I was thinking about the whole reading thing.

I’ve always been an avid reader. In my life, you’d be hard-pressed to find one day when my bedside table didn’t have a stack of books that I was reading (at least part way into all of them, depending on my mood). In my living room, I always have stacks of magazines (usually Smithsonian, National Geographic, and one or two others). I get the newspaper.

I can’t imagine not reading. My guest room is practically a library. There is barely room for a bed in there.
That being said, I remember the days when the whole day would be taken up with reading a book and I loved that. It didn’t feel like I wasted the day or was non-productive. These days, though, it’s almost as if there isn’t time to do that. There is always something else that needs to be done.

So, this summer, I’ve made a vow to myself that I will take the time to just lounge and read for hours on end…not just before bed or at small interludes. I will give myself HOURS to finiish a book or escape into whatever environment is being created for me.

The book I’m reading right now is While I was Gone by Sue Miller (author of The Good Wife). I’ve also got Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein waiting in the wings. I’ve never read Heinlein but he has been recommended by many people. We’ll see if it meets the level of hoopla it has been given.

cathelin has given me a subscription to Bookmarks Magazine for a housewarming gift. It couldn’t come at a better time. It may help me find good books to read all summer.

If you have recommendations, shoot them my way. Maybe I’ll spend the summer doing book reviews of the things I read. We’ll see if I get that motivated.