There are very few things that I would rather do than read a book. In fact, if I am not currently living in the world of a good book, I get very irritable and tend towards a mini-depressive state. Because I know that about myself, I often have 2 or 3 books going and about 20 on reserve at my bedside or on my Kindle. I always ask for books for gifts and they are usually my favorite presents. I check out tons of things from the library even though I know I won't get to them before they are due. I have no idea if I am like other readers in the obsessions that I have with particular books. I go back to certain ones and read them again and again. Others, I don't read more than once, but they just become a part of me.
Though my life is nothing that I need to escape from, I revel in the escape of words and worlds and wonders that are created inside my mind. I love learning and delving into the topics and people that are coming alive on the pages for me. My favorite real life people (besides my dear husband and children, of course) are the people who will talk "books" with me. My mom, my book club girls, the librarian at my school, the substitute teachers who bring me books they've finished and loved. And so before I get sappy and philosophical on you about why books are life... on to the real point.
Recently, I've been reading a lot more than usual. This means I am reading a lot, a lot instead of just a lot. This is partly do to the fact I had 2 weeks off from work for Christmas Break and partly due to the fact that it has been so cold. I don't want to do anything but cozy up in bed with a book and a hot cup of tea.
I've read some great ones in these last few weeks and I would like to share what I think about them here in the next few posts. Come back soon for my thoughts on Murdering My Youth by Cady McClain, this star won't go out by Ester Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl, The Clan of the Cave Bear Series by Jean M. Auel, and a re-read of Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon.
I have been touched personally in some way by each of these titles and I believe that is what makes a "good read." So, I won't be evaluating them for their literary value (though they definitely have it), I will be telling you why they work for me and how they have changed my thinking or encouraged me to do better or be better. I will let you know why they stuck because lots of books don't. The books that stick are the books worth reading. And if in the next few weeks you happen to pick up one of these titles, come back and let me know what you thought.
My Murdering My Youth post will be up sometime in the next couple of days.
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