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-----Original Message-----
From: Misty Felner <misty@...>

How many people zone out reading a book?

-=-=-=-=-

ME!

In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
interrupted. I'll often keep reading for hours and hours---no sleep,
little food, because I've GOT to finish!

I've backed off reading A LOT these last few years. I have too much to
do to get caught up in a really good book. Fiction and biographies are
especially bad. You know, I think I quit reading when we started
unschooling. If I read fiction, I'm reading to the boys. Most of my
reading time before was when Cameron was in school. I really am way too
busy to be reading these days. Maybe when they're grown and gone I can
pick it back up...

Mostly I read now on the computer, magazines (short articles! <g>), and
non-fiction "how-to"---it's just less consuming.


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://liveandlearnconference.org

April Morris

Kelly,
Thanks for that reply. I've never heard anyone else admit that! As a child
and teen I read a lot as a socially acceptable form of escapism. It was very
effective for me. I couild tune out just about anyone and everything. Once I
had kids, it didn't take me long to realize how easily I could neglect them
by reading. I just can't seem to stop part way through. I can tell myself
tht the book isn't going anywhere, it will be there when I get back...it
doesn't matter. I finally just stopped reading fiction for myself. I simply
can't maintain a balance. It can even happen with books on tape. It's quite
a joke in the family if I'm driving and there is a particularly good book
we're listining to. I have been known to go miles past our exit before even
realizing it. Totally on auto-pilot. Now the kids know to pay attention and
keep me in reality. TV doesn't do that do me. I can have the tv on and do
any number of other tasks. For me tv is a much better use of my time than
reading is. At least for now. None of my kids have the same problem with
reading. They enjoy reading, but can usually put a book down and rarely does
a book take over their lives. For me, books are not the wonderful good thing
society says they are.

~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey


On 4/17/06, kbcdlovejo@... <kbcdlovejo@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misty Felner <misty@...>
>
> How many people zone out reading a book?
>
> -=-=-=-=-
>
> ME!
>
> In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
> interrupted. I'll often keep reading for hours and hours---no sleep,
> little food, because I've GOT to finish!
>
> I've backed off reading A LOT these last few years. I have too much to
> do to get caught up in a really good book. Fiction and biographies are
> especially bad. You know, I think I quit reading when we started
> unschooling. If I read fiction, I'm reading to the boys. Most of my
> reading time before was when Cameron was in school. I really am way too
> busy to be reading these days. Maybe when they're grown and gone I can
> pick it back up...
>
> Mostly I read now on the computer, magazines (short articles! <g>), and
> non-fiction "how-to"---it's just less consuming.
>
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy
> Conference Coordinator
> Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> http://liveandlearnconference.org
>
>


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Daniel MacIntyre

I zone out too - and not just in front of books. I can do it in front of
the computer, the tv and even while driving. I once got locked in a
bookstore without realizing it until I finished the book I was reading. My
first thought when I closed the book was "I shouldn't have been able to do
that..."

On 4/17/06, kbcdlovejo@... <kbcdlovejo@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misty Felner <misty@...>
>
> How many people zone out reading a book?
>
> -=-=-=-=-
>
> ME!
>
> In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
> interrupted. I'll often keep reading for hours and hours---no sleep,
> little food, because I've GOT to finish!
>
> I've backed off reading A LOT these last few years. I have too much to
> do to get caught up in a really good book. Fiction and biographies are
> especially bad. You know, I think I quit reading when we started
> unschooling. If I read fiction, I'm reading to the boys. Most of my
> reading time before was when Cameron was in school. I really am way too
> busy to be reading these days. Maybe when they're grown and gone I can
> pick it back up...
>
> Mostly I read now on the computer, magazines (short articles! <g>), and
> non-fiction "how-to"---it's just less consuming.
>
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy
> Conference Coordinator
> Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> http://liveandlearnconference.org
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein


