Since it's also considered "Fight Procastination Day," I guess you could do both by picking up a book and reading it instead of putting it off until tomorrow.
While I enjoy doing a lot of reading online, as you are right now, I still like reading actual books with a cover, spine, and pages.
Magazines get my attention when they arrive in the mail box. TIME and Sports Illustrated I read cover to cover. Starting around the third grade I began paging through them each week and by the time I finished college I was reading the whole things.
Justifying a commitment to a book has become more difficult, but still something I like to do. Tom Clancy novels are my favorite. Good fiction, autobiographies, and history grab my attention, too.
I tried but failed to really connect with an e-reader called the Nook. The concept seemed to work, but for some reason it was difficult for me to really download the library books I wanted. It said the downloads happened. I just couldn't find the book in the Nook's crannies. Generally I can find the hard cover or paperback books I get at the library.
Lazy days without a pressing agenda are some of the best days to read. Followed closely by busy days when a mental vacation is in order. A good read can transport me to another time and place and allow my brain to reset.
You may be like me and have a shelf or two of favorite books. The best ones you can read and re-read and feel like its new every time. I hope you have a book or two like that in your library. If not, maybe "A Walk in the Woods" might tickle your fancy.
An excellent way to observe Read a Book day is by reading aloud... to a child or an older adult. Instilling the love of reading, or encouraging it, is a most appropriate way to connect any day of the year.
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