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This weeks question: How have your reading habits changed in the past few years? Did you get interested in a new genre? Do you read more? Less? Why do you think your habits changed, if they did.
They’ve definitely changed for a few reasons. One, I have three kids under four years old. I just don’t have the same amount of time to read. If I don’t like a book, I stop reading it. I never would have done that before kids; I would have read it to the end to finish it. And two, my mom just went through chemo and major surgery for bladder cancer, so I just can’t stand to read anything about cancer at the moment. I feel like I’m seeing fictional cancer books everywhere lately (The Fault in Our Stars, is it?), but I just need a break from cancer related stuff. (She is currently recovering from surgery, but cancer free, so yay.)
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~Pam
Hopping through. How do you continue to read with children? Especially with babies? I don’t have kids yet but am trying. I’d like to stay a reader when I have kids.
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Sorry to hear about your mom’s cancer. I’m glad she is cancer free now. I know quite a few people who have experienced it. Fortunately they are all cancer survivors too.
Kids, yeah, I read a lot of children’s books when mine were little, but not so much for me. Now that they are older and can read for themselves, I’m getting back into what I like.
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I feel ya. I don’t have kids of my own, but I help take care of my niece in the evenings, and even that blocks out a lot of my reading time! Don’t know how you do any with a whole gaggle of kids. 😀 Congrats on your mom’s recovery. That’s amazing! And I totally understand not wanting to read books on the subject.
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So glad to hear your mom is recovering and cancer free! I can’t say I blame you and wouldn’t want to read anything on cancer either. 🙂
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Sorry to hear that, I don’t like reading anything about people having fatal illnesses or cancer either. It’s so sad, I prefer to read happy stories. I’m glad your mother is doing better. Sharing that must have been hard, so thanks for sharing. Old Blog Lovin follower.
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I am so sorry to hear about your Mom and hope she gets well soon..I too shy away from sad stories but have started taking them up recently just to test myself.. 🙂
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Sorry to hear that your mom has been battling cancer. We went through the same thing when my children were little. It hurt Mom so much that she couldn’t be around the kids. 🙁 She has been cancer free for 10 years now. So glad your mom is cancer free. Now for many more years for both our moms!
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I find I do DNF books too now a days. But it generally doesn’t happen too much since I choose the books I want to read!
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God Bless. I’m glad your momma is ok! I try to veer away from sad stories or ones that hit home a bit to close. I want to escape not get sucked back in ya know.
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All the best to your mum! I can fully understand, I feel there should be a Big C warning in books – I can’t face reading about cancer because I’m slightly hypochondriac
So sorry to hear about your mom, but I’m glad she’s recovering now. 🙂 Most of the time I also don’t like reading books that deal with illnesses, they just make me feel too depressed!
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