Hey everyone. Happy Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It celebrates lovely lists, wonderful books and the bookish community. This week’s topic is How My Reading Habits Have Changed. Which I guess is pretty self-explanatory.
Without further ado, let’s get started!
- I read more ebooks than physical copies of novels now: I used to read basically 100% either paperback or hardcover books, but now I’m more inclined to download a book on my Kindle. It’s just so much faster – you can even download copies from libraries nowadays! I’m also impatient, and I got tired of waiting a couple of days to get a new book(s) if I ordered any online. Aldo, digital copies tend to be cheaper, so I like saving the cash.
- I read more novellas than I used to: Before I got an e-reader – heck, even after I got one – I’m not sure if I’ve ever truly read a novella. But in the last couple of years, I’ve definitely read a few.
- I had a big ghost story phase: This was a long, long time ago, but I feel it’s worth mentioning. For a year and a half in grade school, I read almost exclusively books with hauntings or ghosts. I think Mary Downing Hahn is one of my most read authors ever because of this phase of my life.
- I tend to seek out shorter books more often (like >400 pages type of shorter): I used to seek out the longest books that I could – and I still like them. It’s just, ever since I’ve started the blog, I’ve kind of felt more pressure to get reviews out relatively consistently and often (like at least once a week is the goal). Maybe I should stop worrying about it though.
- I read more adult fiction when I was younger, I think: I went through a phase in late middle and early high school where I read mostly adult fiction. It stems from my dad telling me to stop reading YA – I think he thought I was too old or too mature for it? It was after he saw me reading Breaking Dawn though, so I dunno know.
- Fall is my favorite reading season now: At the very least, it tends to be the season I read the most books during. (I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite, however, too.) When I was a kid, I did the most reading during the summer, I think. So I guess those summer reading challenges were a good thing?
- I used to read multiple books at a time: For a lot of my life, even through college, it wouldn’t be strange to find out I’d been reading like, three books at once. Now, I prefer to only read one book at a time, generally. I’m not really sure why this has changed. Maybe I’ll go back to reading multiple books at once again sometime?
- I read more graphic novels and manga than I used to: Graphic novels and manga are things I didn’t read at all growing up, and something I refused to read once I got to be a teenager. As an adult, I’m far less self-conscious about what I read, so I’ve read a lot more of these. Heck, I’m currently working through reading One Piece with my spouse!
- I read more middle grade books than I used to: In late middle school and during high school, I was extremely self-conscious about what I read (as mentioned above). So I stopped reading middle grade stuff around the time I was in seventh grade, and completely steered clear of the reading demographic… until just a few years ago. Which is funny, because at the time that I stopped, I was still a part of the middle grade demographic.
- When I was very little, I didn’t enjoy reading: It took until sometime in second grade for me to get into reading books and liking it. Thanks, Magic Treehouse! Before this, I’d tend to try to get out of reading relatively often. I know, I can’t believe it either!
How have your reading habits changed over the years? Are they very different than they used to be? What are your favorite types of books to read?
As always, thank you so much for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful day/night!
See ya ~Mar