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Melanie Ilsley

Me too, had to cut back on my book consumption, can get so engrossed i don't do
anything else, oh well worse vices. LOL melanie:
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misty Felner <misty@...>
>
> How many people zone out reading a book?
>
> -=-=-=-=-
>
> ME!
>
> In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
> interrupted. I'll often keep reading for hours and hours---no sleep,
> little food, because I've GOT to finish!
>
> I've backed off reading A LOT these last few years. I have too much to
> do to get caught up in a really good book. Fiction and biographies are
> especially bad. You know, I think I quit reading when we started
> unschooling. If I read fiction, I'm reading to the boys. Most of my
> reading time before was when Cameron was in school. I really am way too
> busy to be reading these days. Maybe when they're grown and gone I can
> pick it back up...
>
> Mostly I read now on the computer, magazines (short articles! <g>), and
> non-fiction "how-to"---it's just less consuming.
>
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy
> Conference Coordinator
> Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> http://liveandlearnconference.org
>

Melanie Ilsley

LOL that is so funny--omg ive always dreamed of being locked on a bookstore, even as a
kid my sibs would say "wouldn't it be cool to be locked in the toy store overnight" and i
would think, only if they have good books. LOL Melanie- In
[email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <daniel.macintyre@...> wrote:
>
> I zone out too - and not just in front of books. I can do it in front of
> the computer, the tv and even while driving. I once got locked in a
> bookstore without realizing it until I finished the book I was reading. My
> first thought when I closed the book was "I shouldn't have been able to do
> that..."
>
> On 4/17/06, kbcdlovejo@... <kbcdlovejo@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Misty Felner <misty@...>
> >
> > How many people zone out reading a book?
> >
> > -=-=-=-=-
> >
> > ME!
> >
> > In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
> > interrupted. I'll often keep reading for hours and hours---no sleep,
> > little food, because I've GOT to finish!
> >
> > I've backed off reading A LOT these last few years. I have too much to
> > do to get caught up in a really good book. Fiction and biographies are
> > especially bad. You know, I think I quit reading when we started
> > unschooling. If I read fiction, I'm reading to the boys. Most of my
> > reading time before was when Cameron was in school. I really am way too
> > busy to be reading these days. Maybe when they're grown and gone I can
> > pick it back up...
> >
> > Mostly I read now on the computer, magazines (short articles! <g>), and
> > non-fiction "how-to"---it's just less consuming.
> >
> >
> > ~Kelly
> >
> > Kelly Lovejoy
> > Conference Coordinator
> > Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> > http://liveandlearnconference.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Daniel
> ( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )
>
> "When the solution is simple, God is answering."
> Albert Einstein
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Daniel MacIntyre

In my defense, while they did turn off the lights, the one I was under did
NOT turn off. I like to think that actually having lost my light source
would have clued me in.

On 4/17/06, Melanie Ilsley <us5@...> wrote:
>
> LOL that is so funny--omg ive always dreamed of being locked on a
> bookstore, even as a
> kid my sibs would say "wouldn't it be cool to be locked in the toy store
> overnight" and i
> would think, only if they have good books. LOL Melanie- In
> [email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <daniel.macintyre@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I zone out too - and not just in front of books. I can do it in front
> of
> > the computer, the tv and even while driving. I once got locked in a
> > bookstore without realizing it until I finished the book I was
> reading. My
> > first thought when I closed the book was "I shouldn't have been able to
> do
> > that..."
> >
>

--
Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein


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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/17/06, Melanie Ilsley <us5@...> wrote:
>
> Me too, had to cut back on my book consumption, can get so engrossed i
> don't do
> anything else, oh well worse vices. LOL melanie:


I usually have two books going at any given time. One is either some sort
of non-fiction book on parenting, children, breastfeeding, relationships,
religion, science, etc. and other is what some would consider a "trash
novel." The kind of book that you read then throw away (although I don't
throw mine away LOL!) the non-fictiony book usually is something I have to
read in short spurts in order to get a ful comprehension and analyze what I
have read and the 'trash novel" is usually something that is fun that I can
get into, but not so deeply that I must turn the page (Dan Brown's books are
that way). Right now I am reading S. Morgenstern's The Princess Bride by
William Golden. If you have seen the movie you will love the book. I think
this is the 20th anniversary of the film's release.





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Su Penn

On Apr 17, 2006, at 7:48 AM, April Morris wrote:

> could neglect them
> by reading. I just can't seem to stop part way through. I can tell
> myself
> tht the book isn't going anywhere, it will be there when I get
> back...it
> doesn't matter. I finally just stopped reading fiction for myself.

