tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post3918529689849474710..comments2024-01-17T04:08:08.257-06:00Comments on Such Stuff: Am I an Addict? (and 2019 Reading Goals)Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441067291467421356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-41345951566526564852019-01-15T15:12:07.133-06:002019-01-15T15:12:07.133-06:00Interesting that you're dropping reading goals...Interesting that you're dropping reading goals. I'm curious to see how it goes for you! But if you can read Russian Lit without goals or challenges, then yeah, you read you!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727226129280965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-77401239354118649552019-01-15T15:10:51.144-06:002019-01-15T15:10:51.144-06:00When I read in front of my kids, I like to tell my...When I read in front of my kids, I like to tell myself I'm not modeling laziness, I'm modeling how to live a great life! But yes, neglecting relationships for reading can be an issue (which is why I wish it were still a socially acceptable activity to sit around reading aloud to each other in the evenings like they used to do, before we had TV and such).Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727226129280965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-37282431764453514212019-01-08T15:02:45.723-06:002019-01-08T15:02:45.723-06:00I wouldn't advise shirking all responsibility ...I wouldn't advise shirking all responsibility all the time to read, but I don't see anything wrong with the occasional letting things go in order to just get lost in a book. In my mind winter is the season for long bathtub soaks while reading and summer is for reading outside on the grass - so I guess that leaves fall and spring to be productive!<br /><br />After committing myself to a reading challenge last year (one that was rewarded with a $50 gift certificate to the local bookstore), I am SO HAPPY to be free this year! I don't have any reading goals - just read whatever I feel like reading at a whim. I've actually been craving lots of re-reads lately. I'm usually not a big re-reader, but I'm just wrapping up Everyone Brave is Forgiven (my third reading) and I want to dive into Wolf Hall again. I may pick up Anna Karenina or the Brothers Karamozov too. Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338949204492816733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-90125552680714237192019-01-07T22:28:42.094-06:002019-01-07T22:28:42.094-06:00Um yes I think I can say I'm a reading addict ...Um yes I think I can say I'm a reading addict and so are my girls. Is this a bad thing? I think sometimes yes it's not good that I'm modeling laziness as I feel I am at times, nor is it good that I sometimes neglect relationships for reading so it can be an issue.<br />On the other hand I do think it has something to do with the quality of my reading, Iv'e read alot of fluff the last few years, so my goal for 2019 is to up my gameErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.com