I'm trying to read more this year. But that, for me, is about making sure I always have another book to read and don't leave big gaps between books. Because you know what? I like taking my time. I like reading every single word, and going back to re-read passages I loved and think about them. I like taking a day before starting the next book to think about the book and what I can take from it.
One of the many incredible things about being a writer is that I get to mooch around a bookshop for hours at a time (like Sunday, which was Mother's day in the UK) and call it market research. I couldn't have a better job than this.
So I'm going to keep that number on my Goodreads shelf ticking up, and I'm never going to reach the end of my t-b-r pile.
At least I hope not : )
Here are the last two books I read (slowly) and loved:
Before I Fall by Lauren OliverBrilliant. Masterful. Read it!
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsHEA *happy sigh*
I'm a slow reader, too! If my husband and I are reading the same book, I'll only be about 2/3 of the way through it when he's finished reading. But then after I'm done, I know every single thing about that book. And he was reading so fast that he's hazy on the details. I'll take my way any day!
ReplyDeleteMe too. I thought I was just slow for years, but now I think of it as paying attention to detail : )
DeleteOh my goodness, I cried like a baby at the end of Before I fall. SO GOOD.
ReplyDelete*blushes* I'm guilty of being a fast reader, but I'm also one of those sick types that can reread a book 10 times in a month - like watching a favorite movie over and over. I drive my friends nuts :)
There are very few books I reread as an adult. Wuthering Heights I've read a LOT, but since it takes me a while to read a book, I don't tend to do the same one twice!
DeleteThat's my goal, too. I'm a slow reader as well. And I loved ANNA!
ReplyDeleteI didn't think Anna was my sort of thing, but it was recommended to me so I tried it. So glad I did! Lola went straight on my tbr : )
DeleteAnna and The French Kiss was so great!! And normally it's not the sort of book I'd of picked up, but lurved it. I am a fast reader, but sometimes I make myself slow down because I know I retain more, get more out of it when I do. But if the book's good...I DEVOUR it!
ReplyDeleteI'm always :O when I see people have read a book in one afternoon. I'd like to compare it to scarfing a whole box of maltesers in one sitting instead of savouring them over days. I'd *like* to do that, but I can't :P
DeleteStill, the sentiment is there, for books if not chocolate. They don't go in properly if I don't read at the speed I talk!
Hi Ruth- I stumbled upon your blog and look forward to making more bloggy friends. Okay, that and I love reading other people's blogs. :-D I LOVE Before I Fall and Anna and The French Kiss (although I liked the original title better- Anna and the Boy Masterpiece...I think AaTFK is too 'cutesy' for my liking). I am a fast reader (I can read books in 3 hours), but I have a lot of friends who it takes weeks for them to read a book. I also think it depends on the book. I am a college senior (?!?!) and this past spring break (mylastbreakever?!?), I took the entire week to read Game of Thrones. It also took me about 10 hours to re-read my own novel as I was editing because, lol, I kept finding better things to do!
ReplyDeleteI hope you keep enjoying reading, even if it takes you longer than us speed-readers. The important thing is that you are reading - period.
Rachel
http://rachelwritesthings.blogspot.com
I didn't know it had a different title! But I suppose most things do. My ms is on its second name too, and don't get me started on the characters!
DeleteAnd you're right - the important thing is that I love reading and that I find a way to fit it in. That first part's easy, the second not so much :P
Haha, yeah - my WIP went through a lot of titles before I found the right one: ex- Novel, Work in Progress, Novel with No Name, The Little Novel That Could, Downward Spiral, I Should Just Name You After the Love Interest, and finally... Violent Delights (my WIP is a contemporary YA that is seriously angsty lol). :-)
DeleteAnd hey...I don't think you need to find a way to fit in Ruth. I think its important to stand out/be different especially in the YA genre. (Toomanyparanormallovetrianglesformytaste) :-)
fit *it* in - as in other stuff gets in the way : D
DeleteI like a well done love triangle, but there should be more rectangles. Give the other shapes a chance! (Ignore me, I'm getting silly).
Whatever, Ruth! I shake my fist back at you!
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Aw, that's fightin' talk.
DeleteI'd challenge you to a read-off, but we both know how that would end :D
Haha!
DeleteLast year I read the grand total of 2 books for pleasure (not that all the beta reads, which were many, weren't enjoyable, but I didn't specifically choose them.) This year I've already read 8 books, and I think it has something to do with my new Kindle. It comes everywhere with me. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've read more since I got my Kindle too. I'm on my 10th book this year and I don't think I've read that many for years!
DeleteHi Ruth!
ReplyDeleteI just gave you the Sunshine Award and tagged you with Lucky Seven!
Check it out!
Happy Writing!
Dana
Oh how kind. Thanks Dana!
DeleteMy goal is to read more this year as well! Not matter how hard I tried I was unable to read during my entire pregnancy, I just didn't have the patience.
ReplyDeleteNow that my daughter is almost a year I can start picking up books again. I like to take my sweet ole time reading. I like to get caught up in the action and live in it for a bit before moving on to the next chapter or even the next book.
Here's to purposefully slow readers!!
To slow readers! *clink*
DeleteA huge "agree" to both of your reads-- I LOVED,LOVED,LOVED both of these books.
ReplyDeleteNow, go out there and (slowly) read Lola and The Boy Next Door *happy grin*
I'm saving Lola for a while. I'm drawn to sadder books a lot of the time. But there's only so many in a row I can take. Lola will be on standby for when I can't stand any more sadness! :)
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