I must confess that when I read about this I was, initially, awfully smug. I thought to myself, "Pfft. As if i need to pledge such a thing. I love reading! I know my way around my library and I have to restrain myself from buying more books because we're running out of room for them!" Then, I started to think about what I was reading at the moment, and how many books I had read in last few months. It wasn't many, it wasn't nearly enough.
[Judging by the piles of books that exist all over our house, I still need to work on my self restraint.]
When I was ten, eleven, twelve or so I would go to the library and get out ten books, which was exactly how many we were allowed to have out on our card at once. Sometimes I spent hours browsing until I found exactly what I wanted. I would then take my reading ration home and glutonously consume them all at once, safe in the knowledge that I could return for another ten next week. These days are quite a different story. You would find me, hovering between the shelves, with two or three books, fretting over which one to get this time because surely I won't have time to read them all.
I know that I have less time now than then but, seriously, it's not that much less. Afterall, I still have time to get caught in the blog train (you know, where you start reading one blog and link to another, and another and so on), to take up skating, to garden, to make mayonaise and chocolate stout. There are plenty of things to do, ways to fill the hours, but surely I could find more time to read as well.
Not only could I, but I absolutely will. Hand on my heart, I promise.
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