When you finish a book, how quickly do you move on to the next one?
When you finish a book, how quickly do you move on to the next one?
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When you finish a book, how quickly do you move on to the next one?
Immediately.
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Same. Immediately on to another. I also read multiple books at once. So once I am almost done, I focus on finishing that book. And then grab the next one I am almost finished with. Or which I couldn’t wait to dive back into.
Like to have day or two when I’ll read magazine or do crossword puzzles to keep my mind going
I grab the next one in the stack. Even if I finish at bedtime I read the back and all the reviews before turning out the lights. I like to go off to dreamland with a new book ???
Within an hour
right away, go to shelf and search
Same day
I read daily.
It depends. If I’m suffering from book hangover then I’ll take 2-4 days to process everything before I start a new one. No hangover: immediately after I’m finished.
I have spent my entire life with my nose in a book and have never experienced book hangover
Book hangovers are the best. Those books usually become favorites.
I get anxious without a book. It’s always been my escape and my Sisters and I had a pretty tough childhood
It’s definitely a crutch but I think it’s not a bad crutch if I must have one
Sorry to hear about your childhood. If you have to have a vice or crutch, books/reading is definitely the way to go.
The same day
Immediately
If I finish later in the evening, I will wait till the next day. Otherwise, shortly after finishing my book.
I usually give myself a day or two to get caught up on the stuff I’ve been neglecting around the house bcz I was to engrossed in reading the previous one….have too otherwise I’d never get anything done lol
If I finished a really good one, it takes a few days to be willing to enter another universe. If it was only moderately interesting, the sooner, the better.
If I’m reading a series, immediately.
If not a day or two or I’ll mix the stories.
About a day or the next day. Less if it’s part of a series and i really liked it and have the book.
I have actually finished a book and downloaded another immediately.
Immediately
3 minutes
Usually immediately. Rarely a few days. Very rarely a week or more 😉
I wait til the following day unless its a series then I jump right in!
Right away
Usually immediately… sometimes not until the next day … and after that RARE book that you just can’t move away from- maybe two days.
ASAP
Minutes
Immediately
If I really like the book then I need some time to process it before I can go on to another book.
Either immediately, or after a highly enjoyable search through my TBR list…
It depends!
The next day!
I always have another one ready to read!
I’m a chain reader, so immediately. ?
As soon as I can get it off my shelve of TBR.???
Usually immediately. Especially if it’s a series I have just descovered.
As soon as I find the next one.
Right away
Immediately
It depends on how good the book was
Immediately
Immediately
Immediately or when I work out which one to read next!
I always read more than one book at a time so I start the next book before I finsh the first.
I already have the next book lined up before I finish the one I’m reading.
It depends. If the book was just ok, I move on immediately. But if the book was amazing and sticks with me, it might be the next day before I start a new one.
If it’s a series I can start the same day. I’d not usually the next day or so.
Immediately, I love to read
Seconds latter.
Depends on what time I finish the book. If it’s before ten am then I’ll start one that evening. If it’s after that time then I won’t start another one until the next day unless it’s a series then I’ll start it right away
Days later
Right away.
Usually within 5 minutes unless it’s late at night then it’s the next morning
It takes me a while. Now that I am used to reading short stories, I can go faster than I used to. Sometimes I move on immediately (as a sort-of-joke) but it is jarring!
Immediately! It’s been more than a decade since I’ve had a time where I wasn’t actively reading a book! I overlap the books I read so when I finish one I’m usually abo it 50 percent in to another book already.
Immediately…. Y wait
I usually need the night to emotionally detach from the book – So the next morning.
Soon
I have to give myself time to mourn the loss of the last book I just finished before I pick up a new one
Right away after agonizing over my next option
Immediately! I can live without a bk to read. Its like being naked..,
Immediately
Quickly or I get cranky.
Depends on how much I have to decompress from the previous book!! ???
In the next breath…
Immediate on to the next book!
Right away. Though I usually have a few going at once.
Immediately. One is always waiting in my TBR pile
Straight away unless i am still “in”the last book.
Immediately, if not sooner — lol!
immediately
I usually start another right away.
Right away
I let the ending of the book sink in and then I dive right in to the next!
Immediately
I feel the same way Sarah!
depends on how the book effected my soul. if it’s real hard I need a day… however that s with singal novels only. if it’s a series I jump straight into the next like its the life I’m living and can’t breathe unless I’m there
5 minutes
Sometimes when I am totally absorbed in a book to the point of neglecting all other things in my life, I take a few days before starting the next. It takes me a little time to come off of my book “high”. I always have the next book ready and waiting.
Immediately.
Right away!
Let it sink and then move on if I haven’t got a bad book hangover
I CANNOT be without a book, ever.
