Okay, if you read my Truth and Lies post you learned that "Reading a good book is my favorite quiet time activity" is a LIE! I admit it! I very rarely sit down and read a book! OOOOOH! Ahhhhhhhh! Gasp! I know, I hear all of you! I have come to the conclusion that many of you out there in Blog Land are huge book worms! I don't mean that in a negative way, but you love to read and you love to talk about the books you are reading! Well, I read. I read magazines. I read my Bible. I read my Bible Study book. Uhhhh, I read cookbooks. I read the newspaper. That's about it!
When I was young I loved to read. I read the whole series of Nancy Drew Books ( and the cookbook). I read many books. Then I went to college. I read some text books off and on. I wasn't very focused in college. Well, I was focused on boys, sororities, socializing, shopping , eating, and sleeping but not on studying. I regret that! Then I graduated and starting in "the work force". Free time consisted of socializing, shopping, eating, and sleeping. Oh yea, and boys!
Then I got married and popped out a couple children. I did read "What To Do When You Are Expecting", and "What To Do The First Year" And, after awhile I started reading the Left Behind series. I got through the first book and half of the second. I have thought some day I would love to sit down and read all the books that I have missed. To be honest with you, I don't know if that will ever happen. Why, you ask?
I can't sit still! I have diagnosed myself with Adult Defecit Disorder. I am very distracted. I literally cannot sit still. I need to always be doing something. If I sit still for to long, I get bored. I can sit through a movie as long as it interests me but that's about it. Scary, isn't it!
Whew - It feels good to confess this to you!
I do love reading cookbooks. It is one of my absolute favorite activities. I can sit for hours looking for great recipes! One time I made the mistake of telling my dad that I needed some new cookbooks. Well, if you tell my dad that he proceeds to overwhelm you with that item. So, for Christmas that year I literally received at least thirty cookbooks. What fun!
So, keep reading fellow bloggers! I will watch the movie when it comes out!
Do you have any confessions to make?
4 comments:
I read all I wanted to in college--so I didn't "read" for years--I read like you do--books about children and cooking, but that's about it. Then, when I started flying a lot--I learned how fast time went when I read.
So, my confession is I only read on planes and in airports--except my Bible and Bible study books.
JB
Peg, it's ok, I think I have a touch of the ADD myself. The only time I read is at night in bed. Then half the time I fall asleep within the first 15 minutes! I confess that, while I know that certain books have been very important to me, I couldn't tell you what was said in them.
still love ya ... :) ...
i really am a bookworm at times, but it's my entertainment ... during the summers i only read a book or two (fiction types) ... during the winters i could live at the library ...
blogging has become another form of reading ...
so that counts for you too!
I can't read novels. I read for a purpose: to learn something generally. These days I have to find something totally gripping, or else I'll just go read blogs....
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