Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Did I blog about this before? I feel like I blogged about this before? Hmm... anyway, I have decided that I'm not reading enough. Awful right? The editor of READ magazine isn't reading enough. So I'm implementing a new literary diet into my daily routine. If you haven't guessed what it is yet, then you aren't one who reads subject lines are you?

25 pages a day

It doesn't seem so hard, right? I think the last time I blogged this idea I said I was going to attempt to read 50 pages a day. Well, that was probably well over a year ago and if I remember correctly, it only lasted for about a month. Let me tell you though, that was a wicked cool month.

Reading regularly is easy once you get into it. Set your own goals and try it yourself. Read 10 pages every night before you go to sleep. Or read 5 pages in the morning while you're eating breakfast. Whatever you want. Or... you could just read. There doesn't have to be any strict rule about it. Maybe this whole idea turns you off. That's fine, too. I suppose it could seem like a project to force yourself to read a certain amount every day. And the last thing you need is yet another project. Am I right?

Well anyway, this is about as informal a bloggy entry as you'll ever see here. Things have been crazy hectic lately and it's all we can do just to keep our heads above water. I hope you are enjoying your READ magazines. Are you? Hope so. I really do.

Stick around here for a couple days. We've got a huge hit coming your way on Friday. Want a hint? Check out the back cover of READ Issue 7. That's the Native American issue. Do you see that guy there wearing the crown? Yeah, he's pretty cool. Trust me.

OK. Read.

WORD


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Bryon    Posted by
Bryon
on 11/27/2007
10:15 AM
11/27/2007 12:51:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
some days I don't want to read a book because i'm too tired. then i read a newspaper article or a magazine article instead - that's reading too. the important thing for me, though, is that it be on paper; something i can hold in my hand instead of reading on screen. i like the goal of 25 pages a day. that's actually manageable, and digestable.
11/27/2007 10:26:26 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
25 pages seems like a lot. Maybe I could try for 10. At that rate, maybe I'll finish Mayflower by NEXT Thanksgiving! It's a great book. I'm up to page 265. Only about 100 pages to go! But I'm too tired tonight.
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