Turn the page

I love to read. I love books. I read almost everyday. It depends on when do I want to go to bed and how tired I am at the end of the day.

I finished reading "Jailbird" by Kurt Vonnegut last week. Simple and fluently sarcastic. Wonderfuly enjoyable to read. No, I am not talking about Jailbird, I am talking about all Kurt Vonnegut's works that I have read. I am not writing about him anyway. Not now.

I was pondering about the way I read books. I jump books. I start reading a book but more often than not, I start reading another book too. Is it not tough?

Start reading a newspaper and before finishing a piece of complete news, turn the page. That is not the end of it, go back to the same page after reading a few other pages and continue reading from where you left. Very tough.

Currently, I am reading two books - "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut and "A Bend in the River" by VS Naipaul. I am enjoying both the books.

Not a good way to read, I know. Habit. No, I don't try and do it. It just happens.

The number of unread books I have, have no bearing on the number of new books I buy. My memory lets me down. I have a big heap of unread books in my bedroom. Do I plan to read all those books and many more that would join them? Ofcourse yes. When? I do not know.

I would love to change, love to have more concentration, more focus than what I have now and be a lot more consistent at it. I would like not to turn the page until I finish it.

What?...Oh yes, I am done. Turn the page.