RE: what are you reading?

> No road 
> rage when you are engrossed in a book!

I have actually found on occasion that I don't mind having to wait for a train to pass.
> I agree...the reader makes the book.  I am so thankful for audio books.  Not 
> that I can't see well, it's just I have no spare time to just sit.  I am a 
> HUGE multi-tasker...so I can slap a tape into my walkman and cook dinner, 
> fold clothes, dust....and so on.  Makes driving go by faster too.  No road 
> rage when you are engrossed in a book!  LOL
> 
> 
> 
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> Zone 6
> "People are like stained glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun 
> is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if 
> there is a light from within. - Elisabeth Keble-Ross-"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: kmrsy@comcast.net
> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: RE: [CHAT] what are you reading?
> >Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:54:54 +0000
> >
> > > horror of not being able to see the printed word.
> >
> >I hope that day never comes for any of you, but if it should, you should
> >consider audio. Yes, it is slower than actual reading, but with a good
> >reader, the stories can take on a new dimension.
> >
> >
> >Kitty
> > > Melody - you've hit on my greatest fear.  Like you, I've always had a
> > > horror of not being able to see the printed word.  I just keep reminding
> > > myself that I'm no dummy and I could easily learn braille.  But given
> > > the number of books I go through, then I worry about having access to a
> > > braille library (or an audio library) that could keep me satisfied.
> > >
> > > Just re-read this - honestly, folks, I usually do see that glass as
> > > half-full :)
> > >
> > > Lynda
> > > Zone 7 - West TN
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf Of Melody
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:48 AM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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