I worked a little on my report yesterday, and I shovelled another foot and a half of snow off the back deck, for those playing the home game that outs me up to just shy of 100 cm of snow removed from this particular deck so far this winter. The skies are blue, but it is icy cold out there, and I don’t much care for it. It was just a few days ago that I realized I hadn’t even read one whole book in January, so I tried very hard to sit down to read a bunch over the last two or three days. I’ve made progress, but my one book a month goal has fallen short all ready. D’oh! Maybe I can make it up with two shorter books in February, or over the summer? I don’t know, and I’m not all that concerned about it to be honest with you.
But, I did sit near the fire to read for a solid hour or more and I’ll take that as a win. No phone in my hand, I left it in another room to charge while I focused on reading. It feels good to work, or entertain myself without a phone nearby. Helps to keep my mind on the task at hand.
I don’t mind having music playing though, but with music from my phone comes notifications, texts, emails, and all of that type of nonsense. I still have CDs, but my last cd player died about five years or more ago. My television hook up can play music, same with my old Xbox. So physical media isn’t totally out of reach right now. Perhaps I’ll look into getting a new CD player for the house, eliminate the need for my phone for music. Though a lot of my new favourites were discovered on iTunes, and I don’t have a disc for them. I can’t remember the last time I went out to buy a disc for a band I like. That has to be more than a decade ago by now. Wow. Funny how time flies. I guess the iPod destroyed music stores. No need to buy albums when I could grab the single I was after. Funny that. Huh.
I’m trying to locate large print versions of books I’d like to read. Long gone now is my desire to read an 800 page time with 6 pt nice type in it, and a thousand words per page. Give me 140-210 exceptional pages of snappy characters in an interesting environment and I’m with you for the ride along! Think Martha Wells and the Murder it series in regards to brevity. I’m far more drawn to that now than ever before. I used to love long winding, meandering, world building tales that used thousands of pages. Now I want you to allude to it, and keep the story moving. That’s my jam now. That’s where to meet me in the book store aisles.
I might have to just wander the large print section at the book store because I can’t ever seem to find new titles in large print online. Maybe it’s a special order kind of thing? I guess hard cover books get printed with fairly large type in them, so I have that option available. Those just get pricy. More than I’m looking to spend at the moment. Whatever, I have glasses, and a substantial pile of books to be read, so I should knuckle under, read those, then search out newer stuff that’s easier on the eyes.
It’s not difficult to want to sit a read when it’s bitterly cold out, and there’s a fire going in the family room. Sunshine, warm blankets, fire crackling. Get your books out! It’s reading time.
Fewer than 200 pages left to go until book one for the year is done. Wish me luck!
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