when do you find time to read?

I read in my bedroom. At night. In the morning. In the afternoon. In that in between time everyone forgets about. I read at the grocery store, my hand on the shopping cart while my mom shops. I read in the car (to the point I’m so nauseous it can’t even be described in words). I read at dinner. I read at parties. I read at my friends’ houses under the covers when they’re sleeping. Basically: I read whenever I have a book nearby. 

Unfortunately, lately I’ve been very lazy about reading books. I’m home-schooled for crying out loud, I should have so much time on my hands I don’t even know what to do with it all. But with my free time lately I’ve been watching YouTube videos, watching TV, eating the huge container of animal crackers I got for my birthday (seriously! I’m addicted), practicing my flute (OKAY, I digress. I’ve been pretending like I’m the perfect-most-intelligent-flute-player-who-literally-practices-in-their-sleep-flutist when, in reality, I didn’t even practice today. Or Saturday. And totally winged my testing on Friday and still passed. In my sister’s words, ‘Woot woot!’)

I know. HOW CAN I CALL MYSELF BOOKISH? I’m so vain, I put FOOD before books!

In all reality though, food always comes before books. Always.

Typically, I do read at nighttime before I go to sleep, and when I’m not talking one of my parent’s ears off in the car or elsewhere, I try to read, be it leisurely reading or school books (which do not count, in this case!) When I’m oh-so-very addicted to a book (such as The Selection by Keira Cass (!!!)), I read it allll. day. long. I’ll take it to dinner with me or in the car or (oh heavens, forgive me), church! Some books don’t get near as much of time (take the book I’m reading now, for instance – Destiny Rewritten by Katherine Fitzmaurice), and thus it takes me a long time to read – even though they’re super short books!

What about you? When do you find time to read?

Emily

2 thoughts on “when do you find time to read?”

  1. You’re not alone in the bookish world 🙂

    Lately, I haven’t had any time to read either. And when I do get the time, I usually spend it writing or… looking through the cabinet and fridge to see if we have any chocolate ice cream or animal crackers (we get a giant container too, that I absolutely looove ) 🙂

    Maybe my parents will get me some for my next birthday along with some chocolate ice cream 😉 I’ll have to give them that idea 😀

  2. Oh my god, I was literally JUST about to ask this exact same question on YA Asylum. YOU STOLE MY IDEA, EMILY. 😉

    Seriously, though, I’m finding it harder and harder to make time to read – however, we do have a four-day weekend coming up so I intend on squeezing in as much bookish time as possible! I feel so guilty, though, because I have seven ARCs that I haven’t touched and I can never say no to a request, sooooo… this is not going to work out well for me. o.O

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