{"id":2700,"date":"2019-02-20T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2019-02-20T20:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:07:05","slug":"gluttonous-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/20\/gluttonous-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluttonous Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a long time since I’ve ignored what I “ought” to be doing and dive into a book. I would occasionally treat myself to gulping down a new release by a favorite author on the day it was released. We’re talking once every other year at best if a book is released when I don’t have too much I really must get done that day. (And dammit, I am tired of the October Daye novels being released the day after<\/em> Labor Day when I almost always have to be working.<\/em> Looking at you<\/strong>, DAW. You did it again<\/em> this year with The Unkindest Tide<\/a>\u2026)<\/p>\n

Audiobooks, you see, mean that I usually don’t have<\/em> to in order to enjoy a story. I can listen to a story and clean the house or cook a meal or knit a sweater. For the most part, that has been a blessing.<\/p>\n

Except… I’m finding myself needing to read in a way I haven’t for quite literally decades. Reading like I did when I was a child and a teenager — walking around with a book, resenting mealtimes, because I was reading<\/em>, dammit, reading in the bath and then getting far too hot and sprawling on my bed in a towel to cool off while I read some more. Guzzling a book in a day or less.<\/p>\n

I’m not fighting it, because I’m pretty sure this is going to circle back to my writing eventually. And maybe I’ll have to corral it a bit because I am <\/em>a grownup with Responsibilities.<\/p>\n

So\u2026<\/p>\n

I’m looking for new material.<\/p>\n

Generally, a book that sucks me in presents the reader with a Different World with New Customs. That doesn’t necessarily<\/em> mean science fiction or fantasy (I loved The Chosen<\/em>, after all) but that’s definitely where I find it most.<\/p>\n

Any suggestions? The lusher and richer the worldbuilding \u2013 especially the social structure, the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been a long time since I’ve ignored what I “ought” to be doing and dive into a book. I would occasionally treat myself to gulping down a new release by a favorite author on the day it was released. We’re talking once every other year at best if a book is released when … <\/p>\n

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