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Being a sloooooooooow reader is a heavy burden to bear. It keeps me from getting through all the books I want to read, and it forces me to make some really hard choices. I’d love to be one of those people who can read a book a day. I get cross-eyed with envy of Those People.
Which is part of the problem. I can’t spend all the hours reading that I’d like to. I can’t use all the time that would be available, because my eyes get tired and watery after a while. It’s hard to read with eyes that you can’t even open because of the stinging, but that’s the situation I find myself in sometimes at night.
During the day it’s better, but that’s when I have to steal time. The daylight hours aren’t really my own, but sometimes I can borrow them. I have to pay them back, of course, but I put in enough hours that I don’t feel guilty. Well, I do feel guilty, but I get over it.
What I wanted to do, some time during the next month, was reread Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. That’s because the next sequel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I ordered on December 21, will be delivered in July. But I realized as soon as I picked up the book that, even though I’ve read it before, its 800-plus pages would just use up too much valuable time, when I could and should be reading something new.
Anyway, I’ll probably want to reread Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire before that movie comes out in November.
Besides, there’s a new Lynley mystery out, and I have full bookcases, loaded with possibilities. If I could read fast, I’d read them all. Since I have to choose, I have to be sure that I’m using the time I have as wisely as possible. |
