Booking Through Thursday

This week's Booking Through Thursday question is:

You've just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you're going to read? What?

(Obviously, there can be more than one answer, here–a book with a cliff-hanger is going to engender different reactions than a serene, stand-alone, but you get the idea!)

Normally, if it's an easy read like a Mystery title, I will go right into another book on my "to-be-read" list. I like to read in bed before falling asleep and I always try to time it to where I don't finish a book when it's time to sleep...otherwise I'll be up all night thinking about the book.

Lately though, I have been on a Historical Fiction kick. Currently I'm reading Song Yet Sung by James McBride. I can tell that this will be one that I won't forget for a long time. Another such title is The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Unfortunately, I finished this book around 2 am and was balling my eyes out by the end. My husband woke to my sobbing and literally came around to my side of the bed and took the book from me saying "you can't keep doing this to yourself!" I think he's right.

So, with all of that being said, I choose to finish a book during the day and start another by night. If I linger too much, I'm doomed...especially if it's a deep subject. I suppose that makes me a softy!

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