I don't remember learning how to read. According to family legend, I read my first book around the age of three. It was Put Me In the Zoo. To prove that I hadn't just memorized the words, I was handed a copy of Go Ask Alice. To the astonishment of everyone present, I was able to read from the page in front of me. From that moment on, I have pretty much always had my nose in a book. I was the kid who had to be called multiple times for dinner because I was lost in another world. And I have burned dinner more than once for the same reason.
At any given time, I'm reading a minimum of four books. Right now, I am in the middle of the following books:
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg. This is my main book, by my chair in the living room, and the book I grab when I need some down time.
In the bedroom, I am reading Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig. An interesting alternate version of Gone With the Wind. It fits the bill for reading in bed - no clowns, no vampires, no murderers, and definitely no Stephen King. In the daytime, I'll gladly read a book with any of the above. I adore Stephen King's novels. But I never, ever read them in bed.
On my Kindle, as soon as I remember to charge it, I am at the start of Dear Kate by Hannah Duggan. It was a freebie from Amazon, and I did not get too far in before the battery died.
For non-fiction, I'm reading T.J. English's Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. Interesting, but at 480 pages, I'm taking a while to get through it.
My book club is reading Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Definitely not one to read before bed...he is Stephen King's son.
With my nephew, we are journeying through Narnia. Currently we are stalled in the fifth book - The Horse and His Boy - and I am afraid he is going to outgrow wanting to read with his auntie before we finish the series.
Books are what I know best. The goal I set for myself in January was to read two books a week for 2015. According to Goodreads, I'm nine books behind schedule. So, I've got a lot of reading to do...hopefully you will come along with me!
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