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I generally try to start a new book straight away because I'm always mindful of my reading challenge. So part of the enthusiasm of having finished another book is thinking, "I'll start a new one straight away".
What I have to be careful of is starting a new one, based on this, and then losing enthusiasm for it straight away.
OK, I'm aware the following is a bit odd/obsessive - please don't judge me! I use a spreadsheet to record my reading, which includes how long I read for and it calculates my current reading rate and so on. One of the things it does is, if I'm less then 15% into a book, it uses the current average reading rate for all books rather than calculating the rate for the current book. I seem to recall doing this because previously I'd either get division by zero errors or wildly inaccurate estimates based on low number of pages read.
Anyhow, none of that matters, except to me, but the point is that I often try to read at least 15% straight away if I can.
So I often end up a fair way in to a new book, but not feeling like I'm enjoying it. I'm resistant to giving up because then I've lost the time I've spent in terms of my overall target. (I know, sunk cost fallacy!)
So sometimes I think I'd be better off deliberately taking a pause before ploughing into the next book.
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