Books

I used to read a lot.
When I say "a lot", I really mean A LOT!

Like, I delivered papers and wouldn't even look up through my entire route.
I would ride my bike to school, with my nose in a book.

I haven't really read much since... well, I guess since I hit high school. That's when I started to have to read. You know the assignments and stuff. All those tedious chapters and stories. That continued into university. I used to relish my books and love escaping into the lives of the people I was reading about. I don't anymore and haven't for a long time. Actually, after J and I were married we lived pretty close to the public library and I got onto quite the kick of reading Christian books. I really enjoyed them - Francine Rivers is AMAZING, she was one of the authors I read. Also, I have really enjoyed reading the Harry Potter series as well as a number of other youthful books (nursing was a good time to sit with a book and I finished the most recent HP book in a few feeds and a few late nights). I have discovered, however, that I have littl time to read these days, which is quite discouraging. I have been inspired, by a number of people, to read more. I have a problem with making New Year's resolutions in the fact that I never keep them and then I just let myself down. I'd like to make sure that I take time for myself and that I try to expose myself to more books that I enjoy.

When I go back to work, I won't have the same assignments as I did in the fall. I might have more time at home, but I will most likely have more time at home without planning (as I might just be subbing for those days I used to work in grade 1). So, I intend to try and make a trip to the library every week. Also, I just found out about a really cool tumbling time for Hunter to participate in. Anyhow, the bottom line is that I hope that my Fridays can be a peacful time to enjoy my son and to help us improve our literacy.

The inspiration behind this post is that, today, I began reading "Going Solo" by Roald Dahl. He is one of my all-time favourite authors and my sister gave me a box collection of some of his works, for my birthday. I haven't yet read this one, so that's what I am doing. It's so good. I miss his stories and how they used to entertain me for hours!

Parents, I suggest that you buy "The BFG" for your kids, and read it to them. It's a fantastic tale of a good giant with a little human girl friend, blowing dreams to help against the bad giants who eat "human beans" and, of course, a happy ending. It was a gift for me when I was six and I think that I have probably read it at least fifty times.

As part of this resolution, I am going to keep a list on my sidebar of the books that I have read. So you can keep me on track, okay? And if you want to read some of what I am reading, your kids might enjoy it (because I like kids books and, after all, I am an elementary teacher).