Read Lots Of Books At Once

Read lots of books at once. I never used to do this. I felt I ought to finish one thing before starting the next. Stupid! These days, two is the minimum.

Read lots of books at once, so you can have one upstairs, one downstairs, one in your bag, and one tucked under your arm because that’s the one your thoughts are filled up with right now. A great big hardback by the sofa, a lightweight paperback on the bedside table, an ereader slipped in with your work things. Never be caught short again.

Read lots of books at once, to fit your mood and your energy and the time you have. The right one will slip into your hands more often than not. This is not distraction, but the opposite. This is giving each book the best time you can.

Read lots of books at once, and amass a collection of pretty bookmarks. Always have something to lean on. Use one book to prop open another. Look like you read a lot, and let the dull ones slip out of rotation without really choosing to give up on them. Nobody can say you have too many books to ever read if it seems like you’re reading all of them already. Will you get confused and mix them up? Maybe. So what? They’re supposed to get mixed up inside of you anyway, along with everything else. That’s how new books get made.