Divided...Torn....No, Wait...........
I was met with a message on Goodreads (.com - my favorite site to log and keep the lists of endless books I want to read) from a friend of mine whom I won't mention by name...(cough, cough, Hoyt). The message title was "girly" and the message said something to the effect that I read girly books. Well, I'll have you know that I am a girl and further more, that I just finished my serial killer novel by Greg Olsen and THAT is certainly not girly. And besides, his (he who will not be named) books are boring. Take that!
Anyway, I finished the novel and updated it on Goodreads and started adding more books I wanted to read. I thought back to the time when I consciously pushed reading anything other than veterinary medicine literature out of my life for four. long. years. How could I have done that? It was a long four years. And-- it had disasterous outcomes. I used to be a speed reader with a photographic memory. After veterinary school, I now read s----------------------------ooooooooooo s--------------------l----------o-----------------------w. I attribute this to having to know every word in all those large books for tests and board exams. This is especially cumbersome when my husband (who has read literally thousands of books, including the Bible all the way through, twice) is reading circles around me and I can't keep up.
So, I am torn. Wait, divided. No, torn. I need more time. Because I'm slow. But I have an ever growing list of lovely literature to peruse and I can't get to it all!! Someone must have some ideas. And, no, watching the movie isn't one of them. The movies are never as good as the book. I am currently reading "The Silver Linings Playbook." It's not what I expected. But I am getting some great quotes. I'll keep you updated -- when I finish it next month. (Don't laugh)
Anyway, I finished the novel and updated it on Goodreads and started adding more books I wanted to read. I thought back to the time when I consciously pushed reading anything other than veterinary medicine literature out of my life for four. long. years. How could I have done that? It was a long four years. And-- it had disasterous outcomes. I used to be a speed reader with a photographic memory. After veterinary school, I now read s----------------------------ooooooooooo s--------------------l----------o-----------------------w. I attribute this to having to know every word in all those large books for tests and board exams. This is especially cumbersome when my husband (who has read literally thousands of books, including the Bible all the way through, twice) is reading circles around me and I can't keep up.
So, I am torn. Wait, divided. No, torn. I need more time. Because I'm slow. But I have an ever growing list of lovely literature to peruse and I can't get to it all!! Someone must have some ideas. And, no, watching the movie isn't one of them. The movies are never as good as the book. I am currently reading "The Silver Linings Playbook." It's not what I expected. But I am getting some great quotes. I'll keep you updated -- when I finish it next month. (Don't laugh)
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