I had a person, who shall remain nameless, tell me I read too much.
“You’re wasting your freak’in life at that library of yours, you even pay for? I’ll never wrap my brain around that.”
Is that because you don’t have one?
No, I didn’t say that, my damned Connecticut in play. It’s the only time I wish I hailed from Jersey, or a mob family.
Try telling Victoria Gotti, she reads too much.
For writers, in particular, reading the prose of others is beneficial. It’s like watching the Olympics when you have Dickens, Hamill or Doris Kearns in your lap.
Think pretty girls and charming uncles tickling you beneath the chin.
I know so many people who don’t read at all, social networking taking up too much time. If you’re Tweeting what you had for dinner, A Movable Feast will sadly fall by the wayside.
How about reading it, then Tweeting how great a book it is by Hemingway, even published after his death.
That’s what I call prolific.
What does prolific mean, my cretin of a critic would no doubt ask.
Like Woody Allen says…
LOOK IT UP.
You’ll have to excuse me now.
Why?
BECAUSE I’M READING…:)
SB
You can never read too much. If you have a book you have a friend. Some people just don’t get it!
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Believe it not, only one out of 10 people read. I like strolling through the kid’s section of Barnes and Nobles. They’re sprawled along the floor like little rug rats in the company of Babar and Dr. Suess. The seeds are being sown while their nannies chat in islandese
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How true is that
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The bells should toll…:)
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I c wot u meen. 😉
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You’re a HUGE reader. Just imagine not reading. It will make you scratch your head.
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Like you, I don’t understand non-readers. I would feel truncated without my books; as if I’d lost a limb or similar.
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Well said.
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Susannah, my middle sister is 9 years younger than me. I was home from college for the summer, basking in the sun while reading. She came up to me and asked, “How can you just sit there and read all the time? Don’t you ever want to get up and do something!”
The moral of this memory: To a non-reader, sitting and reading isn’t doing anything.
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I understand. I didn’t read when I was younger…too busy preening and chasing men. Now I can’t wait to snuggle up to a hard cover, if you know what I mean Skin…:)
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Nice to hear you Susannah. I aren’t reading enough. Certainly never regret reading what you have to say. A lot of idiots out there my friend. You’re not one of them x
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What kinds words…thank you. I’m such a loner by nature…books keep me in a place where that feels okay. I just reread The Killer Angels over the weekend. I was unwell, in bed…and it was as if an old friend came to visit. I swear it made me well…:)
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I fell for CS Lewis and Aslan as a child.
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You know, my library has a whole shelf to C.S. Lewis…I need to acquaint myself with him. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Just finished watching the entire Fawlty Towers. John Cleese is brilliant
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He wrote a bio not that long ago I believe was well received.
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You can never read too much.
Then
you have children.
Then
you can never read.
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You can always read to them. I love kid’s books. Just found a new series called, Pete the Cat. He wears sneakers and plays guitar…:)
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Yes, you can, and I do. But sometimes you just need to be able to read with your mouth closed for a little while.
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True…:)
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First you read, then you write!
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Right!
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When I was a kid there was a time we didn’t have TV. That started my reading and love for books. I can’t stand it when I don’t have a book or two or three on the shelf waiting to be read. I feel a bit sad for peeps that haven’t a love for the written word.
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Me too…me too!!!
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Truth! I loved reading to my kids the most, and watching their expressions as I gave my best impersonation of a princess or a dinosaur.
It was very disheartening, yet enlightening to read that our president does not read.
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I bet you did a great Ferdinand the Bull…:)
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I totally agree. I don’t think you can ever read too much! If anything, many people need to read more, maybe then there wouldn’t be such ignorance.
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The other thing about reading is, it’s such a grace. I love strolling through the kid’s section of Barnes and Noble to observe the little readers all sprawled on the carpeted floor books piled high. Our future hopefully with Winny the Pooh and Cat in the Hat at the helm.
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