Saturday, March 18, 2023

What I'm Reading

I've recently got back into the habit of reading. I'm probably averaging five to six books a month at this rate and I've never been happier. 

As a kid I used to read a lot. The Harry Potter series was my bread and butter and I would constantly take things out of the school library. I don't remember everything I've ever read, but I know it dropped off a bit once I reached college and I completely stopped once I started working full time.

Now that I have a consistent office job, I find myself with a bit more free time than when I worked in retail. I guess thinking about it now, I probably had the same amount of time, but with how my brain tends to work, if I'm scheduled a 1pm-5pm shift, then my entire day is ruined. 8-5 is the entire day, yet somehow I find myself with more time? I'm not sure how or why it works, but it does.

Right now, I'm reading Rogue Protocol ( #3 in The Murderbot Diaries ) by Martha Wells. They're short novellas that follow Murderbot, a sentient security robot that just wants to watch TV and avoid humans as much as possible, yet continues to find themselves helping out humans in danger anyway. There's 7 books total and they're pretty quick reads and good cleansers for some of the chunky books I've been diving into lately. 

With my re-established love for reading, I am finding it difficult to decide in what format I want my books. I've recently got a trial for Audible, and before I hated them. They weren't for me, I couldn't focus on them, and then I started working an office job that tends to get a bit repetitive and I found myself devouring audio versions of current reads which makes my reading time a hell of a lot shorter, not that it's a race, but I think it's pretty neat.

Not sure what my next book is going to be after this novella. I do want to dive into some classics and see if any of the forced reads from high school might be better received now that I'm an adult. Just not sure which to pick.

Let me know what you're reading in the comments!

Signing off, Sam 😀


What I'm Reading

I've recently got back into the habit of reading. I'm probably averaging five to six books a month at this rate and I've never b...