Book Binge

I am a binge reader. If I start a book, my life pretty much stops until I get it read, and then I immediately want to read something else. In the last few weeks I have read probably 15 books. In one 24 hour period I finished three books (a personal record I think). It is a blessing and a curse. I can read super fast, but I am not great at retaining information. Also, as my book club bitches will attest to, if I am reading a book to discuss at book club then I can be quite critical of it (they might say that is putting it mildly). However, if I am reading purely for entertainment purposes then I can read, and enjoy, pretty much anything.

Part of the reason I have been reading so much lately is because of our new elliptical. I have been working out five nights a week and found that if I read a book it helps the time pass quickly and enjoyably. Although, with that comes drawbacks. As I said before if I start a book, I have to finish it. Life around me comes to a stand still. The dishes are put off, dinner is something I can cook with a book in one hand, school work is absolutely forgotten about. But it's become a nasty cycle. I can't exercise without reading, yet I can't only read while I am exercising. Needless to say, our house is a complete sty at the moment. I am going to have to figure out some sort of compromise though, because with school starting back up, I do have other obligations that need to be attended to.