What I've had my nose in lately
Set a goal or else time escapes you.
In order to keep myself accountable to my reading goals for the year, I'm sharing them with you guys.
Prior to fall 2006 (when GAL was born), I only read nonfiction (political, psychological philosophical-type books) and textbooks until my GAL pal Nakia disapprovingly eyed my bookshelf, declared that I was boring (gasp), and prescribed more fiction for my ailment.
I started with The Heiress of Water and I've been hooked ever since. I used to read a ton of fiction as a kid, but somewhere I think I became too "serious" for that. Truly, letting yourself get taken away to some far away world is so relaxing.
So -- Stop making excuses! Even if you read ONE page, it's one page closer to finishing, and one additional page of fun.
2008 TALLY
READ SO FAR:
The Alchemist
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Being In Love by Osho
To be read before September 30:
Jesus Land: A Memoir
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
To read by the end of the year:
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
On Writing by Stephen King
Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris
(comes out July 15th... pre-ordered a copy months ago)Now that's I've posted this here, you all have to hold me to it. Feel free to share your reading tally for '08. For my GALs who spend a lot of time in the car...
How do you feel about fiction on audio CD?
I also noticed that when I consciously turn off my laptop, it's so much easier for me to read for leisure. Being on the computer zaps so much of my time! Try it tonight. Decide that you'll cut it off 2 hours earlier than usual. Let me know what happens.
Dr. Ty
From the GAL Blog
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get your copy!Labels: 2008, audio, books, busy, fiction, literary, reading, resolutions, summer reads, women
posted by #1 GAL, Dr. Ty! at
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3 Comments:
Amen on the fiction reads. I was such an avid fictionite all through high school, read my way to an English degree, graduated, and apparently forgot how to read!
I think I was just kind of burned out. I had to start wearing glasses in college b/c of all the reading. But now I'm steering toward more fiction again. Got to open up my non-fiction mind to some imaginative, creative, vicarious experiences. And I'm loving it, too.
I think we lose fiction the same way we lose all the other fun stuff in our lives for the sake of "maturity," "responsibility," or plain 'ole lack of time.
Welcome back!
Amen as well. I'm happy to have taken up reading fiction again - it's a great escape, plus, introduces new vocabulary. I, too, used to like the Judy Blume series back in H.S. Now, many years later, I've come to find out that I like Jane Austen books - already read "Persuasion" and "Sense & Sensibility". I'm now reading one of her first - "Northanger Abbey". Great reads!
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