Starting a new book when you haven't finished the other one

Well, I know some people who like to read more than one book at once, skipping from one to the other: they say that they enkoy it... As for me, I prefer reading only a book at a time, but it's a matter of tastes. For me, reading is like entering in a world: once I entered it, I prefer to stay here, instead of jumping from that world to another one and then getting back to the previous one. I'm used to concentrate on one thing at a time, when I read. ^-^

I get through books quite quickly. If I am using public transport to commute, I'll usually read or fill out crosswords/ sudoku. I try not to start a book if already read another, though I might buy it to read later.

No, I like to finish a book and then I can start to read another new book. I don't like reading books at the same time because sometimes it will be confusing. I love China

I like to read more than one book at the same time. I often read 2 or 3 books, and it has never been a problem for me to remember the different stories. I read some chapters in one of the books and then I read the second book for a while etc. I have done that for years. When I was a child my parents always told me that it was a very bad habit to read many books at the same time and they tried to convince to read one book at a time instead, but I kept on doing it, and I like it that way. I have heard about an author who writes 3 stories at the same time and if he gets stuck in one story he moves on to one of the other stories, I am not sure that I would be able to do that, but reading several different books isn't a problem for me.

oh, the books! poor ones, i have not laid my eyes on them for weeks now! now you remind me of my task. i have two books in tow, alternately reading them, too - The Books of Shannara part IV and What Maisie Knew.

I tried doing this, but I didn't know that there has to be a limit on that. There was a time when I'd read 5 books all the same time. I ended up getting lost and didn't finish reading most of them. I'm going one by one right now. I really need to practice the virtues of focus in every aspect of my life. Might for others, but sadly, not for me :(

Typically I only read one book at a time. That way I finish faster. But occasionally I'll start a new book before I finish with the old one and I'll wind up switching between the two. Sometimes when I have a really long book that's a much harder read then all the others... I'll put it by my nightstand and read it every night before bed. A little at a time. At the same time I'll still carry a book with me wherever I go, usually a much easier read then the other one.

No, I rarely do that. I prefer to enjoy each book fully, so I want to concentrate on one book at a time. I know a lot of people who do read multiple books at the same time though, I just don't.

It depends on what I'm reading. Before I only read one book, but in the last 2 years I've been reading 2 books at the same time. Sometimes I get bored with a book, and I pick up another to read it. When I get bored with that, I go back to the other book. :) Right now I'm reading You've Been Warned by James Patterson and Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende.

For me, i did not do that because if i read a book, i will make it sure that i will finish it before i will read another one.

well truely i have this situation with me.i think this is really a very interesting topics.i like reading books and looking through the E-books in computer at my spare time. Sometimes i read multiple books at the same time,because it is really very funny to me.i enjoying reading multiple books because i can have a contrast from this to another. Now,i reading the FOUR CHINESE CLASSICAL NOVELS just give the name is:The romance of the three kindoms,The story of the water margin,The dream of the red chamber,Journey to the west.i have read that books twice.It is no doubt that this four novels are classic.If you are interested with it then you can try.

Me too! So true! I thought that i was only the one who is reading books form one to the other. :) the books I am reading right now are, authors : anya bast, ally carter, etc. i am not yet though done with the other one and still reading another books. Its good to hear that I have same colleague that reading two books at the same time.

Yeah! multiple book reading is fun. What I do currently, when I commute everyday using the public transport I read "Five People You Meet in Heaven" then during lunch breaks I got to a nearby bookstore and sit down for a while and read "Secrets" after I go back home, just before bedtime I read "The Lost Symbol." I had been doing this simultaneous reading for quite some time now and amazingly the mind is able to store all the information pretty well without me getting confused.