Welcome to Booking Through Thursday, a weekly bookish meme about books and reading for everyone who loves both. Booking Through Thursday was first hosted by Deb and is now hosted by Charity from Writing Wrongs!

This Week’s Prompt:

Do you have more than one book on the go at any time? Does it depend on the genre? Maybe you can juggle fiction and nonfiction, but not two of the same? Or are you a one-book-at-a-time reader?

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My answer to this prompt has actually evolved quite a bit.

When I first started reading and reviewing books regularly, I was strictly a one eBook at a time person. I remember attempting two at once, and struggling to write proper reviews for them at the same time.

Then at the beginning of this year, I began branching out to audiobooks when I discovered the wonderful world of Libby. Listening to one book while reading an electronic copy of another, helped differentiate the two stories in my mind. I felt like I was reading faster than I ever was at this point lol. Due to that discovery, I have attempted to always have one eBook and one audiobook going at one time. The only problem with this, is not all the books I want to read have audiobook versions and there are WAY more eBooks available.

Throw in NetGalley reads in there and I was forced to read two eBooks at once just to make sure I have read the book before they are published.

Today, I am currently reading two eBooks at once, with no audiobook going right now lol. I have found it easier to focus and separate both stories so that helps a lot. Also since I have been reading some heavier historical fiction, it helps to have another genre going, as to not get too emotionally drained.

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How do you juggle books, if at all?