San Antonio Public Library discussion

A bunch of my library requests came in for me at once several days ago. That got me to wondering if I'll be able to read all of them before they're due back at the library. How do you prioritize your reading list? Is it by whatever you have to return first? Or whatever catches your eye?

Usually, altho not always, I check to see if there are other holds on an item, and read or listen to that one first, unless there is another item that I am so eager to read/listen to, that I grab that one first.

Cris wrote: "A bunch of my library requests came in for me at once several days ago. That got me to wondering if I'll be able to read all of them before they're due back at the library. How do you prioritize yo..."

That happens all the time with my audiobooks! I pick what to listen to/read based on how much in demand it is, how eagerly I have been looking forward to it, and what else I am reading and/or have read recently. For example, if I have been reading lots of nonfiction, I will prioritize a fun novel.

I prioritize new books and books I know are on hold (like popular manga), but sometimes that goes out the window if there's something else I was really excited for that doesn't match those other criteria.

I like to prioritize but lately I find I will drop the "order" and read a series, even to the point of having to put a book I wanted back on hold. So unlike ME!

I try to alternate reading something educational with something light. I'm now reading The Code Breaker, bio of 2020 Nobel prize-winning chemist who, with Emmanuelle Charpentier, discovered a gene-slicing tool, CRISPR - a fascinating book. Next is Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety, the story of two couples' marriages and friendship - lighter than the Code book. The comes something really fun and light, the play by Tracy Letts, "August: Osage County." After that, who knows?

Nancy wrote: "I try to alternate reading something educational with something light. I'm now reading The Code Breaker, bio of 2020 Nobel prize-winning chemist who, with Emmanuelle Charpentier, discovered a gene-..."

Wow! Way more organized than I am. I don't know what I'll read next time I pick up a book later today--much less what I'll read once that's finished.

Hi, Cris, I'm not usually that organized with books. I only have one book I might read for the futue - new ones might pop up. My main goal is that reading must be enjoyable--no more plowing through books because I SHOULD read them.

I'm with you, Nancy. I only read books that interest me. I usually try to finish a book I've started and don't much like to see if it gets better, but I occasionally do give up on a book, not often. I don't make targets for how many books a year either. although I usually end up reading about 50 more or less.

For a few years (thinking on it, more than 10 years... gah), I've made a point to try to fit classics of genres into my reading. Next up: The Thrawn Trilogy, which might stretch the definition of "classics" for some, but I am assured it is terribly important to other old fart Star Wars fans.

Mark wrote: "For a few years (thinking on it, more than 10 years... gah), I've made a point to try to fit classics of genres into my reading. Next up: The Thrawn Trilogy, which might stretch the definition of "..."

*laughs* I would agree it could qualify as a classic Star Wars novels. Heir to the Empire and its sequels are the best-written Star Wars novels I've ever read. They have a lot of the same elements that I enjoyed about the original movies.

Cris wrote: "*laughs* I would agree it could qualify as a classic Star Wars novels. Heir to the Empire and its sequels are the best-written Star Wars novels I've ever read. They have a lot of the same elements that I enjoyed about the original movies."

Gods, I hate it so far. I want to slap Thrawn and scream "Anthropology doesn't even work like that, much less Xenoanthropology!"