Reading more than one book at a time

jenbel · Post by **jenbel** » 12 Feb 2014, 16:35

I seem to do this only if I've started a book and then forget to take it with me somewhere and end up finding a book to read in the mean time. Then I've got them both going. My mother always marveled that I could do this and keep all the characters straight. It's never really been an issue. I do prefer one book at a time though.

kellyhontas1014 · Post by **kellyhontas1014** » 12 Feb 2014, 16:53

Not me. I stick with one at a time.

thefeenz · Post by **thefeenz** » 12 Feb 2014, 17:00

CollegeReader- I do this often as well. Something will spark my interest and I will start reading a certain book, then, something else sparks my interest and I will start reading another book. Sometimes if I am interested in a certain subject I read more than one book at the same time on that subject.

Anxious Educator · Post by **Anxious Educator** » 12 Feb 2014, 19:21

What's your guys' limit to how many you can read without getting mixed up? I found my limit this week.

For a few years, I've read two or three books at once: an audiobook, a physical copy of a novel, and sometimes a non-fiction teaching book. This week, I kept going with my audiobook and novel and then tacked on another novel (an ARC I'm reviewing for this site.) Turns out there's too much fiction all at once.

winchester_reader21 · Post by **winchester_reader21** » 13 Feb 2014, 13:55

I'll read two or three at a time which drives my sister nuts because I leave them all over the apartment

emmy00369 · Post by **emmy00369** » 13 Feb 2014, 14:35

We live in a time when you can not read only just one book.I mean I read the Bible in the morning,about 10 minutes,then I read an investments book,and during the day I read also books from my domain.Actually I get bored from so much reading .Often I said to my self I should stop ,because it is too much and I will wear reading glasses.

ITnker · Post by **ITnker** » 13 Feb 2014, 23:18

I read three to four books at a time. My amount varies depending on what interests me at the time. I am juggling between coursework, books for business, and books that peak my interests. My sister, an avid reader also, says I am nuts, but somehow I manage to keep all the details in order.

Nusrat_Sultana · Post by **Nusrat_Sultana** » 13 Feb 2014, 23:53

I can't do that. I have to focus on one book first so that I can be fully immersed in it!

KLyons1 · Post by **KLyons1** » 14 Feb 2014, 08:49

Anxious Educator wrote:What's your guys' limit to how many you can read without getting mixed up? I found my limit this week.

For a few years, I've read two or three books at once: an audiobook, a physical copy of a novel, and sometimes a non-fiction teaching book. This week, I kept going with my audiobook and novel and then tacked on another novel (an ARC I'm reviewing for this site.) Turns out there's too much fiction all at once.

I can have two or three novels going at once. If/when I do, it's usually the case that one of them is historical while another is contemporary. I've found that I don't do well with two historical mysteries under way simultaneously; no matter how different the eras (i.e., ancient Rome and turn-of-the-century Paris), that gives me a hard time keeping track of what's what and with which book. Contemporary settings, on the other hand, are easier for my brain to process - as long as the type of story differs. So if I'm in the middle of a police procedural and start a romantic suspense novel, that'll be fine.

Nonfiction, though, tends to be just one at a time. But the nonfiction choice somehow never interferes with the novels ...

Kiki7138 · Post by **Kiki7138** » 14 Feb 2014, 13:49

I can only read more than one book at a time if they are different genres.

shayna · Post by **shayna** » 17 Feb 2014, 02:03

Typically I wind up doing this due to school requiring me to read one novel while I am in the middle of another. For example, I'm currently reading both Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.

Divya Tamilselvan · Post by **Divya Tamilselvan** » 11 Sep 2021, 09:14

Yes, I read more than one book at a time for some reasons. I feel there is too little time. If sometimes I feel non-fiction is too vague, I would balance it with fiction books

SmartReviewer77 · Post by **SmartReviewer77** » 12 Sep 2021, 10:48

Definitely. I always have 2 to 3 book on read. If I'm bired with one, I move on to the next until I finish one of them. Then I add another to the cycle.

Elena Nechita · Post by **Elena Nechita** » 15 Sep 2021, 15:44

I picked this habbit of reading more than one book at a time because of obc actually. I usually try really hard to finish a book before picking up another.