Re: what are you reading?

That nose in a book thing...I can relate...you have no idea how many
light poles and walls I've run into in my life 'cuz I can't seem to get
my nose out of a book! :-)



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Thu 12/04, Jesse Bell < jesserenebell@hotmail.com > wrote:
From: Jesse Bell [mailto: jesserenebell@hotmail.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 08:28:45 -0600
Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?

Same here Melody....books were my escape out of my dysfunctional family
<br>life. I lived my life in books. I would read until 3:00 in the
morning and <br>my mother would come in my room and yell at me to turn
the lights out and go <br>to BED! I was an advanced reader in school
too. When I lived in Enid, <br>Oklahoma and received my first library
card, I thought I had died and gone <br>to Heaven. Then we moved to a
more rural area...and no big library. BUT <br>the book mobile came to
our school and I was the first in line and checked <br>out the maximum
amount of books every single time. I can't imagine life <br>without
books. I was reading to my children at a very, very young age. I
<br>think that makes a big difference. Two of my three children do not
like to <br>read now (I can't understand that at all) but the one who
looks the most <br>like me (Brianna) is a book worm. And my stepdaughter
(the youngest) has <br>her nose in a book all the time.<br><br><br>Jesse
Rene' Bell<br>Claremore, OK<br>Zone 6<br><br><br><br>>From: "Melody"
<mhobertm@excite.com><br>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you
reading?<br>>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 06:47:34 -0500 (EST)<br>><br>>Reading
is something so basic to my life that I fear for my sanity<br>>should I
ever lose my sight...it seems to me that no one ever had to<br>>really
show me how to read...I distinctly remember picking up the Dick<br>>and
Jane books in first grade and somehow what was on those pages
just<br>>made sense to me...one of the truly memorable moments of my
life was<br>>getting my first library card at the public library a few
weeks later. I<br>>will never forget the intense feeling of awe and
sheer joy that card<br>>gave me...literally a passport out of the hell
my childhood was into as<br>>many worlds of magic as I could read...by
middle of first grade I had<br>>been moved into the third grade reading
classes, by the time I hit 7th<br>>grade they no longer had enough for
me to read and so put

me in an<br>>independent study program...it was great since it meant I
had access to<br>>any book in the public library system I wanted to
read. Finished most of<br>>the "classics" long before I hit high
school...so it seems strange to me<br>>that these days most of my
reading consists of the trashiest romance<br>>novels I can find...the
more lurid sex the better! :-) But truth be<br>>told, I'll read just
about anything I can lay my hands on...I love<br>>murder mysteries,
anything to do with serial killers, science fiction,<br>>romance,
classics, etc...I guess I'm just an indiscriminate reader. A<br>>couple
of years ago, one of our local thrift stores went out of
business<br>>and the owner gave away all of the paperbacks in the
store...in one<br>>hour, I carried out over 500 romance novels...took me
less than a year<br>>and a half to read them all...truly wish I'd had
time to make a second<br>>stop before she closed her store for good.
Right now I'm reading Thomas<br>>Gifford's The Assassini, a murder
mystery that concerns the Catholic<br>>Church.<br>><br>><br>>Melody, IA
(Z 5/4)<br>><br>>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
mysterious."<br>>--Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Wed 12/03, Judy L
Browning < judybrowning@lewiston.com > wrote:<br>>From: Judy L Browning
[mailto: judybrowning@lewiston.com]<br>>To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:49:57
-0800<br>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?<br>><br>>Gene, we
must be related somehow.<br>In 3rd grade, my desk was right<br>>next to
the "library", four short shelves of<br>books. While the teacher<br>>was
diverted by classmates, I read them all, at the<br>expense of
basic<br>>math skills. I never could stand to stay on the page
when<br>we read<br>>aloud.<br>Judy B<br>z6 Idaho, 40s & rainy this
week.<br><br>-----<br>>Original Message -----<br>From: "Gene
Bush"<br>><genebush@otherside.com><br>To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:<br>>Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:49
AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you<br>>reading?<br><br><br>> Judy

,<
br>> A single book by Burroughs was in a box<br>>of books given to my
parents<br>> when I was a pre teen. Very much a<br>>mix... Arabian
nights, Bullfinch<br>> mythology, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew,<br>>Verne, De
Maupassant. It was like dying<br>> and going to heaven. Took<br>>the box
and stayed hidden all summer reading it<br>> all. The Tarzan<br>>book
was one of a series and I remember being very<br>> disappointed
at<br>>the time over the "to be continued". And this summer I got<br>>
to<br>>thinking about it once more. Finally began looking and the
Science<br>><br>>Fiction Book of the Month club had the three in the
services in one<br>>book<br>> reprinted this past month. I took it as a
"sign" and ordered a<br>>copy.<br>> A bit later when I went to a boy's
home there was a library<br>>just up<br>the<br>> hall from me..... cool.
Our very own library and<br>>study hall.<br>> Gene E. Bush<br>> Munchkin
Nursery & Gardens, llc<br>><br>>www.munchkinnursery.com<br>>
genebush@munchkinnursery.com<br>> Zone 6/5<br>>Southern
Indiana<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>><br>> > I<br>>can't
remember if I read Burroughs or Verne first. I was
introduced<br>>to<br>> > both by the bookmobile that dropped by the
school every 2<br>>weeks. Tthe<br>four<br>> > books allowed were read &
reread long before<br>>it was due again. Oh, the<br>> > anticipation.
The best thing was it<br>>always had a different selection of<br>> >
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