Vampires

One more thing. I love reading. But I never really read the whole book. I read the first few chapters and then the last 3 or 4 chapters. If I can't figure the book out, I read from the back forward and the front backward until I can figure out the story.

Don't ask why. I don't know. I think it's because all books, most books at least are predictable. Plot specifics might change, but really the basic tenet of the book remains the same. (kind of like " the song remains  the same").

I don't like horror and I really never thought of myself as a lover of vampire stories. Not really. My son wanted to bond over True Blood. So we watched. But then I had to read all the books. every one. I read them so fast and out of order that I really couldn't tell you what happens. Not in any specific way.

when I see kids in clinic, I ask what they are reading. Some kids will barely get their nose out of the book to talk. But it's a fascinating world of what kids read. One kid was reading Vampire Academy. And again, to bond, I decided to read it. But I didn't really read it all. I read the beginning, figured out who the characters were. Learned strange words like moroi, dhampir, storgi. etc. Got the gist of the story and skipped to the end. But about the third book, I actually read the whole thing. And realized that I had missed a lot by skipping around. So now, I 'm left with the choice or re-reading the rest, or going forward without a real clue as to what happens. The kid in clinic, was thrilled that I had actually read the series she is reading. So, it's good. And hey, I can almost bluff my way through anything..... she thought I read the whole thing. and yeah, it's a little dishonest, but I did fess up to how I read books, which cracked the mom up. It went right over the kid's head.

There are books that I wish I could read from start to finish but I'd never be able to read if I did that. We decided at work that I was a dork because for about a week I fell asleep every night with nephrology books in my bed. who the heck reads nephrology before they go to bed? I do. I have a big bed, there was room for me and the books and my daughter when she climbed in late at night and a cat. and the laundry that sits at the bottom of the bed waiting to be put in drawers. I hate that part. I'll fold, but could I pay someone to actually put in the drawers or better yet, my kids don't even have drawers they have shelves. How freaking easy is that. But I still hate doing it. I usually fold it about 3 times before it makes it on to the shelves. yes, i"m lazy. and I hate putting away the clothes and emptying the dish washer.

Still Missing: a wonderful, but disturbing book. (and unfortunately, I only read the beginning and the end, so I don't know what she went through in the middle, but I'm okay with that). I mean I don't want to know what it was like to be held captive. But the end it was a shocker. SO I'm glad I sort of read it. I have the general idea and isn't that what counts. Sort of. someday when I have time, I'll read the whole book. but for now.... i'll settle with 6 chapters.

our work book club is trying to read eat, pray love. I put it on CD for one of my office workers, who loved the cd. Unfortunately, I dropped the bag carrying them and now they are out of order. She's says it's kind of fun, skipping from country to country when she changes the CD. She can't count which "bead" (chapter) shes on, because of that. I'm still on bead 6. Cuz I can't love the book. I only wanted to read it because I've been to all three of the countries and I think they are far more interesting than the book. (at bead 6).

Oh well. off I go.