What books do you want to read?
My unread stack of books is starting to get out of hand. I’ll explain why this is at the end of this post.
Several of Graham Norton’s novels begin the list, and by several, I mean all 5 of them, including his newest. Frankie.
Next up is Cher’s autobiography. However, I won’t be reading it until the second one comes out because I want to read the whole thing at once.
Then comes Salmon Rushdie’s Knife and Freedom by Angela Merkel.
Now comes the real reason I have yet to crack them open. My eyesight has gotten worse, and I’m afraid to try reading them in case I can’t .I’m just not ready to lose another thing that I love doing. I’m afraid of what that will do to me. You see, reading was one of my first loves. I used to read to escape my life during childhood. Reading books became a safe haven for me, and I’m simply not ready to let it go. Granted, I can read blogs on my tablet, but I can also make the print bigger on my tablet. Also, it’s not the same experience as cracking open a new book,from the smell of the pages to the fact that I can hide behind a book and feel transported into the story and the minds of the authors. It’s as if I can live the story and befriend the author. I’m just not ready to lose all of my friends.
I fully sympathize with your concerns and your apprehension in addressing them. I also have many books I hope and intend to read. However, well into my 82nd year, I’m reminded of a common saying I heard toward the ending of my military service obligation: “I’m a short timer, so I can’t read anything but short stories.” Now, as a career Thanatologist, I have long hoped to face my dying process fully conscious. After all, life is a full time endeavor to figure out what it is all about, so why would I study all my life only to sleep through the final exam?
I’ve reread only a couple of books in my life, but I hope to know when my time is imminent so I can reread The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying — the best book on the subject. Until then I will continue reading current non-fiction with the aim of acquiring and sharing those books — and my thoughts — with my daughter and my grandchildren.
Ironically, I do the same thing with my mother. Currently only buying books she wants to read and when she finishes each one, she gives it back to me
A true heartbreak, darlin’. Praying for the prolongation of your sight. 🙏
I will always accept positive thoughts. Thank you, Ana.
Research has proven that positive thoughts actually do help! 👌
Do you have a link to said research, I would like to read it.
I don’t any more. All my records have been lost many times, and mental energy being at a premium, I may not have what it takes to look for it. I’ll see what I can do.
I will give a look for it myself as well.
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I think they actually researched it as prayer. It was a large, double blind study, and it showed that neither physical nearness nor awareness on the recipient’s part affected the outcome. I believe the expansion into positive thoughts was mine. It’s been a while ~ I’d say thirty years at least, probably more like forty. Good luck!
Ah okay, thanks 😊
How do you feel about audiobooks?
Unfortunately, they put me to sleep after 2 sentences.
For me, it depends on who’s reading the book. I’m a Henning Mankell fan. There was no falling asleep. But Everybody Writes put me out like a light.
I prefer to imagine each character’s voice. It’s harder to escape into a book when someone else is reading it for me.
Excellent point.
Thank you 😍