Grace Notes @ Snarkattack

I finally finished a book of selected short stories by Edgar Allen Poe today and restarted reading some poetry by W. B. Yeats - let me tell you, Yeats is dense stuff.

I also came across this article which suggests 14 ways to cultivate a lifetime reading habit. I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember - which is since the age of three, when I was taught. Only a short time in high school saw me stop reading (the first year I began to suffer from depression, in my third year of high school).

So why read? I don’t know to be honest but reading a good book is better than watching television sometimes. No, truly. Last week I was reading 2 highly enjoyable books and just wanting to know what was going to happen next but only letting myself read a certain amount so I’d have something to look forward to the following day. Which reminds me, I was supposed to venture out this week and buy the 6th Harry Potter book which I’ve yet to do.

I very bravely (or stupidly, the two do seem linked somewhat) signed up for a Facebook profile and one of the applications has an option where you can show people the books you’re reading, have read, owned and such. It actually reminds me a bit of aNobii but sadly you can’t add books to the library and I was unable to add my Yeats poetry volume to the list of books being read because it doesn’t exist! Harumph.