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26. I have always wanted to read Anna Karenina. Someday I will tackle it.
27. I like to read maps. Have always been fascinated by them.
28. I love infographics. That's reading too!
29. I can't read in bed. I fall asleep!
30. I usually read only one book at a time.
31. I read/watch the weather report every day.
32. I love to read and collect quotes.
33. I get car sick if I read in the car.
34. I like quiet places to read.
35. I was a Nancy Drew fan when I was young and I collect vintage Nancy Drew books
36. I need to carefully read directions when I am putting something together. Can't put something together without them.
37. My mom was a great reading model for me.
38. I loved walking to the library when I was young.
39. I love collecting bookmarks.
40. I like to collect quotes about reading.
41. I like free form poetry.
42. I started reading mysteries again.
43. I get frustrated reading magazines because there are too many advertisements.
44. I research the flowers and plants I put in my garden.
45. I can never have enough bookcases.
46. I don't like reading comics so it is hard for me to read graphic novels.
47. I have favorite words like "serindipity", " persimmon", etc.
48. I love to read with my grandchildren.
49. I can never have enough picture books.
50. I sometimes get to the bottom of a page and have no idea what I read.
March Slice of Life Challenge.
Each day we post our thoughts.
Thank you, Two Writing Teachers!
Day 22-What I Know About Myself as a Reader - Part 2
Each day we post our thoughts.
Thank you, Two Writing Teachers!
Day 22-What I Know About Myself as a Reader - Part 2
Many of these apply to me too! Is that why we became teachers? Maybe. :) I was never able to read in the car until we bought a van. Now I seem to be able to handle it in short doses (30 minutes at a time...I suppose some wouldn't consider that short!) I never buy magazines because of the advertisements, and I am quite sure I will run out of space for picture books (mine, not the ones the students are allowed to read or my own children are allowed to use). That is how I will know when it is time to retire.
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying this, Karen. #26 made me sit up - one of my all time favorite books.
ReplyDeleteOh, I am completely stealing this idea! Serendipity has always been one of my favorite words too--it was in a book I read in fifth grade and my teacher claimed to not know what it meant, so we had to look it up together.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are working your way through this exercise. I did it at one of Franki's summer workshops, and then modeled it in my classroom; I am fascinated by doing it multiple times - what shows up the same each time (strong thoughts of me as a reader), and what shows up once in a while.
ReplyDeleteFound myself vigorously shaking my head at #s 34, 35, 37, 45, and 50, and saying, "Me, too!"