reading is incredibly meaningful to me. i learned english when i entered public school, and i remember burning hot with embarrassment when my second grade teacher announced to the class that i had read a novella on my own, bunnicula (about a vampiric bunny). i remember staring straight down at my desk while she praised me because the two…
reading is incredibly meaningful to me. i learned english when i entered public school, and i remember burning hot with embarrassment when my second grade teacher announced to the class that i had read a novella on my own, bunnicula (about a vampiric bunny). i remember staring straight down at my desk while she praised me because the two blonde girls next to me were glaring, but i also felt this molten core of pride. i stopped devouring books like i did as a kid once phones became smarter, but i never stopped reading. i started to have sleeping issues and discovered that they almost always went away when i read before bed. the pandemic actually kicked up my reading habit. i worked for lululemon and they paid us for three plus months when the pandemic first began while
our stores were shut down. i was living my dream life of reading books, cooking food, and walking long walks every day.
i have a goodreads where i track my reading now. i’m on book 46 of 50. usually i make my goal much less and exceed it but i decided to just go for the big number this year. sometimes i find myself reading a shorter book just to catch back up on my pace. however, if i need to finish a book sometimes i’ll give myself the afternoon on a weekend to finish it and it feels indulgent but not BAD. like it’s brain candy. next year my goal is to read better— i’ve always wanted to keep a card system of what i loved about a book, etc, almost like a log for school. i read so many books now i forget the plots. i also can’t read speculative fiction before bed because the combination of being tired/world building is a disaster haha. so i’d like to dedicate more afternoon weekends to those books. i am an actor, but sometimes i dream of being a librarian.
i also wanted to mention that when the pandemic first began i noticed my attention span was so tiny. i could only read for 15 minutes at a time without wanting to check my phone. it took practice but it got better. also, one tiny hit of weed helped. not enough to knock me out but enough to make tedium interesting.
reading is incredibly meaningful to me. i learned english when i entered public school, and i remember burning hot with embarrassment when my second grade teacher announced to the class that i had read a novella on my own, bunnicula (about a vampiric bunny). i remember staring straight down at my desk while she praised me because the two blonde girls next to me were glaring, but i also felt this molten core of pride. i stopped devouring books like i did as a kid once phones became smarter, but i never stopped reading. i started to have sleeping issues and discovered that they almost always went away when i read before bed. the pandemic actually kicked up my reading habit. i worked for lululemon and they paid us for three plus months when the pandemic first began while
our stores were shut down. i was living my dream life of reading books, cooking food, and walking long walks every day.
i have a goodreads where i track my reading now. i’m on book 46 of 50. usually i make my goal much less and exceed it but i decided to just go for the big number this year. sometimes i find myself reading a shorter book just to catch back up on my pace. however, if i need to finish a book sometimes i’ll give myself the afternoon on a weekend to finish it and it feels indulgent but not BAD. like it’s brain candy. next year my goal is to read better— i’ve always wanted to keep a card system of what i loved about a book, etc, almost like a log for school. i read so many books now i forget the plots. i also can’t read speculative fiction before bed because the combination of being tired/world building is a disaster haha. so i’d like to dedicate more afternoon weekends to those books. i am an actor, but sometimes i dream of being a librarian.
i also wanted to mention that when the pandemic first began i noticed my attention span was so tiny. i could only read for 15 minutes at a time without wanting to check my phone. it took practice but it got better. also, one tiny hit of weed helped. not enough to knock me out but enough to make tedium interesting.
I love Bunnicula!
So do I! And the sequels: Howliday Inn and The Celery Stalks at Midnight (a title that still makes me giggle).
There’s a graphic novel adaptation of Bunnicula that I just read this week and it is a delight!
OMG, I must have it!