The Joy of A Good Book

I spent a lot of time in the car this week driving to and from Smithfield for classes. The classes were great, but driving an hour both ways at 11:30 on the morning and back again at 9 pm, getting home after 10 makes for a long day.

Today was my third day. I had an early doctors appointment on the way to class so my day started even earlier. One of my sweet beginner students, Ella Ann, invited to her house during my break. I had a little over an hour of down time and she originally offered me a room to lie down in.

I certainly didn’t need to lie down, but I was happy to sit and have a cup of tea with her and talk. It was such a nice visit as she is just about the nicest person. I was not surprised by that since I know four of her five children, who are all wonderful people, as well as four of her many grand children.

We got to talking about books we have read in our book clubs and we had very similar tastes in books. I told her I listened to many books during my drives and this week was no different. I have been listening to my book club’s book and have been so annoyed. The reader does different voices for different characters. There are two children in this book and when the reader does those voices they are much louder and very obnoxious. They are so much louder than the main character I have to turn the volume down in the car when “they are speaking.”

Ella and I both agreed that life is too short to read mediocre books when there are so many wonderful books. Right now the jury is out on the book I am listening too. The bad reader might be ruining it for me, but I will keep at it since it is for book club.

Ella Ann promised to send me the list of her favorite books she has read in the past couple of years. Maybe my book club will chose one from her list.