Here are the three books that I just picked up from the library.
I am the first one to say that there’s nothing like settling down with a good book. But as of late, I have had a very hard time settling down with just one book that I really want to read. I pick one up, start it, and put it down. Endlessly, it seems. We all go through phases like this, right?
In part, at my end, the restlessness comes from the non-stop changes in my home, and recently, weeks of construction noise in an adjacent room. But I think the larger issue is that as we grow and evolve we want to read different things, and we don’t quite know what “fits” us now.
In this frame of mind, I was able to clear out one half of my collection of books waiting to be read (donated to my library’s little For Sale shelf.) But what to read? When in such a restless mood, I find that something with suspense, intrigue, mystery is a decent bet. And so, the three books above, all good choices. Which did I start? The book at left. The jacket flap … Never pray to the gods that answer after dark. OK, I’m in.
What do you look for when you’re restless and can’t settle on what to read?
Still A Dreamer 
I’m a bit like that at the moment Jeanne – I’m reading about six books – Colette’s Claudine stories and Sarah Moss’ ‘Night Waking’ are fiction, then I’m reading Gavin Maxwell’s Ring of Bright Water trilogy about his life with otters, Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, a book about a British print-maker and a book about fairy tales…..and I still can’t really settle to one of them!
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I didn’t mention that I’m still reading Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act and Anita Moorjani’s Sensitive is the New Strong (about empaths), too! LOL. Right now, it’s the non-fiction that I long to read and can’t seem to get into. But then I can’t find fabulous fiction that I can get really into, either! I think these three are good possibilities and Addie Larue has a very interesting and unique premise.
I have another friend who is experiencing the same things we are, and we were wondering if it might not be some shifts in universal energy.
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