Abstract
ABSTRACT A reading life is not simply an aggregation of singular experiences with particular materials. This article focuses on how the rhythms of a reading life include the time between one book and the next and explores how this interval is differently experienced by different readers. “Flow [or constant] readers” and “event [or intermittent] readers” experience time between books in very different ways. Similarly, readers who prefer a “big world” narrative across many books experience between time differently from those who prefer “stand-alone” titles. The article looks briefly at the kinds of enforced between times that may be enforced by external factors of access, such as the library hold list for popular #BookTok choices. It concludes with a short discussion of potential implications for research and practice.
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