One of my friends and I have a long-standing joke that if we took the
Alcoholics Anonymous quiz and substituted "reading" for "drinking,"
we'd definitely need to enter a 12-step program:

Have you ever decided to stop reading for a week, but only lasted a
couple of days?

Does your reading interfere with your sleep?

Have you ever missed work because of your reading?

Has anyone ever told you you read too much?

Do you read because you are shy in social situations?

Have you ever gotten into financial trouble because of your reading?

Does reading cause you to neglect your family?

Do you envy people who can read without getting into trouble?

Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you didn't read?



We don't mean to trivialize a real addiction like alcoholism, but
it's only half a joke about reading. I sometimes hear someone talking
about how they hated TV because their mother was always too busy
watching TV to spend any time with them, and I've had moments when I
could imagine my kids growing up to say that about books! So I am
careful about when I pick up books and which books--I avoid long
novels, for instance. Most non-fiction I can read in chunks and pull
away from, so I read a lot of non-fiction now.

Su

Deb Lewis

Misty wrote:
***How many people zone out reading a book?***


Kelly wrote:
***ME! In fact, if it's a really good read, I can get snippy if I'm
interrupted. ***


I think she meant "zone out" as in no brain activity. Not engaged. I
think she might have meant that if one is engrossed in a book one's mind
is busy as opposed to sitting in front of the TV with no brain activity.

I can sit with a book in my hand looking at the words not comprehending a
thing; realizing later that my mind was working on something else
entirely. Sometimes I've flipped back whole chapters until I recognize
the plot again, after having supposedly "read" those pages. Was I
zoned out? My brain was doing something, reviewing a previous
conversation, making a shopping list, retracing events that lead to an
argument. Is that zoned out? If it is, then I suggest zoning out has a
value of it's own. Even if there's no tangible evidence of our brain
activity (number of pages read) we can be making vital discoveries and
connections that will help us in our next moments or our next
interactions with others. Even if I had minimal brain activity in those
moments (and I don't think that's possible) who's to say that isn't
exactly what I needed? Who's to say that isn't some kind of mental
health preservation technique humans evolved over time to help us cope
with stress? Maybe in those moments my blood pressure drops, my heart
rates slows, my adrenaline levels subside and I am truly calm. Maybe I
just added an extra year to my life. <g>

Same with TV. Although I don't believe that children who stare at the TV
and ignore their mom's voice are necessarily "zoned out." I think a
couple of different things can be happening. The obvious one is that
what their seeing is stimulating them more and better in that moment than
mom. That's probably kind of scary for some moms. Kind of insulting,
maybe? Another thing might be that they *need* to ignore mom if her
voice is interfering in their pursuit. Sometimes we have to emotionally
disconnect ourselves from a downer. That's probably a little scary for
moms too. Our kids shouldn't think of our guidance and wisdom as a
downer. If they do we see that as a failing on their part, as
misbehaving or as being a brat. But if our kids are experiencing our
wisdom and guidance as negativity, something depressing, a bummer, that's
*our* problem and we need to fix that. It's *our* failing.

I think a kid who is staring at TV, even if later they can't tell you
what they watched, is getting something valuable from that. They might
be absorbing more than they can explain. They might be working on some
problem. They might be day dreaming. They might be taking a much needed
break from a controlling mom. None of that is "zoned out." None of
that is bad, none is proof of brain death.

But again, if there is a "zone" of minimal brain activity, who's to say
that it's not just what that child needed in that moment?

Some people study meditation for *years* to be able to reach a state of
mental and physical calm. They pay for expert teachers. They're trying
to get to the zone. <g>

Parents should be making life interesting for kids. If the most
interesting thing is TV sometimes I'm grateful we have that! If the most
interesting thing is TV most of the time, then I'm not doing my job. I'm
not being a good tour guide. <g> Taking away the TV won't make a kid's
life more interesting and without a fun tour guide to the rest of the
world it will actually be making life less interesting. If parents are
making the world available to their kids, then there's no point in taking
TV away.

I think we see TV negatively because moms are get pissed off when a kid
would rather look at Power Rangers than dust the piano. I think we see
TV negatively because teachers get pissed off if an episode of "That's So
Raven" kept a kid from finishing boring homework. I think as parents
we'd like to be the most interesting things in our kids life and it
insults us if we feel like we come in second, (or further down the list)
to SpongeBob or Seinfeld or Godzilla. <g>

So, get up and be interesting! And be grateful there are Cartoons and
comedians and monsters for the occasions when you don't have much to
offer. <g> Be glad you can give your kids a big life!

