Benefits of Reading More Than One Book at a Time

You know the saying, You can’t have too much of a good thing, but is this true when it comes to reading?

Just think about it, you have the book you read over your morning coffee, the book you read during your lunch hour, and then the book you read just before bed.

Doesn’t that just sound amazing?

I have more books than I have shelf space and being able to move faster through my TBR so that I have the opportunity to buy and read even more books is an amazing thought.

This also comes in handy as well when I’ve made a trip to my local library and checked out the max number of books I’m allowed for the month. (SIX)

I could read these one at a time, but why should I when there are benefits to reading more than just one book at a time.

Benefits of Reading

Even if you only want to read one book there are plenty of benefits you can reap from this such as:

• Mental Stimulation
• Less Stress
• Can Improve Sleep Quality
• Strengthens Your Memory
• Improvs Your Vocabulary
• Improvs Your Focus and Concentration
• Improvs Your Writing Skills
• Increases Your Imagination

I can’t think of one person on earth who wouldn’t benefit from one or all of these. The world is a stressed-out place lately and taking some time to cozy up with a soft blanket, drink of choice and a good book can do your mental health wonders instead of scrolling through the endless articles of doom that plague our everyday lives.

There are no ads or politics or breaking news on the pages of a book whether it’s a paperbound book or an E-reader. Reading is a good way to unplug from the world and live through someones else's words.

Reading in Multiple Genres for Multiple Reasons

Sure juggling more than two fiction books at a time may cross some streams and leave you a little confused on just who did what in which novel, but there is an easy fix to that.

You can read your fiction work throughout the day and then read a non-fiction book before bed. Part of your brain can be solving the who-done-it of your murder mystery while the other part is reading about money management skills.

It’s the best of both worlds, you can still read your romance novels and read the latest biography to hit your local shelves.

Not only are you enriching your brain and imagination with the fiction book, but you are simultaneously improving your personal wellbeing, finances, or search for knowledge and information.

Multiple Books with Multiple Ways to Read

Books come in all sorts of shapes sizes and technological advancements.

Thousands of books can fit in the palm of your hand in a matter of moments.

If your current read is a huge novel such as *The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon* (Really! This book is more than 2.5 inches and weighs 2.9 lbs) Carrying it to and from your house on a daily bases can wear the seams out on even the toughest of bags.

While you leave this book sitting in its place on your coffee table or by the lamp of your nightstand, you can read any other number of books on the go.

You can bring another smaller work to read, you can read on a tablet, you can read on your smartphone, you can read on a fancy e-reader. You can read anything anywhere.

When it comes to reading, the more the merrier, but don’t overload yourself with too many novels that you can’t tell one from the other.

Two or three is a good baseline to work with and if you handle them, then go forth and read as many books as you can handle.

At any time I am always reading at least one fiction novel, one reference book, and any number of novel-length fanfictions. This helps me balance finding comfort in my everyday comfort characters, reading reference novels to better myself as an author, and still leave me able to enjoy escaping into the world of fiction without feeling like I have to make the choice of one or the other.

Keep reading, there are many benefits that are worth picking up a novel even if it’s only on the weekends.

With love,

B.K xo

If you'd like to have my stories sent directly to your inbox you can subscribe to me here for free or consider supporting me with a $7 a month subscription

https://barbaraking.substack.com/

Other Places to Find Barbara King

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorbarbaraking/

Twitter https://twitter.com/BarbaraKingxx?s=09

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/author.barbara.king/

Medium https://medium.com/@barbara-king-writes

Simily https://simily.co/members/barbara-king/

Vocal https://shopping-feedback.today/authors/barbara-king-9v1rwp0xzb%3C/em%3E%3C/a%3E%3Cem class="css-ak7tmt-Italic">

WordPress barbarakingauthor.wordpress.com

*This link is affiliated and the author of this post makes a small percentage if you choose to purchase through this link.*