I have a queue, which is really messy little stacks separated out from the bookshelf in order of what to read next. I tend to read like a snake, large amounts over short periods of time, then nothing at all for awhile. I read on average 40-50 books a year of varying lengths, usually 300-1000 pages, but probably an average of 600 pages per book.

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is a Handmaids Tale spinoff published after the show was aired. I actually think it was better written than Handmaids Tale.

Gone Girl haha… it was months before the movie was released and I read it in one night, went to work on little sleep the next day

There’s more distraction nowadays. It’s easy to pick up your phone and look through the notifications every 30 minutes and it takes just that long to get deeply concentrated. Something I do is to put my phone away, on the third floor and to tell myself to finish this 300 pages every four hours, which is a reasonable reading speed. It comes down to trading all that screen time on your smart phone for reading. I am trying to be more social so I’ve been doing the inverse but definitely feel like my brain is slowing down as a result lol. I’m becoming addicted to the notifications and I feel like it’s messing with my brain chemistry.