7 Books I’ve Read in One Sitting | I HAVEN’T DONE THIS ENOUGH

Sometimes, the “I NEED TO FINISH THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY OR I WILL DIE” feeling will creep up on you.  You cannot tear your eyes away from it, like a car accident on the freeway.  You lose all track of time, and forget to do things humans have to do like eat, or pee, or breathe (I hold my breath when reading intense scenes, 0/10 WOULD NOT RECOMMEND [unless you are a human fish hybrid]).

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish, is based around books you’ve just completely devoured in one sitting/spent your whole day reading/are good to read when you’re short on time/etc.

Now, this doesn’t happen to me very often unfortunately (hence there being only seven)!  It used to be more of a common thing for me, but sadly being an “adult” has gotten in my way when it comes to reading binges.  Like, yeah, I probably shouldn’t skip the class that I’m paying for that is $1,200 PER FRACKEN CREDIT HOUR.

However, that doesn’t mean I haven’t abandoned all plans and responsibilities every once in a while to dive into a book an not come back until I’m done.

So, here you have it.

7 BOOKS THAT HAVE MADE ME FORGET LIFE IS A CONTINUOUS THING AND  TO DO MY FRACKEN STUFF I SHOULD HAVE DONE 10 DAYS AGO

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

This was huge for me!  I think I might have been in 8th grade at the time?  Wow.  I suddenly feel old.  This was one of my first binge reads!  I was determined to finish it all the day I started it, even if it meant my butt was literally bruised for like a week after.  I don’t know why, but I have a very distinct memory of getting a very sore bum from the position I was reading in all day and completely refused to change.  Stubborn 8th grade me was A COMPLETE MESS. Goodreads

 

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child by who the crap knows anymore (John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling)

I really was convinced that J.K. Rowling had written this, and neglected to use my eyeballs to read the text on the cover.  I was super disappointed because I was unaware of this.  However, it only took me a couple hours to get through this since it’s in play format.  Like yeah, I was expecting some high-grade HP follow up, but it’s not like I spent millions upon kajillions of hours reading it to be super let down. meh.  Goodreads

 

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

I think Allegiant kept me up until like 4:37 AM.  I couldn’t stop, which made the dual POVs even more similar.  I was delirious.  And crying a lot.  Seriously, a lot of the pages are completely warped.  Also, I threw the book at my wall.  It’s a little subpar looking.

 Goodreads

 

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD.  IT ALSO GAVE ME A SORE BUTT BECAUSE I WAS SITTING ON A COUCH PULL-OUT BED THINGY AND THE METAL WAS STABBING MY BUTT BUT HOW COULD I CHANGE POSITIONS WHEN I WAS READING THIS? RIGHT, I COULDN’T.  All The Bright Places got me out of a MAJOR reading slump.  I loved it so much, and I was exhausted after.  My emotions no longer existed – I was essentially emotionally constipated ok.

Needless to say, I was destroyed for the next week and couldn’t be bothered to converse normally.  Goodreads

 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

So, I read TFIOS on New Year’s Eve.  Holy cucumbers, what a mistake.  When I picked this up, it was solely on a recommendation from a friend, and I really knew nothing about it.  I didn’t even read the synopsis.

I WAS A WRECK THE ENTIRE NIGHT.  I have never cried during a ball drop, but let me tell you, that New Year I was fracken thankful but also pissed off because reasons I will not say because spoilers (if you haven’t been spoiled for TFIOS, HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT??????).  Goodreads

CAUTION: don’t read The Fault in Our Stars on New Year’s Eve unless you want to have a bad time.

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

I have this problem when I read books of poetry where I CANNOT SLOW DOWN TO APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE.  I have been trying to slow myself down to take it in fully.  A lot of poetry is short and has a high impact because of how meticulous the author was.  Why do I not slow down? WHY

That being said, they’re a good way to bulk up your “read” shelf if you need a confidence boost.  Yes, when I have finished more books I have more confidence.  Don’t try to tell me you don’t get the same feeling.  Goodreads

Why We Broke Up by David Handler

This one I started reading late at night and stayed up until 5:30 AM reading it.  Don’t ask me why I do these things to myself.  I don’t know.  I didn’t even feel that compelled to finish this one ASAP, I just did.  It was something that didn’t require intense concentration, and parts of it are illustrated!  HECK YES.  Goodreads

I’m sure there are more books I’ve read in one sitting, but just simply can’t remember.  I tend to be a goldfish when it comes to memory retention these days.  All of my available memory is set aside for memorizing things like what class of drug does what and why and when and how and OMG PHARMACOLOGY IS NOTHING BUT MEMORIZATION (save me)

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Has anyone read any of these painfully slowly?  Do you ever use books of poetry to give yourself some motivation (don’t lie to me!)??? What books have you absolutely devoured and gotten sore bums over?  Let me know in the comments!