Anyone who’s read my site regularly knows that I adore reading. It’s one of the few activities I have consistently enjoyed since the age of four. Despite a short break during the school years in college, I’ve read at least one book a week for years and years. Even when I was in college, I spent my summers reading avidly just to catch up.
So one would think that throughout the struggles of my pregnancy, I would take solace in my reading. I would bury myself in books. Well, not exactly. In the last six months since I’ve been pregnant, I’ve read a total of eight books. Four of these were on vacation in Turkey. That’s barely one a month. Before the pregnancy, I’d been reading two a week. I still read the New York Times every Sunday and do a lot of other article reading, but books have been going so slowly. I started Franken’s “Lies and …” two weeks ago and I am only a quarter’s way into it.
I seem to be able to read fun books that don’t require any concentration, but when it comes to a normal book, my attention span is all of two pages before either my eyes close or I get up to pee. Putting pregnancy reading aside (that’s another entry for another day), I really miss reading. So I was hoping you might be able to make some recommendations of easy reading that’s really a page-turner. I read everything but romance and fantasy. I am open to all suggestions. At this point, I figure any reading is better than no reading.
Any good suggestions?
I can’t believe it. 6 months!? Where have I been? CONGRATULATIONS!
xox
Ooo, requested recommendations! 🙂
I’m not sure if the following books are floofy enough but I really enjoyed:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon,
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale, and
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
Fluff? You want fluff, I’m the master of fluff. For the past two years, that’s all I can manage.
Really, really, really good laugh out loud fluff:
Marian Keyes – anything she’s written
Catherine Alliott – anything she’s written
Meg Cabot – Boy Meets Girl
Sophie Kinsella – Confessions of a Shopaholic
But I warn you — laughs by the dozen.
And I know because people look at me weird while I’m reading on the bus until I realize that I’m laughing so hard I’ve got tears in my eyes.
And for crazy mystery, there’s always Kinky Friedman.
Definitely…The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. It is wonderful.
I think I’m sorta the opposite. I often have a tough time keeping interest with fluff … the Da Vinci code sucked me in quick, but I’m pretty sure you read that already.
I know I go through little ADHD periods myself where I can’t even read full blog posts without needing to click the mouse after a few seconds. I just kinda go with it though and usually I go back to normal.
Sometimes all I need is a change of environment. A new cafe or reading in a park.
That is a stunning photo!
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wow, what a beautiful cat and what a beautiful shot. congrats!!!