NOT reading?

What are YOU reading? Curious people wanna know.

                                           

The link below highlights a few "popular" books that the majority of Americans haven't read. Why? Because the majority of Americans aren't readers!

https://www.barna.org/barna-update/culture/678-books-the-bestsellers-americans-are-and-aren-t-reading#.U-KBxrl0ycw

Have you read THE HUNGER GAMES? Its sequel, CATCHING FIRE?
Howzabout any others on the list?

For me, I'd generally rather ignore the TV and instead be reading. Why?
--expands my horizons
--challenges my world-view
--stretches my vocab
--makes ME think up images that represent the story, instead of TV serving up pictures (and sound) in its soporific, mind-controlling, commercially-driven environment. (if ya wanna know how I really feel about television...well, let me just misquote Stephen King, who calls it the glass pacifier--actual term, "the glass teat." I'll bet your mind just came up with an image!)
--invites me to wonder about an author's meaning, their context, their biography
--helps me to applaud the gift of creativity as we emulate our creator.

Just a Book, and Don't Stir a Muscle (or a Mussel!)

While I drink more tea than I do coffee, I do love that brewed bean beverage!

Thinking about the medical effects of coffee...

“It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.”
― Dave Barry

Happily, that Dave Barry quote really isn't me--caffeine doesn't do that much other than give me a slight tremor if I've had two cups before eating anything!

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Abraham Lincoln


A good cuppa joe, a thick book, and see-ya-latah, world! With the emphasis on the book, thick and new and full of intrigue...or, mebbe, a dear old favorite: I've read Tolkien and CSLewis' Space Trilogy many, many times and am already looking forward to my next read-through. Re-read some Shakespeare this year: fun (as long as I remember to read it at high-speed--getting bogged down in archaic language can ruin a good story--which is why I now advocate for reading Wm Shkspr in the graphic novel editions for the obligatory high school courses!)