Booking Through Thursday: Autumn Reading
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Booking Through ThursdayAutumn is starting (here in the US, anyway), and kids are heading back to school–does the changing season change your reading habits? Less time? More? Are you just in the mood for different kinds of books than you were over the summer?
I think every season might affect what I read a little bit. But, I always thought this was especially true in fall. It's been ingrained in me for many years that fall equals back to work. I think that's why I decided to rush the 101 in 1001 when I discovered it in mid august. I wanted to start it on the first day of september because that's when you go back to school.
A large part of my 101 in 1001 is reading. I have a habit of squirreling away good reads but then never get around to that long stretch of time when I feel I can devote hours to reading them. So they are unread. Mine is especially ridiculous because there are over 100 books in my 400 book collection that I haven't read. Eep!
But, now that I "have" to read them I'm finding enjoyment in reading books again. Even if does feel just a teensy bit like an assignment. It doesn't hurt that I'm rewarding myself with more books as I go. Before now the only thing I was reading was fanfiction of various works that I had already read. It was because I knew the characters and already cared about them and so there was less effort to get into the story, both on my part and on the writer's part. Now that I'm reading new books I find that, while sometimes its hard to care for these new characters, through poor writing or poor characterization, other times the writer makes it all too easy and I'm glad I made the effort to read the book.
So, is this a habit for autumn? Yes and no. I normally find myself gearing up for a back to work mentality in autumn regardless, whether it's organizing things for work or play, doing fall cleaning to get ready to shut up the house for the winter, or looking for a new reading list or new recommendations, I always find something new to focus on for fall. My reading habits often, but don't always, get impacted. I guess I just feel like it's time for a change and a change of season is a good enough reason as any to go ahead with it.
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