I have being seeing this initiative among people and I kinda liked it. I liked how people had so much interesting habits when they read. Though some common, still interesting to read. I decided I would write a bit about some of my weird habits while reading. Credits to the creator of this challenge.
Well there you have it, some weird habits of mine when it comes to book and reading. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing. Cheers.
SNIFFING BOOKS
This is one habit I am proud of, haha. I really love the smell of new books, likewise old books. It can sometimes be a reason why I read a book even, I know l, weird. The first thing I do most time I get the book in hard is to have a good sniff. We have being getting lots of new acquisition in the library recently and my nose could not be happier. xd.
SLUT READER
I think I coined that word by myself. Maybe not my proudest habit, but it's a big part of my reading style. I start reading a book, then I come across another one and I'm off. Most times I forget about the old one. At the moment I have over 20 books that I am halfway in, and I have over a dozen that I just started. Some I might never get back to, some I may, who knows.
POINTING AT WORDS
This one some of you might assume is weird, but it actually helps. Well me at least. I like putting my hards on each word as I read. It helps me know here I am at and read the words faster than I ordinarily would. Of course I only point at hard copy books, I don't think one can do that with e-book.
READING MULTIPLE BOOKS SIMULTANEOUSLY
This is actually one habit I am proud of. I have stumbled on books that have struck me with hard conundrum and made my head spin and sometimes I don't want to read it anymore at that time. I easily go at another book and I start to enjoy it. I almost always have a popular book at hand to get to one the going gets tough.
I PREFER BOOKS OF OLD
This is not much of a habit, just a preference I guess. I don't know why, but I do enjoy those weird English and grammar construction of books of old. It's one reason I enjoyed Shakespeare's piece. Not that I read all of it. I think the good books are the old ones. Goethe, Allan Poe, Nietzsche, Freud, etc. This were the scholars.
HARD COPY OR SOFT COPY
The famous topic of all book club or community. It really all boils down to preference. I think everybody likes hard copy books, and everybody also likes soft copy books because of it's easy access and mobility. Every avid reader has an extensive stash of both format, and so do I.