside and picking one to go with until I work my way around to all of them). Something just clicked and it just became a thing where I didn’t carry down a pile of books with me everyday. I dedicated myself to one book alone and the secret? Well there’s no secret to it, I just zeroed in on one book and took it everywhere with me. This is the reason why I’ve finally started finishing books again and I know it sounds simple but to someone that was stuck on this big habit of committing myself to so many books at once, it’s a big deal and I’m super happy to have found my way forward with reading again as I was upset with the slump and didn’t want to fall into a longlasting one again π.
There are A LOT of books on my physical TBR that are readily available to me right now thanks to sharing my family’s library cards (I know, I’ve got it bad π€£) so I’m working my way through them as well as books I bought myself. I’m due a trip to the library soon when I finish a few more books as my mum needs something to read so I’m looking forward to that!!
On another subject, it may look like I’ve abandoned my Bookstagram page…..cause I kinda did but I’ve just been busy (I’ll chat more about that in a coffee post soon! β) but I plan on coming back as the reading is still going on as you can now see! So yeah! I’m now a one book kinda girl and it feels great! π I’m enjoying what I’m reading and I’m looking forward to sharing that same joy with you guys over on my Bookstagram again! Whoop whoop! π₯³
I’d love to know your reading habits and whether or not you read one book at a time like I do now or if you have a few on the go at once? Let me know in the comments below π. I used to ask people “what are your ways” when they told me they read one book at a time and they’d explain to me in layman’s terms that they just did it and now I get it, finally! π π€£
Anyway! Thanks for the chat π I’ll be back again next week but floating around the blogosphere until then reading whatever posts take my fancy π«Ά. Until then, take care and I’m sending good vibes your way! Buh-bye β¨οΈπxx
I find that reading only one book a month, helps me focus on whats going on in the story.
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That’s a good way to go about it! I slipped off for a while and was reading two but I’m back on one again now π€£
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I sometimes have two books going at the same time, but often one is fiction and one is non-fiction. I usually prioritize books that I have checked out on the Libby app over books on my Kindle app, since there is no time pressure on those.
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That sounds like a good plan! I can’t remember the last non-fiction book I read π€π€£. Yeah I tend to prioritise library books but I’m hoping to get back into my kindle as I’m subscribed to kindle unlimited and not using it, so annoyed with myself! π€
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I usually have 3 books on the go at once β 1 audiobook, 1 e-book and one physical book. I think the different formats help me keep the stories separate. π
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Ahh that’s so neat! I can understand how the different formats could help, sounds like a great idea! β¨οΈ
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