The End - BTT

Booking Through Thursday is here again and so I am going to take a break from my book that I am currently struggling through and answer this weeks question:

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!)

There are definitely a few answers to that in my own case. There are times, like when I finish a long series or when I have just finished something that really made me think where I will sit back and just really think about what I have read. There are also times when I have stayed up so late reading it that my first act upon finishing the novel is to get some sleep! If I really liked it, I will set it aside to recommend to my best friend.

As for picking up another book, that is usually pretty immediate. I don't usually go without at least one book in progress unless I just finished a book and now have nothing else I want to read at my house. In which case, finishing a book is soon followed by a trip to the library or the bookstore to find new material. No, usually, I have another pile of books on hand that are my "Read Next" books so as soon as I finish one, I can go to the next one. That is why I like to have a good bit of any series on hand because with them, I definitely want to start the next one as soon as I can.

Now that I've answered, I am going to go back to my book but tell me, what do you do?