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From the age of 5, seemingly endless hours were spent in the pool as I swam for New England Swimming/AAU. The smell of chlorine is nostalgic. During life's tough times, I draw on my swimming experiences of discipline, coupled with my faith in Jesus Christ. I spent many years out west for my schooling in speech-language pathology and special education, before returning to NE to teach. Although I have a passion for teaching young children with special needs, I currently am at home with my own 2 sweet girls, both of whom have sensorineural hearing loss and are the greatest gifts in my life.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Book Worm

A book worm I am not. However, I do enjoy reading, but have put it on hold since Pupetta's birth. I remember when I transferred high schools entering my junior year. I would attend a coed boarding school in Connecticut. Since I was a new student, I not only had to read the long list of assigned books for our grade, but for the previous years as well! I had a list of aproximatly 30 books I was supposed to read over the summer with titles including Northwest Passage and Out of Africa. Yeah right. I read about ten and NOT those two! The only ones I can remember are The Picture of Dorian Gray and Good Times Bad Times. Both fantastic books.

I go through periods of reading and non-reading. I'm ready to embark on a reading period again. Not only is my brain turning to mush, but I've realized I've actually missed reading. Not to put too much pressure on myself, but just a little to keep me moving, I've decided to read one book a month. Most of my selections will be less than 300 pages. That's about all I can do. Big books are scary.

In March I read


Loved it! Admittedly, I am a bit more paranoid now, but it's good to be safe I guess. I could not put this down and I found myself staying up late reading with a flashlight. That hasn't happened in a long time. It felt great and I can't wait to read more!
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

my sister in law read this one and said that it was really disturbing...what did you think of it?

April 6, 2010 at 5:37 AM
Unknown said...

I'm afraid of this book. My sister told me it was disturbing as well. Are you having residual nightmares?

April 6, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Swimmingmom said...

It is disturbing, but for some reason I really liked the book. There are some great things in it too. My sister-in-law won't go near it either. I don't have nightmares Jenny, but I do find I'm on my guard more as I tend to be naive. I read The Shack last year, and that is still on my mind as this is one often. For some reason the way it was written I just couldn't put it down. I must like tough topics or something - my favorite books are My Sister's Keeper, A Million Little Pieces (I know the language is horrible), and Amazing Grace.
The next books on my list are different though: Our Forgotten Children- Hard of Hearing Pupils in the Schools; A Mother's Book of Secrets; and In My Brother's Image.

April 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Mommy Knows Best said...

I have this book and I thought it was well written. I still haven't seen the movie, yet, but I want to. I have a book that you might like- It's called Joel and it is a very inspiring true story about Joel Sonnenberg. You won't be sorry you read it!:)

April 6, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Michelle said...

I was just trying to talk Rex and Marianne into starting up the old book group. Your books were some of my favorite reads, so I can't wait to see what else you recommend!

April 7, 2010 at 12:02 AM
Trueman twins said...

I love it when you get a book and you can't wait until that point in the day where you can sit down and read and read and read. It feels great to immerse yourself in it and let your own life go for just a bit..

April 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Company EIGHT said...

I'm glad you liked it. I have had this on my list for awhile, so it's good to hear some feedback.

April 11, 2010 at 2:56 PM

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