Musing Mondays (Dec 8)


How long do you wait after finishing a book before you pick/start another one? How many books do you have planned ahead or do you pick up random books from your tbr pile (if you have one)? Do you review right away or keep reading and come back to it later?



Please leave a comment with the link to either your own Musing Mondays post, or share your answer here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!




I'm a bit of a lazy reviewer, no matter how much I promise myself that I won't let it be, my tbr(eviwed) pile is often bigger than my tbr(ead) pile.

Once I've finished whatever I've read, it goes into my reviewing pile and I usually pick a new one right away. I used to just pick randomly from the little stock pile of new books I've built up (which explains the 'book buying ban' I'm currently on) but now that I spend more time at the library, and have my shiny new gold membership, I usually pick up whatever is on the top in my library bag.


I wouldn't say that I necessarily 'plan' ahead, though I do have a rough idea of a couple books that I want to read. I mean, right now, the next few books I want to read are Little Women (my Christmas book), Middlesex by Eugenides (book club), and Gaiman's American Gods and Anansi Boys (currently glaring at me from my bookshelf).

35 comments :

Lightheaded said...

Hi Rebecca! My post is up!

I understand having books feel like they're glaring at you from the bookshelves as I own tons of unread (unpicked) books myself. It's a funny feeling but still :)

Brooke from The Bluestocking Guide said...

Here is mine.

Musing Monday 19

Anonymous said...

Mine is up!

http://madbibliophile.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/musing-monday-2/

Anonymous said...

This hit a nail on the head!

Here is my Musing.

Anonymous said...

Mine is here. Thanks for hosting. :)

Unknown said...

Another great prompt. Here's my link: My Muse and Me

By the way, Middlesex is a great book!

Anonymous said...

Hi - I like the new Christmas header!

Here's mine:

http://booksandmovies.today.com/2008/12/08/musing-mondays-december-8-2008/

Beth F said...

Mine's up! Happy MM everyone. Click here.

Anonymous said...

This is the first Musing Monday I've posted. See here.

Anonymous said...

Good question! My answer is here!

Anonymous said...

I'm always planning ahead!

I'm up here! Happy Monday!

Lisa (Southern Girl Reads) said...

Here's mine!

http://southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com/2008/12/musing-mondays-readin-reviewin.html

Robin M said...

great question. Mine's up.

www.mytwoblessings.blogspot.com

Robin of mytwoblessings

Kim said...

Fun question! Mine is up now.
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2008/12/reading-habits.html

*smiles*
Kim

Sunny said...

Mine is up here!

Anonymous said...

Good questions! My answers are up here.

Book Lover Lisa said...

mine is up

Dani In NC said...

Here's my contribution:

http://averagegirlreads.blogspot.com/2008/12/musing-mondays-chain-reader.html

Anonymous said...

Here's mine:
http://reallymagicalbooks.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/musing-mondays-dec-8/

gautami tripathy said...

I better read the various musings!

Susan said...

I'm up! http://susanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Here's mine.

Ladytink_534 said...

I'm pretty much the same way.

Here's mine

Becky said...

Here are my answers

Becky

Victoria said...

Here's my answers: http://lottes50.blogspot.com/2008/12/musing-mondays.html

The Bookworm said...

mine is up :)
happy reading
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/2008/12/musing-mondays-128.html

JAWilkinson said...

Mine is up - pardon my quirky habits

http://driftwood-jawilkinson.blogspot.com/2008/12/musing-monday-prompt-dec-8.html

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Deb said...

One more time:
Bookish

Kathleen said...

Sorry it's so late but here's mine

Melody said...

I'm late. Anyway, here's mine. :)

Anonymous said...

Here's mine! My very first Musing Mondays! Yeah!! = )

Anonymous said...

You're doing AWESOME with the questions, Rebecca! Thanks, again, for taking over Musing Mondays! I love your ideas for posts! :D

MizB

Anonymous said...

PS... I'm really late with my MM post this week (writing it on WEDNESDAY!), but it's now up for whoever cares to read it! See it here.

MizB