Day to Read

Today is Day to Read. Tell me about what you are currently reading - books, magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, etc - and what you have in your to-be-read pile, whether that pile is in your head or on your bedside table.

I am currently reading two books - Blindness by Jose Saramago and Eleanor of Aquitane by Alison Weir - and have many many more on my bedside table. I am guilty of seeing a book out of the corner of my eye while at Target or Barnes and Noble or anywhere, really, picking it up to read the synopsis and deciding on a whim that I must read it. I may read it immediately or, more likely, read it within the next 1-3 years.

Since having J, I am not reading as much as I would like. My evenings are full and by the time I am ready for bed, I am sleepy. I honestly think it has been six months since I finished a novel. That makes me sad.

I have spoken before of my love for the NYTimes and it's weekly Sunday Magazine and Book Review. That is the other thing that I spend my time reading.

Additionally, I am a devout reader and follower of Runner's World. I have used many of its tips, running schedules and workouts and swear by the magazine. I think I have been reading it for nearly 14 years. It's been a long time. It is the one magazine I still order for myself.

My parents give us the Reader's Digest, which I do enjoy. For some reason, my favorites are Humor in Uniform and the fairly new column by Maria Bartiromo. Picking up a Reader's Digest often floods my mind with memories of my grandparent's house in Nebraska, with stacks and stacks of RD. Beside the RD were the classics. My grandmother was a high school English teacher, quite a strict person, really, but obviously loved the subject she taught. Some of my prized possessions are some Shakespearean plays from 1917 with her name written in the front cover in her handwriting.

Obviously, I love to read. I want my children to love to read. My husband enjoys reading, but not for the escape - it is a learning tool for him. Nonfiction is his choice. Typically, nonfiction about the history and / or theory of finance and economics.

Whatever your choice of medium - books, magazines, newspapers - and whether your preference is fiction or nonfiction, please take time today to read. Celebrate reading. Celebrate the written word.