Checked Out
None
Bought
- Castles by Alan Lee
- The Living Forest by Rien Poortvielt
- The Pursuit of Unicorns by Josephine Bradley
- Unicorns by Nancy Hathaway
- The Shining by Stephen King (ebook)
- The Worn Out Woman by Dr. Steve Stephens and Alice Grey
- Mommy Dearest by Christina Crawford
Read
Not a damn thing.
TBR: 32
This may sound weird coming from me but do you ever just not want to read? It was that kind of week for me and I didn’t realize what was going on until, like, Friday night. The idea of reading was vaguely appealing all week long. I would think, “Oh, I would like to read right now.” at moments when it was impossible and when it became possible I would magically think of something else to do. I would look wistfully around me and think, “I want to READ ALL THE BOOKS!” but then find myself doing anything to avoid actually doing it. On a typical day, I would spend the time that I usually spent reading playing games on my phone, watching TV, even cleaning the house. Sometime I would catch myself holding my Kindle and staring into space until it shut itself off. When I did read it was like I just couldn’t get into it. I was jumpy and twitchy and distracted and I had no idea why.
Was it the book deja vu? Was it that I just wasn’t in the mood for King? No. It wasn’t. I just didn’t want to read.
Friday night I gave into myself. I sat the Kindle of the coffee table and left it there. I played games and listened to vinyl and went to bed. I got up on Saturday and I got ready to head to Ren Fest and watched TV or played around on my phone until Hubby was ready. We went out all day and came home tired and ready for some binge Game of Thrones watching. Sunday morning we woke up sick and exhausted and turned the television on again. More GoT and some documentaries, some naps and then a Reel Big Fish concert. When we got home late last night, I laid down on the couch with The Shining and read easily and happily until I was too tired to go on.
Sometimes you just have to give in to yourself. There’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes making yourself do something only makes you want to do it less. I know one thing, though. I am looking forward to doing some reading this week in spite of a crazy schedule and a sick Hubby.