My stupid weakness

Yesterday, I was talking to my brother about books. We were talking about our love for reading. How we love when a book takes us out of this world and puts us in their world. I love forgetting about the worries I have when I read a book. My poor husband always feels abandoned when I get into a book. I get so engrossed in it, that I don't hear him talking to me until he's said my name 500 times.... Sorry babe.

As I mentioned in my first blog post, I need books with dialogue. I don't know what it is, but when a book doesn't have a lot of dialogue, my mind wonders. I have a bad habit of skipping ahead to the dialogue. When I hear the book being read to me, I can concentrate just fine. I have been trying to read this trilogy called "The Sword of Shannara". Hardly any dialogue. If they talk, the bad guys catch them, and the good guys win. No one wants that. So why can't I read this book that is packed full of intense get aways, and cutting it too close hiding from the bad guys? That is the question. So this brings me to:
My new goal.

I am going to try and get over this weakness. It's a really lame excuse not to read books. There are so many books I've been wanting to read, but steered clear of, because the lack of dialogue. It's sad, really. Books like "Count of Monte Cristo", and "The Lord of the Rings", and, well, "The Sword of Shannara". So, last night, I picked up my book again. I separated myself from all distraction. (although, no distraction can be the worst distraction...) and I read. I read a chapter and a half that contained 2 VERY short conversations. It was mostly "They talked about this. They argued about that. So and so told them he didn't like what they were doing." and so on. I tried to get into it's world, and you know what? It kind of worked. I enjoyed it all. I'm excited to read more today (and before yesterday, I hadn't touched the book in several months).

I think I will always be drawn to books with dialogue, but I hope that the point will come that don't need it to enjoy a book. I would love to hear some books that you have read and loved!

Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned, and remember God loves you! See ya!