Susan remembers with nostalgic fondness how she used to pull out a book and read at every available opportunity; in the evening after her toddlers were in bed, on the train during her commute to NYC, in the bleachers at her son's basketball games, during her daughter's guitar lessons, and any time she waited in the car for someone. She still reads every day, but not books, and not in that lovely leisurely way she enjoyed.

Susan's reading is all online now, the laptop for work, or the phone for articles that interest her. Recently she watched this version of MacBeth and whenever she got tripped up by the language or Scottish accent she paused the movie, pulled up Shakespeare's text, then headed to Cliff's Notes to see what she missed. 'Twas very handy.

Susan also encountered a helpful article about how to get in the habit of reading more. Everything starts with keeping a book on us (or e-reader), then reading for however long we have. Possibly reading a few books at a time so there's always something to suit our mood sounds like something Susan would never do, although she has friends who read two books at a time. 

Graphic novels were recommended for a reading rut. Susan is a tremendous fan of graphic novels and has her pal Mikey to thank. He lent her his series of  Preacher novels, which she held onto for like two years, and didn't really like, but she loved the format and has been seeking them out ever since. In fact, Susan thinks you should go out and find yourself a graphic novel tomorrow, she knows your library has them. 

There is no difference between books, e-readers or the phone, however one prefers to read is fine.

A final suggestion was to incorporate reading into our existing daily rituals; instead of scrolling through the phone while we have coffee, read.  And if we don't like a book, stop reading it. Susan absolutely agrees with this and has zero allegiance to that which bores her.

Anyway, Susan is kinda discombobulated by reintroducing her daily BLAHg-ing and needs a little more time to incorporate actual physical books into her schedule. She thinks an hour a day is a good start, and will work out the logistics sometime this week.

Thanks for sticking with her, she'll be back tomorrow.