01.07.09
Time for Reading
Someone once told me that as a self-employed individual particularly one who deals with writers and books, any book I buy can be claimed as a business expense.
Since books are an obsession my initial thought after hearing this was WOOHOOO!!!! I’m free to buy whatever book I want! Or, at least I thought I had a license to buy any book I wanted. Unfortunately, budgetary realities set in and I’m still quite a few books short on J.D. Robb, Iris Johansen and a few others in my collection…and I still have about 300 books sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read!
In the midst of my normal mystery and adventure titles, I have added Harry Potter (read all 7 books in less than 3 weeks), The Chronicles of Narnia, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Eragon Trilogy, and will probably read The Fire Within series, as well. There is no shortage of reading material in our house…unfortunately, my 12-year-old doesn’t seem to see the same treasure trove that I do.
As far as what I do in my leisure time goes – whatever that is – reading is usually one that gets cycled through quite often not only because of the beckoning of 300+ books (think of a book-centered Toy Story) but because I love to read. I love to escape reality for a few minutes and lose myself in a world of make believe.
Reading has not only become a job for me, but a joy, as well – if somewhat of an obsession.
