Hold it, Hold it
My idea of vacation is a quiet condo equipped with a comfy couch and a sunlit balcony–and being within walking distance of a library.
Fortunately, I got all that at a great price–free! Yup, I’m staying at my mom’s place for a couple of weeks while she is traveling. Perfect set up. It’s my old neighborhood, just down from my high school and I’m here for about two weeks.
No yard to tend. No tv to distract. No tempting pantry beckoning me. So no weeding, channel zoning, or needless snacking. Just reading. And yeah, I’m here to focus on my writing too.
image: roanoke.com
Upon unpacking I immediately trotted next door to the library, the one I grew up with from fifth grade through part of college, and scoured the shelves and ordered books not readily available. I’m thinking they would come in a bit at a time, kind of staggered in their return to the shelves.
Nope.
They all popped in within two days and I am reading, reading, reading.
Life should be so complicated, right?
I am now at 53% towards my reading challenge of 101 books. Ooh, I do so like having a batch of books at my fingertips. *sigh*
So far I’ve read:
As well as having thumbed through a couple of fun books:
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure
William Shakespeare: Scenes from the Life of the World’s Greatest Writer
Dante’s Divine Comedy: a graphic novel
How is your summer reading going?
Pam Webb 
Your life sounds amazing at the moment! You are actually living the dream.
Oh my–I best appreciate it more. There must be a book out there or maybe it’s the one I should be writing: Sleep, Eat, Read, Repeat. Do you think Julia would be available for the film version?
I’m very jealous, getting time off is one thing but no distractions, well that is pure bliss. That’s an impressive summer list you have read so far.
Just finished Life After Life by Atkinson. Not that is one interesting approach to a story.
Sounds awesome! I’m so behind on my reading, because I’ve been trying to finish my third draft. The library books are stacking up over here, but I hope to get to them soon.
I write in the morning and read in the afternoon. Reading is my reward. Congrats on the progress of your own writing.