Deb Lewis

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/17/06, Su Penn <supenn@...> wrote:
>
> Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you didn't read?


That's the part that I'd have to say no to. My life would be much worse
(for me) if I didn't read.





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Jessica Radtke

Oh, that is *SO* me! I can't say that I envy people
who can read without getting into trouble or that I
feel my life would be better without reading, but
other than that I'm a hopeless addict ;-) I
purposefully gave up reading most fiction after I had
kids. I can easily put down non-fiction, but I get
snippy when I get interrupted while reading fiction. I
tried to "get over it" but I would still snap at my
son before I realized I was doing it. I decided that
my son was more important than books and switched to
reading mostly non-fiction. I still read at least half
a dozen books at a time though!

Jessica

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Melanie Ilsley

no need to defend yourself, i think it is great, did you finish the book, how did you leave
the store(i shared your story with my 8 yr old, she was envious too, "wow a whole book
store all night, to yourself", but had ?'s) ; )Melanie in Vt--- In
[email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <daniel.macintyre@...> wrote:
>
> In my defense, while they did turn off the lights, the one I was under did
> NOT turn off. I like to think that actually having lost my light source
> would have clued me in.
>
> On 4/17/06, Melanie Ilsley <us5@...> wrote:
> >
> > LOL that is so funny--omg ive always dreamed of being locked on a
> > bookstore, even as a
> > kid my sibs would say "wouldn't it be cool to be locked in the toy store
> > overnight" and i
> > would think, only if they have good books. LOL Melanie- In
> > [email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <daniel.macintyre@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I zone out too - and not just in front of books. I can do it in front
> > of
> > > the computer, the tv and even while driving. I once got locked in a
> > > bookstore without realizing it until I finished the book I was
> > reading. My
> > > first thought when I closed the book was "I shouldn't have been able to
> > do
> > > that..."
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Daniel
> ( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )
>
> "When the solution is simple, God is answering."
> Albert Einstein
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

trektheory

--- In [email protected], Jessica Radtke
<jessradtke@...> wrote:
I still read at least half
> a dozen books at a time though!
>
> Jessica
>

So, does that make you a serial reader? ;-)

Sometimes, I'm a cereal (box) reader....

Linda

Daniel MacIntyre

It was a saturday in a strip mall, the store closed at 6:00 P.M. I was
there because I had taken my wife (fiancee at the time) to the nearby bridal
shop for her final fitting. It took them a long time and she came out of
the store a fairly long time after it had officially closed. She expected
me to be by the car or the store since she knew the bookstore had closed.
When she couldn't find me, she checked the other stores in the strip mall.
Most had closed, but there was an art studio that was still open. They were
giving lessons in oil painting. She stayed with them until almost 9:00,
then she and one of the patrons came back around looking for me. As amy
tells it, the lady she was walking with asked what I looked like, so she
would have a better chance at identifying me. While Amy was describing me,
she suddenly asked if I wore glasses. Amy looked around and saw me looking
out the bookstore window with a phone in my hand (I was about to call the
police - boy am I glad I looked outside again!). They called the building
superintendant, who let me out and took my name and address (incase
something turned up missing, I guess).

Yes, I finished the book, but it was a thin volume.

On 4/17/06, Melanie Ilsley <us5@...> wrote:
>
> no need to defend yourself, i think it is great, did you finish the book,
> how did you leave
> the store(i shared your story with my 8 yr old, she was envious too, "wow
> a whole book
> store all night, to yourself", but had ?'s) ; )Melanie in Vt--- In
> [email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <daniel.macintyre@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > In my defense, while they did turn off the lights, the one I was under
> did
> > NOT turn off. I like to think that actually having lost my light source
> > would have clued me in.
> >
> > On 4/17/06, Melanie Ilsley <us5@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > LOL that is so funny--omg ive always dreamed of being locked on a
> > > bookstore, even as a
> > > kid my sibs would say "wouldn't it be cool to be locked in the toy
> store
> > > overnight" and i
> > > would think, only if they have good books. LOL Melanie- In
> > > [email protected], "Daniel MacIntyre" <
> daniel.macintyre@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I zone out too - and not just in front of books. I can do it in
> front
> > > of
> > > > the computer, the tv and even while driving. I once got locked in a
> > > > bookstore without realizing it until I finished the book I was
> > > reading. My
> > > > first thought when I closed the book was "I shouldn't have been able
> to
> > > do
> > > > that..."
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel
> > ( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )
> >
> > "When the solution is simple, God is answering."
> > Albert Einstein
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein


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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/18/06, Daniel MacIntyre <daniel.macintyre@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yes, I finished the book, but it was a thin volume.


