Can you read two books at the same time?

Yes.

For me it's not really a problem keeping up with two books at the same time. I've been doing it for some time and the practice became kind of a habit fueled by my forgettiness. Is there such a word? If I just coined it, it is just my usual way of denying that I'm growing old.

When I was younger take two buses or two trains for each trip to work, so I bring a book to read. I just keep forgetting to bring one book from the office to home, and that left me without a book to read at night. So I pick up another book at night, then bring that one to work. After that, depending on which book I remember to bring home for the commute back, I continue reading that one.

Anyway. Back to the two books. Right now I'm finishing off The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett as well as starting on The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey.

I'm quite used to Pratchett so it wasn't too hard to continue where I left Rincewind off, something I would not have been able to do if the year was 2003 (the year I discovered Pratchett). I am quite excited to find out more about the wizards and their delicious adventures, and I'm hoping the Kangaroo would resurface.

As for Yancey, I've never read anything this guy wrote before, but when I stumbled upon the very shiny blue cover of the book, I picked it up to read the synopsis. It wasn't as intriguing as the cover, but I read the first page and decided it would make a great light reading.

So far the story is progressing well, and I really like the writing style. Storyline-wise I have to use the word cliche to describe some parts of it, but I truly kept on reading because I have fallen in like with Alfred Kropp who started his story by telling me that he's dead. He's teaching me a lot about not being selfish and the importance of being earnest (not in the Oscar Wilde way). Give Yancey's book a go, you'll find yourself rooting for him after the second page...