A Reading Binge

I haven't been a very disciplined writer in the past week or so (not that I ever am). I've worked a lot and felt burnt out by the time I got home from the office, so I've been on a reading binge.

A friend loaned me "Matched" by Ally Condie and I had been waiting patiently to read it, so once I had it in my hands I read it in a matter of days. Now, I'm reading "The Scorch Trials" by James Dashner, the sequel to his "Maze Runner," but I don't feel as rushed to finish that book. It's pretty violent, which isn't really my thing, but the emotional duress that the boys in the story are under is pretty interesting to follow.

In a week and a half, some books that I am anxious to read will be out in stores -- the fourth book in Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" series and the sequel to "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman, which is called "Where She Went." "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett will be out in paperback soon too, and I've been dying to read that again.

I'm still reading/editing a chapter at a time in my own completed book then rewarding myself after each chapter by working on another book that's about one-third finished. It's an effective compromise, but a slow writing process. It's fulfilling to work on something new, but a little frustrating that the old project is going so slowly. That's the nature of a compromise, I guess.