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Originally Posted by afa
On both counts, Ana, I am exactly the same as you. Great minds think alike.
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Interesting. I wonder if there's a correlation between being able to put books down and having a high availability of books all the time.
When I was younger and had less pocket money, I usually only had one new book at a time. I sat down, I read it, I got another one.
Now I have literally 1,000+ new books to read and in a variety of topics and subjects. I pick one up, I read awhile, I put it down (because Real Life calls), and when I read again it may be something entirely different. I may come back to Book 1 or I may never pick it up again.
It's almost like the fact that I have a veritable "buffet" of books has made me more casual. "Not finishing" doesn't really feel like a waste anymore, because I got the book cheap/freely. Switching around is more a matter of sampling different tastes and realizing that the other dish isn't going anywhere.
At least that's my take on it.
CatLady, I almost always
put down books simply because Real Life intervenes. It's in the
picking up a book that I may choose to pick up something other than what I was reading earlier. If that makes sense.
