To clear the records, i honestly think " Book worms" are such bad nicknames for one that reads too much.
unfortunately i have seen an actual book worm before and it was NOT pretty. these small creepy crawlers eats through pages upon pages leaving hold in many areas. like any law in science ( or living beings) whatever eats will have waste. the waste that these worms leave behind is HORRID. upon opening the worm infested books one will have a wift of the craziest, foul smell of "rotting" pages.
..If one reads alot, one will never mutilate a book quite like a bookworm. i think, we deserve a new name.. perhaps a cuter one?
on a lighter note...(away from insects of any kind) i want to share a pleasant realization about myself during this past year. I've come to noticed that i have been reading alot more than usual.. i suppose what spark this new habit is that Brandon and I don't have TV ( channels ) at home. most of our entertainment comes from video Games, going out, cleaning ( if thats even entertainment) and reading.
..since times been hard, naturally we omitted going out. the lack of Television has perhaps 'forced' us to educate ourselves in other ways. a couple of years ago, my mentality about reading is simply ...whatever catches my attention at the moment. thus, i seldom finish any book. Usually i would find another book that tickles my fancy then i'd drop whatever i was reading at the time to start something fresh... this ultimately lead to a pile of unfinished book..which eventually i forget what each of them was about.. and perhaps 5 months later i pick it up again starting from page ...one.
... i'm not a genius .. but that seems pretty unproductive to me..
i know it's a small thing...
but i'd like to give myself a little pat in the back for having a good start of a new habit. i feel that this year will be full of changes, simply stop being spoiled and finishing one book at a time is just one change...
...on for change !!
current book that i am reading:
"The Style Strategy-- a less-is-more approach to staying chic and shopping smart" by Nina Garcia.---- this one is gonna be interesting
Current Magazines i'm reading:
-Psychology today
-Real Simple.
-Nylon ( this one is a little weird on the style side, but it seems fun !! who doesnt like a little weird??)
I think the situation with starting a book is actually a common problem. I'm guilty of it as well, I have at least four books that I'm more than a third into... that I've discarded in favor of something else for the time being.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, if one can make the time, most books can be read in a week or less. As long as you push through and finish the one for that week, it's worth the time. Not only because you can say you did it, but because you've absorbed that much more information. Even the most outrageous fiction can have something worth being part of you, which is essentially what we do when we read. We absorb it, and it becomes part of who we are in some way.
i totally agree, i feel like we are all paper mache of other knowledge we pick up, whether it is our environment.. or with written word of someone else.
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