One of the things that didn’t happen while I was on vacation the past two weeks was reading. Not everyone is a reader so not everyone will get why that’s such a big deal. I on the other hand am a reader. I’m not a prolific reader like some book bloggers that I follow that seem to be able to read and review two or three books a day. (I love reading about people reading and their reading habits. While on vacation I noticed when people were reading and what they were reading… on the ferry, on the airplane, in Starbucks, etc) Instead I’m a relaxing reader. Reading, for as long as I can remember, is an escape for me and it’s the way that I am able to reconnect with myself. I find some quiet time and then dive into a world where I don’t have to worry about the child support I haven’t been getting and the work I need to do and the daughters that I’m trying to raise. Reading is a way for me to immerse myself in words and language and solitude. On vacation with my daughters there just wasn’t any time to read even though I brought something to read with me where ever we went. My inability to be without a book is another habit of mine that non-readers fail to understand.
Last night, after the girls were tucked into bed, I curled up in my bed and started reading the book that I began before I left for my fabulous Washington State vacation, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe. I’m absolutely adoring this book and I would like to thank Jen over at Devourer of Books for the review awhile back!
Now that I’m not on vacation I plan to get back on the reading bandwagon. I’m always at my most peaceful self when I’m reading a book.
I totally get what you’re saying about feeling a bit off if reading has not occurred in weeks! I think i even start to get grouchy when I haven’t read in a couple of days. (Grouchy *and* guilty). ‘Course, I think the guilt comes from my glancing at my piles of unread books.
Glad that you were able to get some down time with The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.
I am the *same* kind of reader. I cannot fathom how some book bloggers seem to devour dozens of books a week. It seems so impossible! I also wonder if they have the time to really enjoy the reading process.
Enjoy the book!
I don’t seem to be able to read while traveling unless it is a book I have already begun reading before the trip. I cannot seem to get into a new book while traveling. I have stopped taking books on the plane with me unless I’ve begun the book prior to the trip.