{"id":5485,"date":"2006-10-20T15:37:07","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T19:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2010-07-15T16:22:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T20:22:52","slug":"beddy-bye-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5485","title":{"rendered":"Do I Read In Bed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Booking Through Thursday question<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Do you read in bed? For how long? Do you fall asleep reading? Will a good book keep you up all night?<\/b> <\/em>\n

    I wish I could read in bed. I can only read in bed if I am sitting up. But I am unable, apparently, to put my head down on a pillow – even if it’s 11 am – without falling into deep REM. It’s actually kind of frustrating. I can’t lie in bed and watch TV, and I have to sit upright to read. Bed is only for sleeping apparently.<\/p>\n

    And I hate hate HATE falling asleep reading. I am so against it. Reading is something I do when I am alert, wide-awake – and I hate having to re-read stuff because of sleep interrupting my consciousness and my ability to, you know, understand what I was reading.<\/p>\n

    Oh, and I have most definitely stayed up all night before with a good book. Darkness at Noon<\/i> comes to mind. I could not leave that book unfinished. Other books I stayed up all night reading (just one more chapter, one more chapter): The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay<\/i> – that was one I was just unable to put down. Stephen King’s It<\/i> – I was afraid to stop reading at certain points because those freakin’ monsters in the sewers would come into my dreams. Keep going, keep going. Also Moby Dick<\/i>. I stayed up all night reading that one. I was living in Hoboken – in this horrible apartment – the one I lived in right before Sept. 11 … and I decided to re-read Moby Dick<\/i> – which I had been FORCED to read in grade school – and frankly, re-reading that book was one of the most exciting literary experiences of my life. I don’t even know how to talk about it, and I’ve rarely posted on it – it’s too hard to talk about. Kate understands – she re-read it at around the same time – and we had many INSANE conversations on the phone, where we both were saying, “How about ‘The Whiteness of the Whale’????” “HOLY SHIT, THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE.” We would read passages out loud to each other. We would sit in silence, contemplating Pip’s fate, and what happened to him. What happened to him … Dudes. Seriously. I’ve never had a reading experience like that, before or since. <\/li>\n

  2. Where do you keep your nighttime reading? Do you have a special table next to the bed? Are there many books there? Do you keep books there that you aren’t reading (finished or unread)? <\/b><\/em>\n

    Well, I’m not really a nighttime reader, really. (See comment above. I cannot crawl into bed with a book. I’ll be out like a light even if I have just woken up. It’s a huge bummer.) I’m more of a morning reader, or an early afternoon reader. No, scratch that: I read anywhere<\/i>, anytime<\/i>. Woody Allen said once something about always needing a book on him, because – what if the line at the bank is long – meaning he has to wait 2 minutes – or what if the elevator doesn’t come in 3.7 seconds? He has a book. I am like that too. Right now I am reading the Dino book, in elevators, on busses, on subways, as I walk down the street, in line at the deli … etc.<\/p>\n

    Back to the question. I do have a table next to my bed – but since I don’t read in bed I don’t keep my current books there. No. Those books are usually just sitting in my bookbag, from their day walking around with me – or they are strewn about the floor. I do, though, have books next to the bed. Just little books I like to have nearby. Book of Common Prayer. Bible. And a wonderful book of inspirational quotes that I really love – you get one a day. It’s my morning ritual. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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