IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE

For the most part, I am a happy and enthusiastic reader. However, occasionally, I am met with a challenge from my book shelf and this week has brought with it such a moment.

Pass me a page of fiction and I suck it back like tequila. A tall tale entertains me more than any front page news release ever could, despite whatever shortcomings it brings in the edification department. If it is an escape from the daily grind of my reality, I am so there.

Side bar I feel I should interject here with this: I like my life and do not truly find my daily routine a “grind”. I just simply enjoy stepping into fictional shoes every now and then. K, I feel better now.

This week I have imposed two “must read now” books upon myself. One for personal education, as suggested by someone far more “edumacated” then myself and the other is a choice from a book club I am embarrassed to admit I occasionally dabble in, although, I will not identify at this time in order to maintain my readership dignity. cough, cough Oprah cough, cough.

The books I am about to read are Freeing Your Child From Anxiety by Tamar E. Chansky Ph. D. and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Both will ask me to “be real” while I read and that, my friends, is so not fun for me sigh. Now I admit up front, that I have already begun both and am finding them surprisingly digestible so there is a good chance this experience will finding me smiling at its conclusion. However, this entry is about my book shelf challenge this week and not the results; that’s next week. Until then, wish me luck, as my reading fortitude might need it and feel free to share with me your book shelf challenges this week.