books can be enjoyable?

(Here it goes Allison…)
I've always been forced to read books for school, so much so that even during the summer or vacation picking up a book was just insane. Why would I torture myself...it was like school work again! Once I went to college I was required to read roughly 2 books and various textbook chapters in a week. Something I am totally incapable of. But in college you have no choice but to rise to the occasion. So I did, but not happily. The only time I enjoyed reading for class was in one of my elective classes, Children's Literature. :-) After I graduated college, I started to miss the whole learning experience. I wanted to pick up books that I thought I would just enjoy reading and maybe if I could get that far, I may pick up a book someday that could further my education. I was getting sick of reading what smart guys had to say.

So, I'm proud to say that on the right column of my blog, I have removed three books from my reading list in the last week. I actually read them. I finished my Nicholas Sparks book “Nights in Rodanthe” (one of my favorite authors, what a romantic). Then I read two Mitch Albom books, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"(my favorite of the two) & "Tuesdays with Morrie." Both good books about life’s lessons taught to us in interesting ways and from different perspectives. When I told people I was reading these books (especially Tuesdays with Morrie), I came to find out that I must have been the only one on earth who had not yet read it, at least that's how it seemed. Anyway, I never thought I would enjoy reading, but I was wrong. I guess it’s never too late to try to enjoy something or give something a second chance.

I've now changed my right column to Books I’m Attempting to Read and Books I’ve Recently Finished (maybe it will push me to read more since people are noticing I'm stuck on the same books all the time....Jonathan!)
;-)