Don't feel bad. I got locked in a library once. Fortunately, I worked there
and was familiar with security (small college campus). I, too, was quite
engrossed in a book. Fortunately, I just called security and told them that
I was, uh, working, yeah, that's the ticket, and didn't realize that
everyone had left. I loved that library. It had 3 stories and a basement
and no elevator. Big alcoves and small cubby areas where you could curl up
with a book. At closing the last one to leave would stand in the center of
the first floor and say, "We are now closed. Please leave the building."
If you were on any other floor away from the center railing (it was open up
the center to the roof) or in the basement you could easily not hear the
call. There was no visual check. I'm sure I wasn't the first person locked
up in the library late at night.





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trektheory

--- In [email protected], "Pampered Chef Michelle"
<pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:

>
>
> Don't feel bad. I got locked in a library once.

That's my fantasy! (Actually, a modified version of it -- my REAL
fantasy is to just move in.) Why call security, when you can have all
those books, all night? :-)

Linda

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/18/06, trektheory <trektheory@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Pampered Chef Michelle"
> <pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Don't feel bad. I got locked in a library once.
>
> That's my fantasy! (Actually, a modified version of it -- my REAL
> fantasy is to just move in.) Why call security, when you can have all
> those books, all night? :-)


I had a date :) Otherwise I probably would have just stayed. I could have
stayed up all night reading and lounge on one of the couches and if I got
hungry there was a snack machine in the staff lounge. I could easily see
how I could have moved in had I a way to shower.





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lesliel23

How funny! This is so me...just ask my husband. He tells me all the
time "you've always got your nose in a book!". He also makes lovely
house cleaning jokes like "I guess the dishes would already be done
if you'd put that book down" or my fave "Let me guess, you'll cook
dinner after you finish this chapter?" He's a hoot! I am a self
proclaimed book freak!


***> One of my friends and I have a long-standing joke that if we
took the
> Alcoholics Anonymous quiz and substituted "reading"
for "drinking,"
> we'd definitely need to enter a 12-step program:
>
> Have you ever decided to stop reading for a week, but only lasted
a
> couple of days?
>
> Does your reading interfere with your sleep?
>
> Have you ever missed work because of your reading?
>
> Has anyone ever told you you read too much?
>
> Do you read because you are shy in social situations?
>
> Have you ever gotten into financial trouble because of your reading?
>
> Does reading cause you to neglect your family?
>
> Do you envy people who can read without getting into trouble?
>
> Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you didn't
read?
>
>
>
> We don't mean to trivialize a real addiction like alcoholism, but
> it's only half a joke about reading. I sometimes hear someone
talking
> about how they hated TV because their mother was always too busy
> watching TV to spend any time with them, and I've had moments when
I
> could imagine my kids growing up to say that about books! So I am
> careful about when I pick up books and which books--I avoid long
> novels, for instance. Most non-fiction I can read in chunks and
pull
> away from, so I read a lot of non-fiction now.
>
> Su
>

Melissa

Okay! I had to reply to this....my kids know that the best excuse in
our family is 'one more chapter', or 'when I finish this chapter'.
It's the one I always use. My hubby laughs too, because he'll ask if
I am ready for bed. If I say, when I finish this chapter, he just
goes on to bed. He knows that means the end of the book or until I
cannot physically keep my eyes open.
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose

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On Apr 18, 2006, at 4:36 PM, lesliel23 wrote:

> How funny! This is so me...just ask my husband. He tells me all the
> time "you've always got your nose in a book!". He also makes lovely
> house cleaning jokes like "I guess the dishes would already be done
> if you'd put that book down" or my fave "Let me guess, you'll cook
> dinner after you finish this chapter?" He's a hoot! I am a self
> proclaimed book freak!