Sunday Salon: Taking a break
A week after getting home from a fortnight in France, it doesn’t quite feel like I never had a holiday at all, but the holiday relaxation is certainly fading fast.
As I mentioned while I was away, I didn’t get much reading done on holiday. I don’t know if that was because the books I read weren’t very absorbing, or because I was distracted by holiday stuff (Places to see! People to spend time with!) or because I’ve given myself too much reading that had to get done this year and not enough reading for fun, so that relaxing on holiday meant doing less reading. Whichever it was, I was disappointed to have only read a book and a half in two weeks. But since coming home I’ve powered through two and half books, all of which have pulled me right in and been a delight. So was it the choice of books after all, or did I need a reading break?
What about you? Do you ever need a break from reading? Does it worry you when it happens?
One of the good things about being home is that we can throw ourselves into the life of the city again. Friday night I went to see a production of Macbeth at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre. It was innovative, using electronic music and other modern effects to heavily cut the running time and really concentrate on the themes of madness, ambition and guilt. It was strange, intense and moving. Kudos to Filter theatre company for such a bold adaptation.
I’m going to get back to reading now. Maybe I can make it three books in a week!
I don’t know if it’s the choice of books or not since you didn’t tell us the titles. 😉 As I get older, I don’t worry about breaks from reading. I’m just glad when I can find the long stretches to read, long, lazy Sunday afternoons for example.
Bryan Good point! I read The Quiet War by Paul McAuley and The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing, which I blogged about earlier this week. I think the latter coloured everything else I tried to read at the same time as it was harder work than I acknowledged.
Oops. I didn’t scroll back either. I’ve never read Leasing, but she always looked challenging to me.
I often need to take short breaks from reading, and I alternate my reading and TV/Movie watching. I haven’t taken any serious breaks for a while, though….I’m almost afraid that if I do, I will totally lose my momentum! As if there’s a goal line ahead…LOL.
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I almost think I need to take a reading break…I am so grouchy about my books these days.
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Laurel-Rain Yes, I often take short breaks for TV and film watching, but I start to worry if I don’t much reading done for more than a week. I probably should worry less!
Deb Yes, I know that grouchy feeling!