February: I Love To Read Month

It’s February and it’s I Love To Read” month.

 

Reading is a wonderful thing to celebrate. I’m so grateful I can read.

I don’t have childhood memories of reading every chance I could get, or under the tree, or in a secret place like a lot of adults talk about, but at some point in time I started to read more and became aware of how much I love to read. It’s a wonderful thing.Image result for reading quotes

I do have lots of memories from reading to my boys in their childhood. Reading was a very precious time. I loved reading to them, and we read to them a lot. Our reading times are some of my fondest memories. I can picture me sitting on the sofa with a boy at each side, cuddling up, by the light and reading and reading…many books, many times, including every night before bed. I cherish those remembrances.

I have always liked books but I believe my love of books began when I started reading to my children. I started learning about, and buying, books to read to our boys. I’ve acquired a small collection of children’s books, which I continue to enjoy to this day (and still add to my collection).

 

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I am in a book club, which I enjoy very much. I have read so many books over the years that I would probably never have picked out to read on my own. It has been, and continues to be, a wonderful experience. I borrow most of the books I read for our book club from our local library. However, there are certain other books I buy so I can highlight or underline ideas or thoughts as I read. My husband loves to read too, so we do have our own collection of books on bookshelves at home.

The book I wrote for my granddaughter.

I wrote a children’s book. The story line is about skyping and I used clip art for the illustrations because it is about using computers so I thought clip art was appropriate. I had a print center in town print, laminate, and bind the book for my granddaughter whom I skype with – in Africa – and now, with her brother too. I’ve sent it to publishers but so far no one is interested. It was a fun project.

There’s so many more thoughts to share on reading. I love to read…here’s to “I love to read” month!

6 thoughts on “February: I Love To Read Month”

    1. I think a lot of us share those special memories of reading to our kids and that’s a wonderful thing!
      I’d love to show you my book sometime.

  2. Valerie, reading has been my passion since a wonderful first-time grade teacher shared her passion for books with me and I fell in love with the magic of the written word. Our world expands with each book we read, I think. How lucky we are to have access to the abundance of books that we do. Thanks for sharing this passion, and that of writing, with me!

    1. I agree that our world expands with each book we read! There are so many fun quotes about reading “out there.” Here’s one…
      “I am a part of everything that I have read.” Theodore Roosevelt

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