Reading

In my mind, there's nothing better than picking up a good book and spending an entire afternoon reading it from cover to cover. I love to read. I've always loved to read.

It's funny, my parents like to tell me this story about when I was younger. I had done something pretty bad to warrant punishment, and my dad was like let's take away her book. At this time, I didn't play on the computer, or really watch that much television. My mom was like, absolutely not. We will not punish this child by not letting her read. This just stands out to me because it's funny, and literally sounds like me. 

Another funny story was that my mom used to take us to Barnes and Noble on a pretty regular basis. Obviously, I loved to read and there were so many books here. I'm a fast reader so I would usually devour the book that my mom would buy me within a day or two. My mom had to start limiting me to one book every time we went because she said that it didn't make sense to spend 20 dollars on a book that would take me 4 hours to read.

I'll buy new books every once in awhile. Usually I just go to the local Goodwill and buy 8-10 books. They're super cheap and then it doesn't really matter if they get ruined or what not since they weren't expensive. It's fun going into the Goodwill and finding books that I probably would have never picked up. 

I wish that I were able to write a book. I love to read, and being able to create something so captivating would be a dream come true. I don't know how these authors do it!