Dreaming About Books

I love to go to sleep after reading a book, and dream about the book all night. I dream about TV if I watch it too, but it's not the same. For some reason, that I don't understand, dreaming about books is so much more enjoyable. I'm reading The Crocodile Bird right now. If I can get the kids in bed every night, I'll read it in about three nights. I feel so lucky sometimes that I have reading. Some people just don't have the love of it, but I think it's just because they never got into it. Reading is one of the things that I've really missed since I had kids, because I've been too distracted or busy or tired, mostly distracted. Children are all consuming. It's great to finally have them close to being on a schedule.

I went a long time where I didn't read for pleasure, only for knowledge. I'm happy to be reading fiction and not just how-to books. Sometimes, I only read things that I think I should know. I actually have trouble deciding what to read, and that always bothers me. I would like to join a good book club. Maybe I'll start doing Oprah's again. I really did read some great books from the Oprah Club. East of Eden is probably my favorite book ever now, and I would have never read that book. I couldn't put it down. Maybe I should read more Steinbeck, but that sounds pretentious. If I read a classic for pleasure, I can only talk about it in my journal because telling anyone I know would sound completely phony.