tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post7650735356638703835..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: BooklessSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-34192131627960193262007-05-23T23:32:00.000-04:002007-05-23T23:32:00.000-04:00I often switch to comic books when I finish a book...I often switch to comic books when I finish a book and don't know what's next. They're like the short stories that someone else recommended--little bits of story with a lot of variety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-19514028786510686992007-05-18T20:13:00.000-04:002007-05-18T20:13:00.000-04:00It was "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and I read it...It was "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and I read it aloud to my son--O'Connor mentions in The Habit of Being that she thinks her stories "gain in the reading" when they're read aloud.<BR/><BR/>We certainly had a good time with it.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-91936147170681695512007-05-18T18:43:00.000-04:002007-05-18T18:43:00.000-04:00Oh, I know that feeling. It is so awful for a book...Oh, I know that feeling. It is so awful for a bookworm, too. But you need a break, plain and simple. Don't worry, the urge will come back. <BR/><BR/>Short stories are good cures for that, or another genre you usually don't read. Or go back to an old favorite. For me, that's something like Little Women or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.<BR/><BR/>Which Flannery story? Do tell!LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-14585895881156172382007-05-18T02:28:00.000-04:002007-05-18T02:28:00.000-04:00Your response to this one sounds much like mine. ...Your response to this one sounds much like mine. :-) I too use the down time in-between books when I'm having trouble deciding what to read next or still recovering from my last book to get some of those other life stuff taken care of.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-84013750716137946552007-05-17T18:32:00.000-04:002007-05-17T18:32:00.000-04:00Work, as much as I do love it... work is what take...Work, as much as I do love it... work is what takes me from my reading -- work and the weariness that accompanies the struggle to meet deadlines.<BR/><BR/>As you might figure, then, since I am on a monthly deadline, I read a great deal in the the days right after a deadline, my usual amount (which is still significant) in the first two and half weeks of the month), and steadily decreasing amounts until the deadline.<BR/><BR/>Every once in a while, finishing a wonderful book will keep me from picking up the next. It's as if I can't imagine that any book that follows will be as satisfying.<BR/><BR/>Silly reader, I counsel myself. There's *always* another wonderful book.Mental multivitaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399560628858130962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-13347364054131750012007-05-17T10:23:00.000-04:002007-05-17T10:23:00.000-04:00It's usually a very short break for meIt's usually a very short break for meChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255026646819281620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-887972293941669022007-05-17T10:10:00.000-04:002007-05-17T10:10:00.000-04:00Sometimes we need a break even from the best thing...Sometimes we need a break even from the best things. But I am always drawn back fairly soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com