You know how some people spend a lot of time on playlists (the same type of people who used to spend a lot of time on mix tapes)? They want to get the right songs in the right order because it matters. There’s a scene in High Fidelity (book and movie) where the main character talks about that.
I have never been that kind of person, and it shows most blatantly in my book choices. Occasionally I’ll pick a book because I’m looking for a certain kind of experience (one year, I timed it so that I would be reading a book by Robin McKinley on my birthday because I knew I would love it and I wanted to be reading something I’d love on my birthday), but that choice (or any other book choice I make) almost never has anything to do with the book I just finished. It leads to some pretty abrupt transitions.
Case in point: today, I finished a light and lovely book about two girls making their debuts in society in Regency England. A few hours later, I started book 5 in a series about an alien invasion and the soldiers who have to fight them in space.
Keeps me on my toes.
Erik
Here is a sample of what you have to look forward to:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-74301-3
And we feel lucky because this is considerably more sophisticated than most of what the kids had been requesting.
We are out of the Thomas the Train years and are not looking back.
Zannah
That looks interesting! So I just need to skip the cartoon merchandise phase. How do we do that?
Erik
Ha ha ha ha ha…… Ha ha ha ha.
Good luck with that. You’re doomed.
Zannah
I was afraid of that.
Wombat the bookworm
But Thomas the Train is pretty cool. 😉 First, we just rewatched High Fidelity because we love that movie so much. I think of it whenever I see patchouli-scented anything. Never knew there was a book first!
I find that when I read a heavy book, I need to follow it up with what I call a palate cleanser–something light. Sophie Kinsella has been my go-to for the cleansers. 🙂 Would probably make a horrible playlist. 😉
Zannah
Might give you whiplash. 🙂