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OBS SPEAKS OUT:  READING AND PROCRASTINATION
By OBS Staff Member Erin

I love to read. I really do. I usually read five books at time. They’re all totally different-- that way I have something to read no matter what I’m in the mood for (right now I’m reading one fantasy, one sci-fi, one non-fiction, and one historical fiction). I do this with movies and TV shows too (this sometimes drives my boyfriend crazy: “No, we can’t watch Bones, we’re eating”). But last week I managed to finish three of the books I was reading. And for a few days I didn’t read anything. I was dreading starting a new book, despite having a stack next to the couch of books I really wanted to read. But I was bored last night, and I felt like reading, so I finally grabbed a couple and read the first chapter of each to see which one I wanted to read next. I actually only made it to the second book, one that has been waiting since I bought it July (I didn’t get any farther because I couldn’t put that one down). And it just occurred to me why I hate starting new books so much. Because they’re unknown. I have no idea what the tone will be, how they’ll make me feel when I read them, or when I’ll want to read that kind of book. So I delay starting a new one because I’m afraid that if I’m in the mood for something else it will color my opinion of that book and I won’t go back to it for awhile; or worse, it will ruin it for me. If I buy a book and don’t start it immediately (for whatever reason) it tends to sit on my shelf for months. Even longer if it’s book I’m really excited about. I know that sounds crazy but I have a reason: if it’s a book that sounds so good, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it, I procrastinate about starting it. Because I’m afraid it won’t live up to my expectations. How great I imagine a book to be could make it a huge let down. And when it’s an unknown, it’s still perfect. Of course, this isn’t actually how it works. Brick Lane sat on my bookcase for a year, and after I finally read it it became one of my favorites. The book I started last night (The Sparrow, the one I purchased in July) is actually better than I was expecting (I read 136 pages. In one sitting). It’s fantastic, actually, but I don’t want to read it right now. Because it’s suspenseful, and as much as I’m dying to know what happens next (what happened to his hands?!?) I won’t be reading it today. Because it’s the weekend, and I’m feeling lazy and want to relax. So I might read a magazine. Or maybe catch up on Bones.

What about you?  Do you procrastinate when it comes to reading a new book?  What's holding you back from cracking it open?  Share your thoughts with us!


http://openbooksociety.com/article/obs-speaks-out-reading-procrastination

[dawn]

I don't procrastinate as much as I start a book and don't like it. I find as I get older, if I don't like a book within 5-10 chapters, I scrap it.

For new books, I put them in a pile and grab from the pile as needed. And I'm usually reading a few books at a time too. It's more fun that way.

[Staar84]

I read multiple books at a time too. I'm reading 4 right now. I have 13 on my table next to the couch right now. One has been there since last May :/

[Rose]

If starting a book, and not being able to "get right into it" and then starting another and getting a little bit into it, and start yet another that is non-fiction so I can read it at will and skip around means I read multiple books at once, then I do.

When a book really grabs me, I can't put it down and I finish it in a few days. If it doesn't, that's where the procrastination sets in.

I am the same way with books as you Erin in the fact that if I buy one (or a few) and don't start reading them right away, they collect dust until I get into a reading spurt.

If a book is one of a series and I get really into it, I MUST get the rest of the series within days and I finish the entire series in a week. That's what happened with the Sookie Stackhouse series and then Twilight series. I didn't want to get involved in that Twilight craze. Was so against it. But after book one, I wanted to know what happens next, I bought the rest of the series over that same week. When I get to the last book, I read much slower cause I knew the story ended soon.

Also, having to travel (which entails) a bus ride, plane ride, this kicks me into reading gear. I bought the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on my last trip, read it the whole plane ride, but for some reason, once I landed I haven't picked it back up again.  

[Staar84]

 I didn't want to get involved in that Twilight craze. Was so against it. But after book one, I wanted to know what happens next, I bought the rest of the series over that same week.

That's what happened to me too. I was flying home for Thanksgiving the year the movie came out and I had a 4 hour layover and I was really bored so I bought the first book. That was Tuesday. I had all the books read by the time my mom and I saw the movie on Saturday.