Loving to Read

I'm really excited to have this template for our blog.  It couldn't be more appropriate.  My household is "littered with literature".  OK, I realize it's not trash.  It's just that I find books everywhere.  Here are just some of the places I find books...

- the car
- the bathroom
- the stairs
- the dining room table
- under the couch
- in the couch
- on the floor
- under the bed
- on the bedside table.

I remember when my kids were younger that the schools encouraged the students to read 20 minutes each day.  Well, I have a hard time keeping my kids under 20 hours a day (slight exaggeration - emphasis on slight).  Actually, I wish I would read more but I seem to enjoy movies and sports more.

My boys will many times be reading multiple books at one time.  I'm not sure how they can keep up with that.  When I do read I have trouble following one story.  Jeff and I went to the bookmobile last night to drop off two full bags of books we were returning and picked up about 20 of the same author that he reserved.  It seemed like the shocks of the bookmobile were relieved when we left.  I'm thinking he'll go through the pile in a couple weeks.

Now, Anne (Mom) has a Kindle she got for Christmas and so that seems to be the latest fascination.  She had a 276-page book for Sam to read and he cranked through it in just a couple days - less than a week for sure.  Jeff reads at about 125 to 150 pages per hour and was at (or around) 100 per hour when he was in kindergarten.  He was a little bored with the basic reading they tried to teach and had a hard time coping.

But that is another story...