Any bookworms out there?

I am a huge book worm too. My kids give me so much crap about it. I read every single day. And I tend to panic if I don't have a book to read. I wonder if that is an actual fear. I will read just about anything too. My guilty pleasure is vampire novels. My all time favorite author is JR Ward.
This is my second go round with MFP. I lost 40 pounds the first time. I am hoping to lose the same this time around.

Wow, I think I've found my village people! Reading through all the books mentioned brings back so many good memories. I will read just about anything, even the drug info that comes with my prescriptions. Because I'm deaf in one ear and always had lots of kids around, I've steered away from audiobooks..the kids' radar blipped every time I started to listen, and suddenly they HAD to have my attention..now that they're all mostly grown, I'm interested in using them in my walks. Looking for some new friends here!

SarahStartingOver wrote: »

ammo7 wrote: »

melizabird919 wrote: »

I'm aiming to log my food everyday and do some sort of physical activity. It's so hard not to cuddle up with a book!

As a fellow bookworm, I can understand that! But I've found a way to channel my motivation to read into motivation to move: I only read my books while walking now. I'm so desperate to find out what happens, that I get at least 16,000 steps every day.

I wish you the best of luck sticking with your goals - it will be worth it

How do you do this and not fall?
Lol also a bookworm here, I read my nook while on the elliptical and will go 45 minutes without feeling it, but everyone asks me how I'm not dizzy doing that, not sure I'm just not. But just curious how you walk while reading, I would love to be able to master that skill.

I walk and read, it drives some people crazy because they are convinced I will walk into traffic. I'm not really sure how to explain how to do it. It's just something you do, maybe it is a practice thing? lol

nade0069 wrote: »

SarahStartingOver wrote: »

ammo7 wrote: »

melizabird919 wrote: »

I'm aiming to log my food everyday and do some sort of physical activity. It's so hard not to cuddle up with a book!

As a fellow bookworm, I can understand that! But I've found a way to channel my motivation to read into motivation to move: I only read my books while walking now. I'm so desperate to find out what happens, that I get at least 16,000 steps every day.

I wish you the best of luck sticking with your goals - it will be worth it

How do you do this and not fall?
Lol also a bookworm here, I read my nook while on the elliptical and will go 45 minutes without feeling it, but everyone asks me how I'm not dizzy doing that, not sure I'm just not. But just curious how you walk while reading, I would love to be able to master that skill.

I walk and read, it drives some people crazy because they are convinced I will walk into traffic. I'm not really sure how to explain how to do it. It's just something you do, maybe it is a practice thing? lol

Just like reading and watching TV. As a kid, it used to drive my Dad nuts when I would do it. He just couldn't imagine being able to concentrate enough on either and would test me by asking me about what just happened on the TV. I could tell him exactly what was going on and even what commercials just aired.

I come from a reading family, but neither of my brothers got into it except magazines (although they both married avid readers so my sisters in law and I exchange books and titles). Both parents were avid readers although Mom mostly only had time for the newspaper and occasional magazine. When she retired, she started reading more books and now I share books with her. Dad read books constantly. His taste was mostly detective novels. I started reading early and constantly. I grew up in a small town with a large library right across the street from the schools that had grades k-9 (the high school was on the edge of town) so I had constant access. We could get a note from home giving us permission to leave the grounds to go to the library during lunch. The librarians got to know me really well and would even hold new books for me for a day or two because they knew I had read everything already. I even got permission to use the adult library a year earlier than most because I was such an avid (and advanced) reader. I really helped that my parents. librarians, and teachers all supported my desire to read. I don't remember anyone saying something was too advanced for me. They all knew that, if it was, I would get bored and put it down.

I read all over the board too. I love mysteries, fantasy, biographies, historical fiction, historical nf, how to's, travel, really just about anything that might teach me something..a few years ago, I participated in challenge on BookCrossing, called the Olympic Challenge, which was to read one book by an author from each country participating in the Bejing Games..all within two years.That was an eye opener in many ways. I learned right off the bat that there are more participating countries than there a countries reckognized by the UN. And I was flabbergasted to find that Scotland didn't field it's own team, and so was not on my list...I read for them anyway. I also learned to not be afraid to read 'above my head.' Dead Russian writers no longer intimidate me. On a food-related note, I had to resort to reading cook books for some places...which was interesting too.

earlnabby wrote: »

nade0069 wrote: »

SarahStartingOver wrote: »

ammo7 wrote: »

melizabird919 wrote: »

I'm aiming to log my food everyday and do some sort of physical activity. It's so hard not to cuddle up with a book!

As a fellow bookworm, I can understand that! But I've found a way to channel my motivation to read into motivation to move: I only read my books while walking now. I'm so desperate to find out what happens, that I get at least 16,000 steps every day.

I wish you the best of luck sticking with your goals - it will be worth it

How do you do this and not fall?
Lol also a bookworm here, I read my nook while on the elliptical and will go 45 minutes without feeling it, but everyone asks me how I'm not dizzy doing that, not sure I'm just not. But just curious how you walk while reading, I would love to be able to master that skill.

I walk and read, it drives some people crazy because they are convinced I will walk into traffic. I'm not really sure how to explain how to do it. It's just something you do, maybe it is a practice thing? lol

Just like reading and watching TV. As a kid, it used to drive my Dad nuts when I would do it. He just couldn't imagine being able to concentrate enough on either and would test me by asking me about what just happened on the TV. I could tell him exactly what was going on and even what commercials just aired.

