Disjointed Reading

Typically, I am a one-book-at-a-time kind of reader. Focused. Intent. Voracious. Since my reading time has been so drastically cut, I've become sporadic, polygamous, and disjointed. It's been strange - particularly lately as I've been reading two YAL series simultaneously - Mortal Instruments (a re-read) and Divergent (a new read). The reason this has been so strange: DREAMS. My dreams are all effed up with those two stories blending together. Hot. But effed up.

I'm not just reading those two series though; I am also reading Bad Marie. For some reason, that story has not featured in my late night surreal dreams, a fact I am rather glad for as every character in that book gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Moving past the dreams, I think I am finally comfortable reading multiple books at once - as long as at least one is YAL (easier to read) or one is a re-read (also easier to read). I think my brain my internally combust if I tried to read multiple classic novels or like David Foster Wallace alongside James Joyce.

One benefit of this book polygamy is that I can choose the appropriate book for the appropriate time. For example, I get about 20 minutes of reading a night. This is "easy reading" time. Anything more complex is saved for those once a week reading binges (which are now an hour to an hour and a half rather than 6-8 hours).

One downfall: it feels so strange to be reading one book for such a long chunk of time. It takes me weeks to finish a book rather than days now. But considering my reading stats fell from 130 books a year to more like 40, I'm just happy to be finishing books at all.

Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to head off to bed where Jace, Four, and I will be....uh...killing Erudite demons...yeah.