Someone (I believe it was K2K6) said they couldn't read several books concurrently
I'll never understand that - at the moment, I'm reading 'Marley and Me' by John Grogan (almost finished), 'An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge' by John O'Farrell (halfway through), 'Dealing with Dragons' by Patricia Wrede (an ex-girlfriend had left it at my house, and it's surprisingly accessable - halfway through), 'Sword in the Storm' by David Gemmell (don't normally go in for heroic fantasy, but it came highly recommended - just started) and 'The Complete Robot' by Isaac Asimov (a collection of short stories, so it probably doesn't count - part of the way through).

I put it down to my notoriously bad attention span, and the fact that I've got to be in the right 'mood' for a certain book. Don't get me wrong, I read almost every night, but I prefer to have a number of options for my night-time reading - deciding which story to continue is a great pleasure. After all, variety is the spice of life.

Does anyone else do this, or am I just weird?
(Pavlov's Frog figures no-one really reads sigs anyway, Mon 19 May 2008, 20:08, 9 replies)

Fret not laddie. I do the very same thing
I usually have a different book "on-the-go" in different rooms of the house. (and 2 in the bedroom) I like to have something to just leap into at random when I have a second.
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 19 May 2008, 20:19, closed)

I do too
currently on The Power of Blackness by Jack Williamson,

the Number of the Beast by Robert Heinlein and

To Green Angel Tower: Storm by Tad Williams

all good books, but sometimes a book just doesn't feel right

and I only got the Tad Williams one in the post today

edit: oh, and Gulliver's Travels...

and I'm sure there are more
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 19 May 2008, 20:21, closed)

I like to read one book at a time...
And give it the full attention it deserves.
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 May 2008, 20:47, closed)

@BGB
I don't know if it's just me, but your posts always end up sounding like double entendres.

So, you like to give it your full attention, eh? Oooh, matron

_sorry
(Pavlov's Frog figures no-one really reads sigs anyway, Mon 19 May 2008, 21:00, closed)

*Laughs*
I think your right. I don't do it on purpose believe me.
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 May 2008, 21:06, closed)

Indeed, 'twas I
Like I said, it's the way I'm wired up. I'm not good with parallel processing. I get 'into' a book while I'm reading it, and like BGB I prefer to give it my undivided attention. Reading several books at once dilutes that attention and I wouldn't be able to concentrate properly on the one I was reading at a given time.

I have a long attention span with things I find interesting.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 19 May 2008, 21:33, closed)

I often have more than one book on the go
but I do tend to be more into one book than the others...So for instance, at the moment I'm reading Tender is the Night, now it's good (it's a classic!) but if I picked up the Annie Proulx short stories I bought the other day I'd end up discarding the Fitzgerald because Proulx is more engaging. So for that reason I won't touch anything else until I've found out if Dick Diver (worth it for the name alone) does finally ditch mad but beautiful Nicole.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 19 May 2008, 22:03, closed)

Me Too
I always have a book in the car, one in the bathroom and at least two next to the bed. I am rereading my Robert Heinleins in bed but having the occasional dip into Quo's biography.
(whiskas loved by 8 out of 10 cats, Tue 20 May 2008, 10:34, closed)