Booking Through Thursday asks:

 Some people read one book at a time. Some people have a number of them on the go at any given time, perhaps a reading in bed book, a breakfast table book, a bathroom book, and so on, which leads me to…

1. Are you currently reading more than one book?
2. If so, how many books are you currently reading?
3. Is this normal for you?
4. Where do you keep your current reads?

Good questions, and I’m glad they came up because I was trying to think of what I was going to blog about today!

1.  Yes, I normally read more than one book at a time.  How many depends on the circumstances and the books.   For example, if I’m on vacation, I read one at a time.

2. Right now, three.  That is usually the max number of books I have going at once.

3. Yes, this is normal for me .

4.  I always keep one in my purse to read at times like waiting in the car line to pick up my kids.  There is one by my bedside.  There is one in my studio to read when I’m doing handwork but only if it’s a large book that can stay open by itself (otherwise, I catch up on my magazines in there).

What are my current books?  They are  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, currently going back and forth between my purse and bedside–that tells you that I consider it good!  

I cracked open How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry last night. 

And, in my studio, I’m going through by The Illustrated Bead Bible: Terms, Tips & Techniques by Theresa Flores Geary, a book I borrowed from the library.

How about you?  What are your reading habits?

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Today’s Booking Through Thursdays asks:

Monica suggested this one: Got this idea from Literary Feline during her recent contest:

“Name a favorite literary couple and tell me why they are a favorite. If you cannot choose just one, that is okay too. Name as many as you like–sometimes narrowing down a list can be extremely difficult and painful. Or maybe that’s just me.”

Oh my gosh, this one is so easy for me. Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara from, you guessed it, “Gone With the Wind”. Of all the books I own, I have re-read this one so many times– but the last time was a long time ago. I don’t know why. I’ve been planning on re-reading this during Christmas break…if I can wait that long.

The passion that Scarlett and Rhett feel for each other is amazing. Even when she thinks she’s in love with that wuss Ashley Wilkes (although he is a very nice guy). I always liked to think at the end that Scarlett will, indeed, win Rhett back.

And the movie? Even though it is deservedly a classic, it does not measure up to the book. How I imagine Rhett in the book is nothing at all like Clark Gable. Also, like so many movies based on books, a lot of scenes were left out and other things changed a bit.

So if you have never read “Gone With the Wind”, you better think about doing so!

I’m going to participate in this week’s Booking Through Thursday; the question is:

Beleive it or not, 43 is a small number compared to the waiting-to-be-reads by other book bloggers I follow !