Comments on: Goldilocks (BTT)

By: heather

heather — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:52:08 +0000

Literary Feline: It is harder for me to focus on non-fiction than fiction, but fiction… heh… doesn’t matter where!

Chris: lol, I can see how an unfamiliar layout would confuse the issue. don’t fall down the stairs!

Mei: Why am I thinking of the time a housemate’s mother stayed with us and suddenly we saw her running down the hall with a smoking pan trilling “coming through, coming through!” as the smoke alarms went off?

Aaron: That makes a lot of sense. Certainly if I’m restless, I’m restless! But luckily that happens less often these days.

Krones: Glad to hear you’re finding it easier to read everywhere!

By: Krones

Krones — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:31:38 +0000

I’m moving away from being a Goldilocks reader, my reading habits are changing. I am dipping into numerous book all at the same time where as before I stuck with one at a time until it was finished and I had to be in the right frame of mind to even begin. My one place I can’t read is a noisy doctor’s office; with the kids crying, or locale mongrel chatter, etc. But that’s why audio books were invented!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:25:00 +0000

For me, it’s more about internal distractions than external. I can get wrapped up in something to the point that nothing else seems to exist. But my head usually doesn’t want to slow down enough for reading. Whether there’s noise or there’s silence, my mind’s just as likely to wander.

So the trick is just to struggle through a chapter or two, until I finally become absorbed.

By: Mei

Mei — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:59:02 +0000

Ha! I definitely have left things on the stove too long because I’m in a book!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:40:16 +0000

Thanks for visiting my blog. Reading while walking is challenging in the new house. I need more practice.

By: Literary Feline

Literary Feline — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:33:32 +0000

I generally can read anytime and anywhere, but sometimes not so much. If the volume is too loud, forget it. If it’s a book I really really need to focus on, I need time and quiet. Otherwise, I a quick peek while waiting at the drive thru or while my husband pumps the gas, is no problem.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:22:27 +0000

robustyoungsoul & Daphne: Heh, this is the fun part of memes—finding out you aren’t so weird after all.

Mo: *grin* I’ve definitely had that problem. “Hey wait… didn’t my coffee finish brewing an hour ago?”

ScottM: Oh goodness I do understand that problem. Mom used to have the hardest time getting through to me while I was reading when I was young.

Stephanie: Yeah, I can imagine that kids must make that SO necessary!

By: Daphne

Daphne — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:39:08 +0000

There definately seems to be a pattern here! That must be what makes us all such avid readers.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:40 +0000

And I’m absolutely like you!! Especially now that I have kids, if I had to wait around for the perfect time, I’d never get any reading done!! Great answer!!

By: ScottM

ScottM — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:33:57 +0000

I’m also not goldilocks; like you, I can dip in instantly for any length of time. Talking to me while reading is futile. I used to put the radio or a CD on while reading, but realized that after an hour I never could name more than one or two songs that had been on. I get lost way too easily…