tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post114874906717145184..comments2023-05-12T04:55:12.733-06:00Comments on World in My Eye: A query for the avid readers:MsCellaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1149038588860842552006-05-30T19:23:00.000-06:002006-05-30T19:23:00.000-06:00It's too hilly to walk and read here, but here's w...It's too hilly to walk and read here, but here's what I've come up with to get me reading more.<BR/><BR/>And THANKS for all the suggestions, by the way. I've taken a couple of days and tried out the various suggestions. Some worked for me; some didn't.<BR/><BR/>Jess, I AM listening to NPR more on the radio. And appreciating it. I can't imagine not having NPR!<BR/><BR/>I've been reading at the table while the boys are eating. And saying "You may get up and get that for yourself." What a concept!<BR/><BR/>I've put 2 books in the car to bridge the waiting gaps while at various weekly appointments. Trouble is, I have one child with me while the other is at the lesson or therapy, but I get a few pages in.<BR/><BR/>I've put magazines back in the loos and by my bathtubs. I've got about 15 Economists to catch up with *sigh*<BR/><BR/>And I will check out audiobooks. I never thought about reading by listening. <BR/><BR/>Thank you all so much. I've already polished off half a delicious read in just a few days.MsCellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148915844721048382006-05-29T09:17:00.000-06:002006-05-29T09:17:00.000-06:00I tried to post yesterday, but blogger was acting ...I tried to post yesterday, but blogger was acting odd!<BR/><BR/>I read when I'm laying next to my little guy getting him down for a nap.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160632952978584244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148912332946196332006-05-29T08:18:00.000-06:002006-05-29T08:18:00.000-06:00Oh whoops, I forgot--there was a bunch of P. G. Wo...Oh whoops, I forgot--there was a bunch of P. G. Wodehouse in there, too.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148912250845304072006-05-29T08:17:00.000-06:002006-05-29T08:17:00.000-06:00I "read" audiobooks when I work out, cook, clean u...I "read" audiobooks when I work out, cook, clean up the kitchen, make beds, pick up the house, dust, fold laundry, iron (not that I do much of that) and drive (which I do quite a bit.)<BR/><BR/>Since December, I've audiobooked:<BR/>Six Harry Potters<BR/>All the Narnia books<BR/>Four Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter mysteries<BR/>The Bartimaeous Trilogy<BR/>Tristram Shandy<BR/>Hard Eight (Janet Evanovich)<BR/>Be Cool (Elmore Leonard)<BR/>Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)<BR/><BR/>I read regular books while I eat lunch, while my kids are watching their evening video, before I go to sleep, in the bathtub, on the exercycle. I also bring a book with me whenever I go out, because you never know.<BR/><BR/>I rarely just sit around and read; it makes too obvious a target.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148860366945836672006-05-28T17:52:00.000-06:002006-05-28T17:52:00.000-06:00I read during baseball games and since there's one...I read during baseball games and since there's one on just about every night from April until October, I get a lot of reading done. I read while the baby plays in the bath. I read before I go to sleep at night. I read if I get up before the kids (not that that happens too often these days). If I wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall back to sleep, I'll read then. <BR/><BR/>If I could figure out how to read and drive, I'd do it. But I already take my life in my hands just driving around Massachusetts. I think trying to read might be hubris.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148853399869618342006-05-28T15:56:00.000-06:002006-05-28T15:56:00.000-06:00i budget my reading time. i allow myself 10 minute...i budget my reading time. i allow myself 10 minutes here and there, generally just before i start work, or in the bathroom, or just before i go to bed. but sometimes the desire to read is so overwhelming that i stay up until all hours of the night. in this way i managed to finish reading The Notebook in one sitting. Ditto, the Boy in Striped Pyjamas. But generally, I'm too tired and sneak in a chapter here and there. I'd go crazy otherwise!My floathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002186548335132157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148830641807127632006-05-28T09:37:00.000-06:002006-05-28T09:37:00.000-06:00I read in bed every night before falling asleep. D...I read in bed every night before falling asleep. During the school year, I read in the car while waiting to pick up the kids in the afternoon. I bring a book along to the kids' doctor/therapy appointments and whatnot and read there. Also, my kids have learned to leave me alone while I read at home, and they're old enough to get their own snacks and drinks and whatnot. So that helps.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08612452005428621885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148818009744789972006-05-28T06:06:00.000-06:002006-05-28T06:06:00.000-06:00Well, I read less than Babs but I have no excuse. ...Well, I read less than Babs but I have no excuse. <BR/><BR/>And no advice that would help...<BR/><BR/>but I didn't live in the US for all of grammar school, which meant we had 2-3 channels in other languages. I learned Spanish by watching the telenovelas. I'm surprised, thinking back--did my mother not think I was watching soap operas? Albeit, at least in the early 80s, they were tamer than what you got in the US in the late 80s. And telenovelas ended at some point. I was so sad when Maria Celeste was over...I think actually that was the end of my telenovela days. My sister's doll is called Juanita Santos after a character in a telenovela. I guess the cold isn't affecting my writing after all...<BR/><BR/>I listen to audio books. Something tells me that wouldn't work for you, either. Good luck fighting the good fight. And on-line time for me is sacred, so you'll get no flak from me.Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148814728410062492006-05-28T05:12:00.000-06:002006-05-28T05:12:00.000-06:00If I don't read every day I go a little crazy.So, ...If I don't read every day I go a little crazy.<BR/>So, I read over breakfast with the kids, on the loo (TMI I know), in bed every night. I keep a book in the car for long traffic lights, traffic jams, if the Boy falls asleep I can sit in the car and read. You get the idea...lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148788907012083872006-05-27T22:01:00.000-06:002006-05-27T22:01:00.000-06:00My kids go to bed early 7:30-8pm so I get some 'no...My kids go to bed early 7:30-8pm so I get some 'not mommy' time - you know, shower, shave, do girly stuff, read. That and crossword puzzles.<BR/><BR/>And oh, Vickee, you must listen to NPR. I miss it so much living here.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21445368.post-1148785089854441042006-05-27T20:58:00.000-06:002006-05-27T20:58:00.000-06:00I walk home from the office and back during my ext...I walk home from the office and back during my extended lunches, or from my house to the gym (2-2.5 mi. each way) and I can walk and read.<BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.com