I’ve noticed that when I’m immersed in a wonderful book and it’s coming to the end, I read fewer pages and string out my reading time in order to prolong the experience of a great read. Weird, I know but it does make the book last longer.
Love this one! I have loved reading (like music) from my earliest years and still love it now. To get 15 pages into a long book and already know, “this one is going to be good!” is one of the joys of life. Great fiction is a gift to us all, and it can be “literature” or just a good story well told. I try to mix up my fiction with non-fiction out of a sense of civic mindedness and that has its rewards, too. But to be taken away by characters you grow to love, what a treat. Thanks for reminding me of that!
It’s all about what book for me. If I dig, I crush. If I don’t, I don’t. Luckily I have a good friend who let me in on a (what may seem obvious but was game changing for me) bit of reading advice. Put down a book if you don’t like. Freed me right up from having that book sit on my nightstand for 3 months while i pretend i’ll get back to it. Now, I just put that guy in the local charity library on my street and move on to something i like. Reader Unlocked.
As an author I have no bias towards anyone's reading habits as long as they read. I am doing my level best not to take this opportunity to plug my own stuff. Not easy.
I’ve noticed that when I’m immersed in a wonderful book and it’s coming to the end, I read fewer pages and string out my reading time in order to prolong the experience of a great read. Weird, I know but it does make the book last longer.
Love this one! I have loved reading (like music) from my earliest years and still love it now. To get 15 pages into a long book and already know, “this one is going to be good!” is one of the joys of life. Great fiction is a gift to us all, and it can be “literature” or just a good story well told. I try to mix up my fiction with non-fiction out of a sense of civic mindedness and that has its rewards, too. But to be taken away by characters you grow to love, what a treat. Thanks for reminding me of that!
It’s all about what book for me. If I dig, I crush. If I don’t, I don’t. Luckily I have a good friend who let me in on a (what may seem obvious but was game changing for me) bit of reading advice. Put down a book if you don’t like. Freed me right up from having that book sit on my nightstand for 3 months while i pretend i’ll get back to it. Now, I just put that guy in the local charity library on my street and move on to something i like. Reader Unlocked.
As an author I have no bias towards anyone's reading habits as long as they read. I am doing my level best not to take this opportunity to plug my own stuff. Not easy.
Love Hyperion! Kick ass article. I like to set a timer for 10m a day every weekday. You'd be surprised how much you end up reading in 1 month.
A really good book is such a treasure. Great post!