Reading - My New Love

In one of my previous posts I mentioned some things I might do to stay enterained while Bryan is busy with his hospital rotations, one of which was reading Harry Potter. At the time I didn't realize that I was about to embark upon the wonderful adventure that is reading.

Sure, I've read stuff, and might even consider myself well-read, but most of the things I've read were required for school and I read them as fast as I could, if at all, then blundered through the assignment that accompanied it. So, to pick up a book and read it for pleasure was a whole new experience.

I have a friend who's kept up with reading Harry Potter, so I borrowed the first book from her. I read it in a week. Did you read that right? A WEEK! From then on I was hooked and started buying the books, in hardback, to start my own collection. Since then, which I think was about 3 months ago, I have read through the fourth Harry Potter adventure and have become more eager to finish and read the next book each time.

Now, I know what you're thinking..."Harry Potter? Come on!", but until you've picked up a book for the first time that made you WANT to read the whole thing in one setting without putting it down, you'll never understand. Harry Potter was my breakthrough and I'm grateful.

Since finishing the fourth book, and buying tickets in advance to see the just-released movie, I have decided to take a break and read The Chronicles of Narnia before The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes out in the theaters. It's really fun to read the book and know the whole story before watching it on film. I have plans to complete the Harry Potter series after reading through Narnia and who knows after that, but I know that I'll find something.

I guess I owe all of this to Bryan for not paying attention to me the past few months. Go figure.