When I was a teenager, I would get obsessed with books. Every now and again, I'll find a book that I love enough to devote a couple of days to reading. It's been awhile though. Until Saturday. For Christmas, Brandon had gotten me the first book in the Twilight series. I started it around noon on Saturday and finished it on Sunday around 8p.m. When I was a teen, I could of done it faster, but 5 hours of church and church activities, not being able to stay up later than 12:30, and having to set the book down to make meals all held me up in my quest to get to the end. By Sunday evening I was feeling really guilty that I had read a teen-vamp book all day. But... on Monday, after dropping Anna off at P.M. Kindergarten, I found myself at Target, searching for the next book. After much neglecting of my kids (and some other peoples, too,) I reached the end of the second book earlier tonight and craved more. I thought about it as I closed the book. I had just finished reading slightly more than 1000 pages in a total of probably no more than 38 hours or so. More guilt came from this thought as it took me over 1 1/2 years to finish reading the Book of Mormon. My house is a mess, my family thinks I'm crazy, and I can't help myself. I'm sure as I read the third and fourth books in the series, I'll be a little more reasonable. Speaking of which, I should get to my reading. I had to go to 4 different stores to find the third book, but it's mine now! If I have deep hollows underneath my eyes next time you see me, you'll know why! -Pam-
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Obsession!
When I was a teenager, I would get obsessed with books. Every now and again, I'll find a book that I love enough to devote a couple of days to reading. It's been awhile though. Until Saturday. For Christmas, Brandon had gotten me the first book in the Twilight series. I started it around noon on Saturday and finished it on Sunday around 8p.m. When I was a teen, I could of done it faster, but 5 hours of church and church activities, not being able to stay up later than 12:30, and having to set the book down to make meals all held me up in my quest to get to the end. By Sunday evening I was feeling really guilty that I had read a teen-vamp book all day. But... on Monday, after dropping Anna off at P.M. Kindergarten, I found myself at Target, searching for the next book. After much neglecting of my kids (and some other peoples, too,) I reached the end of the second book earlier tonight and craved more. I thought about it as I closed the book. I had just finished reading slightly more than 1000 pages in a total of probably no more than 38 hours or so. More guilt came from this thought as it took me over 1 1/2 years to finish reading the Book of Mormon. My house is a mess, my family thinks I'm crazy, and I can't help myself. I'm sure as I read the third and fourth books in the series, I'll be a little more reasonable. Speaking of which, I should get to my reading. I had to go to 4 different stores to find the third book, but it's mine now! If I have deep hollows underneath my eyes next time you see me, you'll know why! -Pam-
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I have all four books so you can borrow the last one if you want to find it fast!
So now you're one of those obsessed Twilight fans too, huh? *sigh* LOL. I always think the same thing about reading fiction and reading the scriptures. Wish I could get obsessed with the scriptures and want to stay up all night to finish it.
Uh oh, your in trouble, once you start reading those you can't stop. May I suggest that when you are done with the fourth you try The Hunger Games, it is a great book.
I know, I am the same way, too. The hunger games is a great book! Another thing I do is get the books on cds from the library and listen to them on my mp3 player, so if I WANTED to I could do the dishes...
That's why I haven't heard from you lately. :) I can't wait to read again. It will happen when Michael is older. Who would have thought that you, who didn't like reading until the Goosebumps series would be such a reader.
Love,
Kristine
That is so funny, I wrote my blog before I read yours and we said the same thing about our house being a mess. ha ha. Maybe we can find some kind of support group or something.
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