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libraryspectre · 2 years ago

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Nowadays I mostly stick to 1-2 books at a time, and if I have more than one it's like, one is an audiobook and one is an ebook or something of that nature, but when I was a kid. Man. I had like 6 books going at a time. A couple beside the bed, a couple in my backpack, a few on my desk at school, so I had different options for different locations. I still usually stuck to 1 or 2 as my primary reads that would travel between locations, but it felt so important to have backups. What if a character was being really annoying and I needed a break? What if I wasn't in a pirate mood? What if I was just really excited about the newly acquired book and wanted to just give it a chapter? You'd think I would have had trouble finishing books but that couldn't be further from the truth. Some I worked my way through slowly, snatching a few chapters between other reads as they sat on my desk for 4 months, but for the most part the stacks were always turning over. Those were the days.

#this was mostly through elementary school #jr high eliminated the desk location but opened up the locker location #by high school this was mostly done with but I still kind of had a school book a home book and a travel book #college I was too overwhelmed to read for fun mostly #and now as said above I usually have 1 or 2 #maybe 3 at most #the maximum situation I see is like #an ebook #an audiobook to listen to while i work #a short story collection for when I just have a few minites #(probably also an ebook)#and something physical sitting by the couch that I work through very slowly #but thats like #the absolute MAX #a theoretical configuration i dont think ive ever actually achieved #when 6 books going at once used to be my default #'dont you get confused whats happening between them' no father that is literally a non-issue frankly im bewildered youd even anticipate #that as a problem

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