Today, I finished The Stranger’s Woes by Max Frei, which I didn’t think I was going to be able to do. Before I finished, I ended up getting a late night breakfast-for-dinner at my favorite 24-hour diner. As with the pastries, the book made me do it. After I finished the book, I realized I just really don’t want to return to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay right now. As I’ve said before, it’s not that it’s a bad book. I’m just not in the mood for it’s depth right now. I’m technically on vacation, the only most of a week of vacation I’ve had all Summer, and I go back to school starting on Monday. I’m excited about getting back into a more intellectual routine, but I also want to be very lazy and read “easy” but still wonderfully engaging books until then. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, while definitely engaging, is most certainly not easy. So, I decided to start reading The Wastelands (The Dark Tower III) by Stephen King. I’ve already read most of the series when I was much younger, and re-read the first 2 within the past year.
Total books finished: 2
Pages read today: 222
Total pages: 820
I’m not familiar with the books you’re reading for Bout of Books, but keep up the good work and happy reading :))
Alicia @ Summer Next Top Story
For read-a-thon purposes dropping books you don’t feel like reading/require too much attention is the only way to go I think.
Enjoy the last two days of bout of books!
You’re making good progress during the read-a-thon! Like you, I choose which book to read based on my mood. I’m perfectly willing to set a book aside until I’m ready to read it again. Enjoy the weekend.