When you finish a book and want to start another but you think the one you just finished deserves a moment of silence.
Illustration: Adara Sánchez Anguiano
I can't sleep…
When you finish a book and want to start another but you think the one you just finished deserves a moment of silence.
Illustration: Adara Sánchez Anguiano
Not me….When I’m done with one, I put it on the shelf and immediately turn my affections to the next one that’s waiting patiently next to my bed.
I’m a Tomcat that way.
Oh, this made me guffaw! Randy Reader!
Laughing. To each his own. Tomcat. Marinator. The wonder of human differences.
All things end.
Yet there is time for pause and reflection.
Let it marinate and incubate.
Give it time to be absorbed into our sub conscious being.
And then let it go.
In that way I figure I can access it later if needed 😉
Val
Yes. Beautiful stated Val.
And then there’s the book you don’t want to end. I have a few of those on my shelf. That’s called finiphobia. 🙂
Yes. I have a number of those…
Out loud I was saying… Oh, yes, yes yes.
I feel this way with most books. When I finished Unbroken, I think it was a good three or four months before I could let myself fall into any other book, and I think it had to be a light, easy transition relationship book! . .
I haven’t read Unbroken, but have heard great things about it. Need to add it to the list. Thanks Bonnie.
I will linger sometimes for several days depending on the mood the book puts me in.
Me too!
Every once in a while I enjoyed a book so much that when it ended I just sat there, vibrating softly, breathing deeply. Not thinking…just feeling.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Exactly Claudia.
That depends on how much the book was enjoyed. Some I’m just happy to get through!
Yes Lulu. And some, there is just no getting through them.
ah, the period of polite respect, before you move onto another.
ah, yes…:)
I am always a bit sad when I’ve finished a good book because I am saying goodbye to friends who have kept me company for a few weeks (or months). Yes, a moment of silence …
Yes, EXACTLY how I feel Ramona.
🙂
OH YES…”Behind The Beautiful Forever” – received several days of silent deference, Hilary Mantel’s books about Thomas Cromwell, can someone give me an amen for Harper Lee…oh this could take awhile….
Smiling. Still smiling.
ABSOLUTELY! I’ved been marinating in “The Painter” for a couple of weeks now. I keep reviewing certain passages in my mind and marveling at the acuity of the image the author sketches with his prose. Love. Love, love a good book….
(Red Faced) Oh no. I actually bought The Painter sample on Kindle after you recommended it earlier. Read a chapter. Didn’t get hooked. And set it down. You are prodding me to go back again.
You have to give this one a bit of “running room,” DK. It doesn’t grab you from the first paragraph. But trust me, once the hook is set, you’re done….
You’ve never missed Lori. BTW, loved Tous les Matins du Monde. Any other must see recommendations?
Ohh, so glad that you enjoyed it! A couple of other favorites are “Pelle the Conquerer” starring Max Von Sydow http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093713/ and “Harold and Maude.” 🙂
I’m on it. Both are in queue. Thank you!
I so know this feeling
I so know it too….
Yes! In so many ways, a good book is the best escape there is–better than a vacation, even.
Yes, I so agree!
The better the book I’ve just finished, the harder I find it to settle to a new one.
Yes, I’m with you Sarah.
And the next one, never seems to measure up.