What a month on the home front! That I read any books at all is probably a miracle. But I did, and my efforts for May look like this:
#aww2019: 5 books
#AussieAuthor19: 7 books
Book Bingo with Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 2 books
The Classics Eight: this is beyond the point of embarrassment now… 🤦♀️
Total books read in May: 12
One more than last month! It still feels low though. I keep seeing other blogger totals for the month and some of them are up over 20, some even higher – nearly a book a day. I know I can’t reach those reading numbers but even so, my monthly totals keep making me feel a bit on the ‘small reader’ side of things. Maybe I need to read my slowly does it post again and take my own advice… 🤷♀️
Let’s see what the next month brings!
Theresa Smith Writes 
I only read more because I don’t have a life lol. 12 is a great number.
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😂 You’re hilarious!
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Lol, I’m serious, and the fact I force myself to read til 2 am at times (because I don’t have a life and can do this).
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😂 I’d love to read til 2am but the alarm is set at 5.30am and I just can’t function at work on such little sleep. Hoping I can pick up my pace in the July school holidays.
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A few cross overs here to my own books! Well done for notching up a good total for May! Hurrah for June! Looking forward to some solid winter reading.
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Me too!
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I looked at your total first and thought ‘That’s amazing’. I think I read 5 adult books in May. I try to read about 100 pages a day. I have so many other things to do; my children, my grandchildren, visit my mum, housework slots in there somewhere.
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Did you? That makes me feel like an achiever now! 😁
100 pages a day is quite a goal. I do that some days, but then there’s others when I wouldn’t even come close to that. It’s a juggle, that’s for sure, and it’s good to others are in the same boat!
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Life, when it gets in the way of our blogging, can seem like an interruption to what’s important.
But unless I’m very much mistaken, life with your family for all its travails, is much more important, and #WagsFinger comparing the number of books you’ve read with anybody else is daft. I’d much rather read a thoughtful review of a book that’s been mindfully read and I like what you do…and am always grateful when you point me to a book I’d love or would rather avoid.
*hug*
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Thanks Lisa, I needed to hear that right now! All very right, of course. The growing pile of review books when compared with my monthly total seemed to pressing on me as I wrote this up. But realistically, two thirds of those books were sent unsolicited, so they aren’t necessarily priority reading. Broken down, 12 for the month is still 3 books a week, and if I look at it that way, it’s quite a lot while working and parenting, etc.
That’s a great hashtag by the way! 😁
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Retired schoolteacher – wagging fingers comes naturally to me:)
(And yes, those unsolicited books are in a different category altogether!)
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Definitely don’t compare yourself to anyone else! Reading isn’t a competitive sport, and savouring a book is one of life’s greatest pleasures. (Writing them takes time – reading them should, too!) xo
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Sometimes I think the internet makes us feel as though everything is a competition…
Thanks Kim!
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So true Kim. Writing them takes a long time. I attended an author talk with an international author once and a reader proudly stated she had read the book in one day. The author was aghast and said ‘ it took me six months to write that book please read it again, slowly’ .
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I think about this often, the time it takes to write a book versus the time it takes to read it. While of course it will always be quicker to read rather write, I wonder if authors are dismayed to read in reviews that their book was read in one sitting. Reviewers mean it as a compliment, but it also indicates very quick reading — or a super long sitting! I’d say quick reading is more likely.
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I’ve tried to read slower, but I can’t, I get frustrated if I can’t keep reading also if I’m really into a book. They definitely shouldn’t take offence. I only read slow if I’m not really into a book, or if it is written a certain way to require a slightly slower pace.
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Generally, I’m a speed reader, but if I really love a book, I tend to slow down, lingering and pulling out quotes. The less I like a book, the faster I’ll read as I slip into skim mode.
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I don’t generally skim unless I dislike a book. But I do read fast, but I enjoy every word.
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To think this was the young lady who was going to follow ‘slowly does it’… I can’t imagine what you’d achieve if you went full speed 🙂
How I would love to always read a book a month, but so many other things take my time.. including blogging, genealogy, etc.
Well done to get through 12… a few of those I now want to my ever growing pile of ‘must reads’.
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Ahhh! But this was slow… 😁
But you’re right, I shouldn’t beat myself up about it. So many things going on in all our lives all the time!
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