{"id":2128,"date":"2009-01-07T23:10:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T11:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/07\/reading-habit\/"},"modified":"2009-01-07T23:10:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T11:10:56","slug":"reading-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/07\/reading-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a very bad reading habit.  I have the tendency of reading multiple books in parallel.  After I started a book, reading it half way, sometimes even just the first few chapters, I may get distracted by a new book.  Then I will put down the old book and start the new one.  I just count the number of books that are reading in progress, I have 8 books pending to finish.  I am not abandoning the unfinished books, I will still read a few chapters from time to time, until I got distracted by another book again.  I just finished a book that I started 2 years ago.  Here are the books pending in my reading list:<\/p>\n<p>1. Asimov&#8217;s Guide to the Bible<br \/>\n2. Dimensions of Moral Theory<br \/>\n3. Free Culture<br \/>\n4. A History of Christian Thought<br \/>\n5. Philosophy of Bullshit<br \/>\n6. A Good Book, In Theory<br \/>\n7. Philosophy of Law<br \/>\n8. Contemporary Political Philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest book stuck in the queue started almost 7 years ago.  My reading pipeline is so full that I really should refrain myself from the temptation of new books.  I should focus on the books in hand and just be content with what I reading.  Interesting though, I only have this problem with non-fictions.  It is easier to concentrate when reading a fiction.  It has the element of a story to keep my attention until I flip to the last page or it&#8217;s so boring that I give up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a very bad reading habit. I have the tendency of reading multiple books in parallel. 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