Ready, Set, Read!!

I have been on somewhat of a reading frenzy. That's both Good News and Bad News. Reading frenzies are really good for the soul. They sooth and relax; they allow you to be your new best friend, or to live in the most magnificent places. Losing yourself in a book is the best form of Prozac. A really good book has glorious streams and pairings of words that make you say....wow. Words by themselves are just that...words. But when put together in an artful form, they become much much more. They become parts of you. They create a pause in your life. Your breath may hold for just a minute as you reread the same sentence over and over. You then begin to wonder just what wonderful mind put them together. You might ponder how many times the author played with that sentence to get it just right. I think sometimes authors are just so adept at making word necklaces that they string them in just the right manner the very first time the sentence is written. I would imagine though, there are other times when it takes many many edits to get them perfect. But when they are done, there has got to be such a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I love reading frenzies. But I did say Bad News didn't I. There are maybe one or two downsides to these frenzies....or at least in my world. Very little else gets done. I become sad at the end of a particularly wonderful book. I may or may not put on a pound or two because of extreme sitting and snacking. So here's the thing. If you see me and my jeans may be a touch too tight....or you call to drop by and I put you off for a day.....Diagnosis.....READING FRENZY.