Since I am a fifth grade teacher, I spend a lot of time fostering a love of reading for my students, but oftentimes forget to read myself. During my years as an undergraduate English major, I had so much time to read and was able to explore a variety of authors and types of literature. However, as life took over and my schedule became overburdened with work, graduate school, family and personal obligations, and my overzealous obsession with Netflix, reading has been put on the back burner.
This year, I have set a personal goal to get back into reading. This goal is not only for myself to get back to my love of reading, but to be a better role model for my students and to practice what I preach. With this being said, each week I will post about what I am currently reading at that moment in time. I am also not limiting myself to just discussing the novel I am reading, but also any books for work, graduate school, or anything I may see on the internet. I will leave links to anything I discuss in hopes you may want to check it out too! This blog will help hold me accountable, but I hope it serves as an inspiration for others to start to or get back to reading for enjoyment.
Like you, with my busy life I have put reading on the back burner. It will be interesting to see what you are reading!
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to summer so I can pick up a book from my growing pile of must reads. Thanks for the insight on audiobooks. I miss reading for fun, so I may seriously consider taking the plunge myself.
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Hi Stepahnie!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the same goal. I find that I collect books over the the school year to read during the summer. However, summer comes around and I take graduate courses and find it goes by so fast! I hope my daughter becomes a little more independent and I get to read while she plays.