Re: what are you reading?

Melody - when I was a kid and my eyes went bad, they kept deteriorating
so fast that I overheard the doctor (yes I was eavesdropping) tell my
parents that if they couldn't stop it I could feasibly go blind by the
time I was 20. When I used to go to the public library as a kid, I was
secretly teaching myself Braille, just in case. Obviously it didn't
happen and my parents never said a word about it. Got real lucky there.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu,  4 Dec 2003 06:47:34 -0500 (EST)

>Reading is something so basic to my life that I fear for my sanity
>should I ever lose my sight...it seems to me that no one ever had to
>really show me how to read...I distinctly remember picking up the Dick
>and Jane books in first grade and somehow what was on those pages just
>made sense to me...one of the truly memorable moments of my life was
>getting my first library card at the public library a few weeks later. I
>will never forget the intense feeling of awe and sheer joy that card
>gave me...literally a passport out of the hell my childhood was into as
>many worlds of magic as I could read...by middle of first grade I had
>been moved into the third grade reading classes, by the time I hit 7th
>grade they no longer had enough for me to read and so put me in an
>independent study program...it was great since it meant I had access to
>any book in the public library system I wanted to read. Finished most of
>the "classics" long before I hit high school...so it seems strange to me
>that these days most of my reading consists of the trashiest romance
>novels I can find...the more lurid sex the better! :-) But truth be
>told, I'll read just about anything I can lay my hands on...I love
>murder mysteries, anything to do with serial killers, science fiction,
>romance, classics, etc...I guess I'm just an indiscriminate reader. A
>couple of years ago, one of our local thrift stores went out of business
>and the owner gave away all of the paperbacks in the store...in one
>hour, I carried out over 500 romance novels...took me less than a year
>and a half to read them all...truly wish I'd had time to make a second
>stop before she closed her store for good. Right now I'm reading Thomas
>Gifford's The Assassini, a murder mystery that concerns the Catholic
>Church.
>
>
>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
>--Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Wed 12/03, Judy L Browning < judybrowning@lewiston.com > wrote:
>From: Judy L Browning [mailto: judybrowning@lewiston.com]
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:49:57 -0800
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?
>
>Gene, we must be related somehow.<br>In 3rd grade, my desk was right
>next to the "library", four short shelves of<br>books. While the teacher
>was diverted by classmates, I read them all, at the<br>expense of basic
>math skills. I never could stand to stay on the page when<br>we read
>aloud.<br>Judy B<br>z6 Idaho, 40s & rainy this week.<br><br>-----
>Original Message -----<br>From: "Gene Bush"
><genebush@otherside.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
>Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:49 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you
>reading?<br><br><br>> Judy,<br>> A single book by Burroughs was in a box
>of books given to my parents<br>> when I was a pre teen. Very much a
>mix... Arabian nights, Bullfinch<br>> mythology, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew,
>Verne, De Maupassant. It was like dying<br>> and going to heaven. Took
>the box and stayed hidden all summer reading it<br>> all. The Tarzan
>book was one of a series and I remember being very<br>> disappointed at
>the time over the "to be continued". And this summer I got<br>> to
>thinking about it once more. Finally began looking and the Science<br>>
>Fiction Book of the Month club had the three in the services in one
>book<br>> reprinted this past month. I took it as a "sign" and ordered a
>copy.<br>> A bit later when I went to a boy's home there was a library
>just up<br>the<br>> hall from me..... cool. Our very own library and
>study hall.<br>> Gene E. Bush<br>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc<br>>
>www.munchkinnursery.com<br>> genebush@munchkinnursery.com<br>> Zone 6/5
>Southern Indiana<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>><br>> > I
>can't remember if I read Burroughs or Verne first. I was introduced
>to<br>> > both by the bookmobile that dropped by the school every 2
>weeks. Tthe<br>four<br>> > books allowed were read & reread long before
>it was due again. Oh, the<br>> > anticipation. The best thing was it
>always had a different selection of<br>> > books.<br>><br>>
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