My Summer Goals and The Book Club

When I was a little girl, I loved to sit in my room and read. I couldn't get enough of immersing myself into these imaginary worlds. I would spend hours and hours reading. Sometimes I would read a couple novels in a day. At first when I was little I loved to read Nancy Drew, Goosebump Series, and The Babysitters club. As I grew older I became a fan of Stephen King and True Crime Novels. Reading was a passion of mine. But then life came along, and reading was only something I did, when I had a chance to do. University meant reading texts, and more texts, which left me little urge to pick up another book to read, especially since that's all I did was read texts. The early twenties was filled with bar hopping and going out with friends, working and staying out late, and sleeping all day, and then to get up and do it all over again. There was little time or place in my life to pick up a book and read. I have to be honest that even now, in my early thirties, reading has not been a priority in my life. Don't get me wrong, I still loved to read, and I read the entire Twilight series in a week over Christmas break a couple years ago, but it wasnt in on my priority list. As I have been reexamining my life in the last several months, and making positive changes, I realized that besides the unhealthy habits that I had let go, I had also let go of doing something I enjoyed. My life had been about stress, work, school, more stress, eating badly, and drinking alcohol to cope with the stress. There really wasn't any room in my unhealthy lifestyle to do the things I once enjoyed so much, But alas this has been the year for positive change. And I have decided that this summer is going to be one of relaxation and enjoyment rather than one of stress and anxiety. Although my summer job is stressfull (I waitress in a tourist area in the summer), this summer I have vowed to make it more enjoyable. No longer is alcohol a part of my life anymore, but so is the stress. I have learned that when making positive choices and changes in your life, in order to live a life of peace and tranquility, one needs to make time for themselves and do something they like. So this summer I have decided to read. I am hoping to read at least a book or two a week. As I was soaking in the tub the other day, finishing up my second book off my reading list, i decided to use this blog as a forum to start a kind of book club. I am hoping that some of you will be inspired by the books that I have been inspired by, and that I can be inspired by books off your reading list. So I will be dedicating some blogs to the books I have been reading and will rate them out of five, and I hope that you will comment and leave books for me to read!!! I say enjoy the summer and happy reading everyone.