Reading in Cycles
I don’t know about you, but I have noticed I tend to read in cycles.
Lately, my leisure reading is concentrated in three areas: mysteries, biographies, and books about food & cooking.
this is, of course, not a hard and fast rule. I can be tempted by a book on the Brooklyn Public Library website that is outside of those areas, or a book by a friend — I have a ton of writers among my acquaintances.
But for some reason, this is how my reading habit works. Some months I will read primarily books about writing, or organizing one’s stuff, or philosophy & religion books. Other months, it will be craft books. But I always seem to gravitate to one area for a while, then move on to another.
Do you read in cycles? What are your favorite things to read currently?
Not Just Another Grouchy Grammarian 
Sometimes I read in cycles, more often it’s whatever reserved books have arrived. I just finished Argo, by Antonio Mendez, the CIA agent who got the six diplomats hiding with the Canadians out of Iran. The current stack of library books is a mix of biographies, fiction, and Leonard Cohen’s poems and songs. Mood and loan dates affect what I’m reading at any point.
Hi Joanne!
Yeah, the reserved books can cut into a cycle, because sometimes one or more of them will not be renewable.