Posted by: Thea Alberto | April 8, 2008

I want to read more books…

..but by the time I get home from work, I’m so tired all I want to do is sleep. Or maybe I’m so overdosed with words because of reading updates on the site the whole day that I can’t even lift a page.

Bad me. I need to read because I treat reading as an exercise. Reading is like my practice if I was an athlete.  Reading is also a therapy for me.

And I pity the books waiting to be explored. :( Just this February, I bought 6 books; 2 books last January–majority of them left untouched to this hour.

I started reading Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses (oh what a pity, I should have read this ages ago). The book was a gift from my college professor before he left for Australia last 2006 and I just started reading it last month. I’m half done, but I don’t like it much anymore. Maybe because it was too heavy a plot to follow. I might read it soon again. I’m now reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

So obviously, my books have been accumulating dust and I hate that. I just hate that. I think I’m going to sleep really late tonight and prevent myself from opening my laptop. (Oh I need to find my other books, they’re scattered all over the house!)

Internet is a big big distraction. Grrr. Why can’t I hit that log-out button?

Responses

true true! i have the same problem. but luckily, i was able to finish 2 books this week. i want to read ayn rand’s atlas shrugged, but it is too thick. i’m kinda overwhelmed with the number of pages.

good for you! i wish i could finish at least one this week. Ayn rand’s good…but her books are hard to finish! hehe

I know what you mean about it being hard to make time to read, which is a pity as it is not only enjoyable but good for you! You might want to check out http://www.dailyreader.net - you sign up for books there and they will email them out to you in small pieces (I read for 12 minutes every weekday over lunch). Since starting a month ago I’ve already nearly finished The Age of Innocence (which I thoroughly recommend).

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