Weekend double – BTT + FFI

Since Booking Through Thursday doesn’t post the prompts in advance, it can be really hard for me to get them done and posted on Thursdays – so they’ll be showing up on Fridays, partnered with the week’s Friday Fill-ins. Yeah, I’ve actually been doing this for a couple of weeks already, but I’m now declaring it to be official policy.

Booking Through Thursday 3-20: “The End”

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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!)

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

I’ll actually start thinking about the next book I’m going to read before getting to the end of the current one; that is, I’ll have a few possible candidates pulled off the shelves and lined up on deck. Depending on the nature of the current read, I’ll usually have some idea of what I need to follow it up with. Something heavy may call for a bit of lightweight chick-lit as a change of pace. After a couple of light reads in a row, I’ll crave something with a bit more substance, or be ready to shift into the nonfiction side of my book inventory. When I’ve been reading a book chosen by other people, such as for a review tour or my book club, I’ll want to pick the next the next one for myself.

Once I actually finish the book, though, I usually won’t start the next one immediately even if I have already decided what it will be. Depending on when I get to the end, I may have some non-reading stuff to do and not be able to jump right in to another book anyway. If the book has been a particularly affecting one, I’ll usually want to take a reading breather after it anyway, so I can mull it over for a bit. However, if I’m reading a series and actually have consecutive books in my possession, that’s a case when I just might chain-read – unless I finished the book at night before bed, and then it will have to wait till morning.

One thing that usually doesn’t wait for long after I finish a book – again, unless it’s at night – is starting on the blog post for the review. I want to get that going before I forget too much.


Friday Fill-In #64

1. Getting ready for a vacation is so exciting!
2. Strawberry fields forever (sorry, couldn’t resist) produce lovely fruit, but picking it is hard on the back.
3. Hot-fudge chocolate pudding cake, with whipped cream, sounds like it would taste delicious! (Actually, it is, but I haven’t made it in a long time. Maybe I should…)
4. Why does having a clean house make me feel so good?!
5. The midnight sun is something I’ve always wanted to see.
6. It’s sad when I’m stuck waiting somewhere, and forgot to bring a book with me! (It doesn’t happen often, but I hate when it does.)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting home from work and a quiet evening, tomorrow my plans include errands, a few chores, and my dad’s birthday dinner and Sunday, I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

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10 comments

  1. Sometimes, I’ll think about my next read while still finishing up the current one. I tend to do that more often when I’ve got a backlog of stuff I owe or want to send to people, have a review pending — or if the book I’m trying to not give up on quiet yet needs to be abandoned.

    Neat idea to combine the two memes, Florinda. Good thinking.

  2. Bookgal and Tanabata – Thanks for stopping by! I’ve left comments on both of your Friday Fill-ins posts.

    Susan – The two memes don’t really have all that much in common other than the Q&A aspect, but this seems to work better with my posting schedule, so I’ll see how it works out.

  3. 3rdEyeMuse – I’m actually not getting ready for one. Everyone else in my family is going away during Spring Break, but not me.

    Thanks for stopping by, and I left a comment on your FFI post.