Back in April, I wrote about my bedtime reading of The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister. Well, I just finished the final twenty pages of this three hundred ninety-six page adventure. I had been tackling two short chapters a night, and realized I just couldn't make it to the end before I needed to go to sleep yesterday--and so I replaced my morning nonfiction reading with this story's satisfying ending.
Why am I writing about my experience with this book again? Because it reminds me of a post recently written and shared by author Jarrett Lerner:
While I can say that I read every day (I always count environmental reading--blog posts, emails, cooking directions), I can see myself in all the other statements. I am a slow reader, most of the time. There are popular books I have not read, and may never choose to read. And book-jumper that I am, I have started far more books than I've finished, though I am constantly going back to complete at least one a month.
It's Monday, and I finally finished a book I started over a month ago! What long story are you working on reading these days? Do you think you'll finish or abandon it? Either way--you are still a reader!
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