There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more 📚

 

I've been thinking a lot about the fact the most Americans have not read an entire book past the 6th grade, let alone high school.

If you're in any kind of comments' section in any corner of the internet, you can see the pervasive, terrifying literacy deficiency. 

I love reading. I used to be a voracious consumer of books. I love learning. 

I can't tell you the last time I actually sad down and read a book.

That's not true. I have sheet music vocal score volumes I pour through regularly. I know that's not the same as reading a proper book. I reread The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (respectively) last year. I reread The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

I still read all of the time. I am still consuming information all the time. My attention has switched to new-ness--I want to read articles and blogs. I want the immediacy of the newness of information. I want to read about current findings. I want the information and the breakthroughs as the come through. I am, if nothing else, an amazing researcher, with the ability to find just about anything, whether this be electronically or through books.

I am going to make a promise to myself to read one book a  month starting soon. I don't think this month will be the month (lol), but I am going to try to start in November.

Even if it's just reading The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Or maybe I can read some spooky books starting soon!