I have extreme anxiety without a book to escape into. I start the same day. Often immediately after even if it’s just the first chapter.
Yes, I have issues ?
I’m the same way. For me, I think I need the distraction. I understand!
I read multiple books at a time so they run into and over lap each other.. It is a countinous stream. Although I have to say if the book is really really good I will concentrate on one book till it is finished I am reading Goldfinch right now and all my other books have been put aside. It is going to be a long night I can tell, lol
Same here. Im reading language of thorns by leigh bardugo, its really good i think. And then i just finished nyxia by an author i all of a sudden cant remember how to spell the last name. Scott R. I know that much lol that one was really good imo
Immediately. I am usually thinking of my next book will be when I am halfway through the current one. ?
I’m usually reading 2-4 at any given time- so I guess that means immediately
Maybe like 10 minutes because I need to let the book I finished sink in a little bit
It depends on how much the last book affected me emotionally. When the book was so good I find it veru hard to move on to the next book.
Right Away
It depends on the book… some books just need a little recovery time to get over it if it was an emotional or well loved book
I spend several days, between books, catching up on my backlog of articles and non fiction stuff. I can’t dive in to a new world right off, I have HAVE to have a buffer. Been this way my whole life.
If it’s a series I just jump right in. But when the series is finally over I need about a week usually.
@Sarah Yes, but I consider a series to be one giant book, conveniently packaged in easy to hold bundles, lol.
Very true.
Usually right away
During the school year I’m slow to start a new book with too much take home work. On my breaks I try to get as many in as possible.
Usually right away
I’m with the hurry up crowd
Instantly. I have lots in my Kindle TBR list and always know as I’m finishing one up, which I will click on next. ? I’ll be finishing one tonight. Next up, re-reading Middlesex.
When I’m on my last chapter I carry my new book with me. I start immediate after I finish. ?
I usually wait a day or two ~ and try to get a few chores done before I fall into another book!
Great planning! I should do that!!!
Right into the next one. If I’m close to finishing a book, I’ll make sure I have the next one sitting right there, waiting.
If I loved the last book I need a day to reflect on it and digest it. If I didn’t care for it too much I can start immediately.
Immediately
If the book is good, I take a day or two to get started with the next one. I often feel like I owe this to the characters. 🙂
Pretty much straight away
Next day
Right away!
If I’m in a good reading mode-usually by the next day.
I always have a book going. If I finish one there are at least 2 or 3 others around that I haven’t finished yet. 😀
Right away if i have time! It seems i finish on a weekend. So i can usually start right away. Due to me working so darn much i get in a book a week.
Depends on the book I just finished. Sometimes that day or the next and sometimes I need a bit of time to digest what I just read.
Ha, I just read your comment. ..kindred spirit!
It depends on the book. Sometimes I simply want to stay in their “world” for just a little while longer. Other times, next day.
I’m already grabbing the next one with my other hand!! ???
Pronto. I always like to have a stack of reserves.
Immediately.
Usually immediately but if a book deeply affected me, sometimes I have to take a day to let it fade a bit before I can immerse myself in another.
This is me to a tee!
Im running in nxt book
Right away.
I need a couple of hours; a day when the book was really good.
I’m usually involved in more than one book at once, so its a continuous process, no ending or beginning. Depends on whether I’m listening or reading, time of day, and room I’m in!
Immediately. If the book was particularly terrific and I want to linger with it, I’ll re-read an old favorite before I transition to a new world and new characters.
Next day is my starting point for reading a new one
IMmediately. I read all the time, so always have a book on the go. I can’t imagine leaving gaps between books. what do people who do that do with themselves without a book?
Depends on how I feel at the end.
God, I take forever to move on
Usually the next day, because I like to read at bedtime.
As soon as I close the cover!!
right away, so many books, so little time….
Straight away or maximum, next day if I finished it in the middle of the night…
Since i’m always reading more than 1 book, the question is, for me, hypothetical or at least superfluous …
Right away
it depends on how much I enjoyed it
Depending on the book and my emotional attachment I may wait a day. That happened recently with A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachmann. Beside that, I generally will begin one the same day but watch a movie or something prior to beginning.
immediately…..
I usually have a ‘next’ book ready to go.. however I finished Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews a few days ago (I don’t have the second book in the trilogy) and my next read just isn’t doing it ?
immediately
Immediately
Immediately. 🙂
immediately
Immediately after
Next day or same day, depending on time of the day. I read at night before going to sleep
Immediately
ASAP
ASAP
Usually right away, and I like to alternate. If I finish a chick lit I’ll read a thriller next or alternate a sad novel with something light.
The next books is sitting right next to me
I usually already have another one started and at least 8 waiting close by!
Immediately!
As soon as I put the old book down, I start a new one :).
I always have more than one book going at a time!
Immediately
Immediately