Blogocentric Formulations

Summer Reading

"Blogging Circle of Friends "  | Day 3543 Prompt ▼

Do you read more in the summer than any other time of the year? If not what season do you read the most? What 's your favorite author?

I think I do tend to read more during the summer than at any other time of the year (except maybe the end of the year), but that's probably mostly due to the fact that summer is more leisurely in general. Work is usually slow as people take family vacations, the kids are off school and not following as strict a schedule; there's just more time for fun activities, and I almost always have a book with me because I read for fun. I do have a big push toward the end of the year to finish my reading goals as well, but year after year, my highest reading output does tend to be June through August. It's also the time of year that I tend to do more guilty pleasure reads, which are books I can breeze through quickly compared to something that's a little more dense or complicated.

Case in point, I usually aim to read about four books a month... and because of that, often find myself slacking off for a bit at the beginning of the month, then pushing hard during the second half of the month to meet my reading goals. But less than a week into July, and I've already finished two books and am well on my way to finishing a third. I guess there really is something to this summer reading volume thing.

I don't have a favorite author per se... or even a genre. I go through phases where I'll be really into science fiction, then I'll get onto an action/thriller kick for a while, before transitioning back to fantasy, and then maybe mysteries. And scatter some nonfiction in between. At the moment, I think my favorite authors are probably Blake Crouch and Patrick Rothfuss and Joe Abercrombie (for science fiction/fantasy), Gregg Hurwitz and Mark Greaney and Michael Connelly (mystery/thriller), and Adam Grant and C.S. Lewis for nonfiction.


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