Reading Dilemma

I am writing this as an attempt to tear myself away from a book I am reading. It is 10:20 on Saturday night and I need to be at church around 7:30 or so tomorrow morning. If I don’t want to fall asleep during the sermon, I need to go to bed and get some sleep. But I want to read!!!

The book is The Associate by John Grisham. I know it came out in 2009 but I am a little behind on some of my reading. There was a time when I would read every Grisham book that came out as soon as it was published. But somewhere along the line, in the last few years, I have been distracted by other books and priorities in life and I am behind on my Grisham reading.

This book is really good. So good that, even though it is Saturday night, I am sitting in my apartment with no TV and no music, reading the book. Every time I thought I might put it down and do something else, there would be a twist in the story or something suspenseful would happen and I would have to keep reading.

I just finished Chapter 29 and the book has 42 chapters. Should I stay up and read the last 13 chapters? I could probably finish it by midnight but it might take longer. This would be ok if it was a different night of the week but, since I have to get up at 5:00, staying up past midnight reading a book that I could finish tomorrow would be foolish.

I think this might be working. The more I write, the less I am feeling the urge to read. It would probably help if the book wasn’t sitting next to my left arm on the desk. Hold on….I’ll move it.

There, now I can’t see it because it is behind me. Of course it is still calling to me but its a little fainter.

It’s just that something exciting happened at the end of Chapter 29 and I want to know how this is all going to play out. How is Kyle (the main character) going to get out of this predicament? Will the bad guys win? Will the good guys win? I WANT TO KNOW!!!

Ok….I really need to head to bed. The book can wait until tomorrow. But I think that, so I don’t pick it up in the morning and make myself late for church, I am going to put the book somewhere instead of on the table behind where I am sitting now.

I can’t believe how much I love to read. Always have. Ever since I learned. And every time I read a book like this, a book I can’t put down, I am reminded about how much I love to read and how happy it makes me.

But, it is bedtime. Good night, everyone! Hope everyone has cool plans for tomorrow that involve staying indoors in air conditioned rooms reading a good book. That is my plan!!