You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you’re going to read? What?
(Obviously, there can be more than one answer, here–a book with a cliff-hanger is going to engender different reactions than a serene, stand-alone, but you get the idea!)
Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!
Hmm...Well, I stretch and yawn first. I guess it depends on the book. If it's a good one, I usually wander around in a reading stupor. I feel all fuzzy headed and I'm still thinking of all that happened in the book. I think about what the characters did after the end, what I want for them, how I would have ended the book. All that jazz.
If it wasn't so good, or *shutter* terrible, I may want to pick up something totally different to scrub my brain.Lately, the first thing I do after finishing a book is blog about it!
I think blogging about books is a wonderful way of using your time after ending it!
ReplyDeleteI love a book that keeps me thinking about it after I've finished it. I just finished Remains of the Day and it had that effect on me.
ReplyDeleteI loved that you wrote about stretching and yawning! I too do the same and I did not mention it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I also blog about the book as soon as I finish it! I did mention THAT!
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Reading Stupor! Me too!! That is the exact perfect way to explain that feeling of a sort of non-feeling or non-awareness.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, those of us who can't remember something from 10 minutes ago are forced to blog about a book we finish asap. :-) I'd have to say that's the first thing I do when I finish a book...try and plot my review!
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Great question!
I should blog right after because what happens is that I end up with a stack of books to talk about and then it becomes such a daunting task :)
ReplyDeleteI usually end up musing about the book for a bit and then jump into another one.
The first thing I do is blog about the book too! Ha! Then I'm a diver!
ReplyDeleteI played too :)
I get that post reading fuzz in my head too. Happy BTT.
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