is it normal to take a 10 day break from book you're reading

>>9846909
Ill read like 7 books in a short period of time and then let them rest for a while before starting a new set. The only problem with this is sometimes it's hard to start a new set. I can get preoccupied with other interests, but once I start again I am consumed.

>>9846949
I don't think ill ever read this many at a time. Maybe two, at max three. I try to stick to one at a time though. Still my basic question is... is it normal to take that long of a break for books? Context: it is a book with fairly "heavy" material (for lack of a better word, sorry) and its 600+ pages so I wanted to take a break and read something different. I just hope staying away from my first read this long won't have any detrimental effects...

>>9846909
i took like weeks off before and came back to it, but that's because of shit i had to do job, school, etc. when i returned to it i remembered like 80%-85% of it. so i guess yes? why wouldn't it be normal?

>>9846909
I tend to read five or six books "at once", meaning I'll read 15-20 pages of this and move onto another and another and another in the same day

I am rather voracious and impatient when it comes to knowing the secrets of the world so,...
I dont know, but yeah, contemplation of what has been read is important, nothing is wrong with you.

THe really good way to live is slowly.

Bach wrote these esquisite letters to his friends in such an incredible handwriting that showed refinement and patience... to create slowly is to create beautifully

fast and spontaneous art has its own merit but, it will never add up to its other polarity.

>>9846909
10 days sounds a little excessive to me. I can do a day, sometimes 2 if I need it, away from a book, but then I just start to feel lazy.

>>9847112
but I just really think I need to solve the book's problems at a slow rate, similar to what >>9847107 infers

>>9847117
Then I guess it depends on what exactly you're reading at the time. If it's material e.g. philosophy that you need that much time to allow to manifest in your mind, then so be it. If it's guilty pleasure fiction, I just figure that 10 days is a lot of time to let go by without keeping plot elements fresh in mind.

>>9847117
then go slow.

>>9847129
I'm pretty sure in the situation I'm in that time limit will definitely suffice in letting me process things. thanks guys. sorry if this post seemed like a diary

>>9847107
fiction or non-fiction?