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I don’t read a lot.

Ok wait.

I do read quite a bit but most of what I read these days can be found within the four little corners of my wonderful laptop screen (that as I am writing this, my husband is trying to sweet talk back to life, so… so am I! Please baby, hold on for me!).

So when I say I don’t read, what I really mean is, I don’t read books.

I used to love to read books, when it was required for school and higher on my priority list. One of my all time favorites is “The Count of Monte Cristo.” I also really appreciated some science fiction, like Ray Bradbury, back in the day. And I used to gobble up Shakespeare and even Edgar Allen Poe.

But somewhere between graduating from college and becoming a mommy my affinity for books got lost.

I used to read books on the plane when I traveled for my job, but that was about the only time I fit them in.

I read the first three Harry Potter books and then they got really thick and I decided I had better things to do with my time (this is the part where my husband, who’s read the series twice and a few of the books more times, scoffs at me. Alot.) Hey, I’ve seen the movies (I know… not the same…)

I actually did read “The Kite Runner” sometime last year and it felt good to get through a whole book for once. There are many books I have started and never finished. Honestly, I think I have a little bit of Book ADD.

That’s why I read magazines. Or at least I used to. That’s kinda gone on the back burnner too since I write this blog and read many others. Probably too much, I’ll admit.

All this to say, I think I need to make a commitment to read some more {yes, I’m gonna say it} Books!

I was inspired by Anglophile Football Fanatic’s PMS (Oh my Gosh, that sounds really funny by itself, I had to read it a couple of times! HA!) It actually stands for People Masquerading as Scholars. She is encouraging everyone to read a book a month which doesn’t sound that hard, so I will try (I have one I am about to finish and another I have started).

One of the books I have started (and hope to finish!) is “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kinsolver.

A quick synopsis:

“With some assistance from her husband, Steven, and 19-year-old daughter, Camille, Kingsolver (Prodigal Summer, 2000, etc.) elegantly chronicles a year of back-to-the-land living with her family in Appalachia…Readers frustrated with the unhealthy, artificial food chain will take heart and inspiration here.”

I may or may not be inspired to change our eating habits around here and this book is REALLY interesting and well written.

And I’m about to finish “Skinny B!tch” which was mis-placed on my desk for a little while (don’t judge me.) This book also makes me want to eat differently. It’s an eye-opener for sure! Especially about the corruption that that goes on within the supposed “regulatory” agencies such as the USDA and FDA. It’s enough to make you want to stop eating because of the nausia you begin feeling while reading.

Better get off my soap-box on that one…

So for now, I am reading practical things but, who knows…. Maybe eventually I will join all you Twilighters too… ; )

Anyway, whatever I am reading, at least it’s in book form! I want my kids to see me reading books too and not just Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom. Which is really good, by the way, and the perfect length for my book ADD…

P.S. Speaking of AFF, she and June Cleaver Nirvana and I are co-hosting a bloggy dinner on Saturday, February 28th. {See button on top, left sidebar!} The location and time are yet to be determined but if you live in the DFW area we would love to have you join us! You can email me at the address up by the button and we’ll let you know once the rest of the details are worked out. : )

P.P.S My laptop apparently had a mini-stroke last night and is still not working properly even after husband’s attempts to revive it. He left to go out of town this a.m. so any help will now have to come over the phone. Please pray or send positive thoughts (or both!) that it will be restored! ugh.

Elaine