After finishing my ebook romance earlier this week that I just couldn’t put down, I decided the rest of the week would be devoted to reading the two larger works that are giving me more fits right now. Currently, StoryGraph indicates that I have read 26% of The Moonstone and 18% of The Great Pianists. Now I have to figure out why I’m making such slow progress through both of these books.
The progress I am making through the book about pianists and their techniques makes sense to me. I’m only reading this book in my office between other tasks and intentionally working my way through the material slowly so I can make notes and try to retain as much of the material as I can. I don’t get to pick up this text daily; when I do, I might read a chapter….or just a portion of a chapter. I think I want to try to schedule some reading time in the coming week to see if I can make a little more headway on this project. Even though it is “Reading for Me,” it also qualifies as research.
The Moonstone baffles me a little more. I feel as though I am reading the novel regularly, but it moves so slowly! I read for 30 minutes and I’ve only managed to plow through 6 pages or so. I really don’t get it! The text is not that hard. I’m not completely bored with the story. I just haven’t hit my stride. I was really hoping to finish this book in the next week, but I really don’t see that happening. The fact that I don’t understand the slow progress is becoming a source of frustration for me as well.
So what’s the plan for the upcoming week? I’m continuing to read both books. But I had also planned to introduce a digital book into the mix just so I had all book formats in the rotation at the same time. It seems that the convenience of reading digitally is keeping me in the process of reading at the moment. It’s definitely something worth considering and exploring further.
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