| p>I admit it; I am addicted to the written word in | | | | offer insight into my industry and the newest |
| all its glorious formats. If I am awake and not | | | | technology. I skim them all, reading articles that |
| talking or working, I am reading. I was watching | | | | catch my interest and scanning the rest. |
| Capote the other day and was stunned by the | | | | Additionally, my business partner is always trying |
| difference 50 years can make in the accessibility | | | | to help me with my pop culture cluelessness by |
| of things to read. In the movie they show a | | | | passing on his Stairmaster reading, like People, TV |
| scene of the author reading selections from his | | | | Guide, and Entertainment Weekly. I keep these to |
| third book. This was a big event that drew a large | | | | read in the car when early to an appointment, or |
| crowd and garnered much media coverage. So | | | | pop them in my bag to peruse while waiting in line. |
| many fewer books were published in those days, | | | | They are great for situations where I will be |
| and the availability of what a reader could get | | | | reading in bursts, as nothing requires full attention |
| their hands on were limited to the local | | | | or concentration. |
| newsstand, bookstore and library. Nowadays, the | | | | Books, printed and bound, will always be my |
| true junkie has a multitude of options available and | | | | number one love. My space is truly overrun with |
| can spend every waking minute reading and still | | | | books, as I read 5-9 books a week and always |
| not make it through all the available text that | | | | have more coming in. I read in the morning, |
| they find interesting. | | | | before I sleep, while I enjoy a hot bubble bath |
| The Internet offers enough options to keep the | | | | and any extra time I can squeeze out in my day. |
| most avid reader going night and day. It may | | | | I try to trade them as much as possible so I |
| take some time to separate the wheat from the | | | | have as many going out as coming in, but they |
| chaff, but there are fantastic offerings for | | | | are still stashed in every available nook and |
| everyone, no matter how obscure your interests | | | | corner. I adore everything from non-fiction books |
| may be. Personally, I have my "can't miss" blogs | | | | on building a business to biographies of people |
| that I check in with everyday; I want to know | | | | who have achieved greatness in their field. |
| the latest happenings for the folks that I find | | | | Mysteries are a great way to exercise my |
| interesting. I love the multitude of voices within | | | | powers of deduction from the safety of my own |
| several forum communities that I visit often, and | | | | bed. Some fiction offers insight to far away lands |
| sometimes feel that I simply must chime in. The | | | | or into the lives of people who experience life |
| Internet gives me the option of checking news | | | | differently or from past times. Trashy romances |
| from other places. I am out here on the left | | | | provide pure escapism and mindless |
| coast and love to read the right coast view in the | | | | entertainment. |
| online version of the New York Times, as well as | | | | Some people say that books will soon be a thing |
| the views of the middle as represented in the | | | | of the past, replaced by ebooks and other |
| Chicago Tribune. | | | | electronic formats. While I love reading the reading |
| Magazines are another way to kill some hours | | | | I do online, I only read books in their printed |
| reading. Running a company, I am sent free | | | | format and don't think they will ever disappear. |
| subscriptions to a multitude of publications that | | | | After all, I can't take my laptop into the bathtub. |