I come from a reading family, but neither of my brothers got into it except magazines (although they both married avid readers so my sisters in law and I exchange books and titles). Both parents were avid readers although Mom mostly only had time for the newspaper and occasional magazine. When she retired, she started reading more books and now I share books with her. Dad read books constantly. His taste was mostly detective novels. I started reading early and constantly. I grew up in a small town with a large library right across the street from the schools that had grades k-9 (the high school was on the edge of town) so I had constant access. We could get a note from home giving us permission to leave the grounds to go to the library during lunch. The librarians got to know me really well and would even hold new books for me for a day or two because they knew I had read everything already. I even got permission to use the adult library a year earlier than most because I was such an avid (and advanced) reader. I really helped that my parents. librarians, and teachers all supported my desire to read. I don't remember anyone saying something was too advanced for me. They all knew that, if it was, I would get bored and put it down.

You get me. When my sister and I were kids I would go to my corner and read and she would go through great lengths to try to distract me. Never was able, it drove her bonkers.

In school, teachers didn't really get me, I was highly advanced at the shall we say "ghetto" school. So once I got bored in math class from not being challenged (which would usually be a few weeks in) I would start keeping myself entertained by reading (it was either that or napping) my math teacher (who read from the book) would then try to test me by asking me what she just said and I would repeat it, and correct any mistakes she made. Actually I am not being fair, my English/French teacher for 11th and 12th grade got me and my computer sciences teacher as well. They challenged me as best as they could under the circumstances and didn't give me grief when I went off to do my own thing.

Seems like you had a lot of encouragement to read and that makes me happy. My dad was absolutely fanatical about making sure that I read, when it looked like my sister and I were loosing interest he went to great length to make sure we kept reading. He made his own stories, he found found new books to read with us, he is my book hero!

Total book nerd here! Sci-Fi, mysteries, fantasy, historical fiction are all awesome. Terry Pratchett is my personal hero and all-time favorite author; I just about went into mourning when he passed away earlier this year. When I die I hope I'm reincarnated into Discworld. Stephen King, Dick Frances, Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, Diana Gabaldon (Outlander series seriously rocks), Ernest Cline, Neil Gaiman, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, I could go on for hours. I love my Ipod and use it on my walks and when I'm cooking/cleaning but nothing will ever replace the feel and smell of an actual book. Besides, If I accidentally get a book wet in the bath tub I can dry it out. The Ipod not so much.

I LOVE libraries...I am almost in a panic when I think that maybe someday there won't be any.

Here is my list of favorites (not in order):

1. The Light Years - James Salter. Something about his writing in this book makes me absolutely swoon
2. Hotel New Hampshire -- John Irving
3. A Secret History -- Donna Tartt
4. The Handmaid's Tale -- Margaret Atwood
5. Cowboys are My Weakness -- short stories by Pam Houston
6. Birds of America -- Lorrie Moore. Devastatingly funny stories.
7. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius -- Dave Eggars
8. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle -- Haruki Marukami
9. My Other Life -- Paul Theroux. I read this one again and again.
10. One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

If any of these speak to you...tell me your favorites! I always keep a running list in my phone for when I go to the library. Oh and I am still looking for someone who has read "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt...been dying to discuss it but no one I know has read it!!

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enterdanger wrote: »

If you like John Irving I would recommend some Tom Robbins. He's kind of like John Irving on crack. He's got the same brand of dark humor and need for making social commentary in his stories, but the stories themselves tend to have a lot of magical realism. My favorite from Robbins is a toss up between Jitterbug Perfurme, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates.

These are so great! I loved whichever Tom Robbins book it was where the main characters were like.... a can of beans, a rock, and a spoon... something like that? I can't remember, but it was funny. And if you like Tom Robbins you gotta try Christopher Moore, specifically FOOL (story of King Lear as told by the irreverent and wonderful court jester, named Pocket.) Hilarious! I listened to the audiobook and it was just wonderful. And possibly LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (note: not everyone will appreciate the humor in this one for sure).

I think that was "Skinny Legs and All" Yes, the can of beans was always the voice of reason.

Oh and amazon has a bunch of the Pat Conroy books on Prime, which I found really surprising since he is a very famous author. I loved, loved, loved The Prince of Tides. Never saw the movie, but the book....The relationship dynamics in the family were familiar, funny, and heartbreaking all at once. Also loved The Great Santini. You can tell that Mr. Conroy's dad was a real piece of work.

nade0069 wrote: »

Seems like you had a lot of encouragement to read and that makes me happy. My dad was absolutely fanatical about making sure that I read, when it looked like my sister and I were loosing interest he went to great length to make sure we kept reading. He made his own stories, he found found new books to read with us, he is my book hero!

My parents didn't overtly encourage us to read but they made reading materials and opportunities readily available. When we were in Jr High, they bought us each a magazine subscription of our choosing (my nerd brother got Popular Mechanics, my jock brother got Sports Illustrated, and I got Seventeen). They also got National Geographic and Reader's Digest for the family. I always took the permission note allowing me to leave the school to go to the library during lunch with me on the first day of school and they would drive us to the library when we wanted to go and the weather was too bad to walk or ride our bikes.

A reader is going to read, they just need the opportunity. I love the Little Free Library movement (which I am proud to say started in my home state of Wisconsin) which provides materials for people to read. I have dropped off a few books to the one a couple of blocks from me. http://littlefreelibrary.org/

When I have traveled, especially in the UK and Ireland, most of the B&B's I stayed at had a "take one, leave one" library so I could continue to read new stuff without having to carry a bunch of books around with me. Of course, now that I have a Nook, traveling with books is easier.