Surfy... give yourself time. I, myself, read in stages. Sometimes I will get on a kick of a certain type of book for a month or two.. even a year or two. After a while, you tire or ge bored with the subject and go on to something else. I wasn't able to read Tolkien until college age. Couldn't seem to read something so stuffy when I was younger.
When I was 14, I got majorly into Robert Ludlum. Great author. He has great spy thrillers. A little gorry in parts, but fascinating. I spent 2 years, off and on, reading all he ever published. Then it was onto Isaac Asimov. Strange worlds he created. Then I read.. hmmm... probably spent a lot of time on Shakespeare and all the major 'classical' authors that English classes make you read. I had the equivalent of college English classes my junior and senior year of high school.
When I went to college, I breezed through my first 2 semesters of English... I wouldn't recommend taking such difficult classes, unless you are a glutten for punishment. I could have had so much more time to spend on fun in high school. I don't remember ever having a night with less than 4 hours of homework and essays to write and notebooks to keep.
I think that I had brain freeze after that and consequently partied too much in college. *laughing* I had fun and would do it again, I think.
*edit* This message is all over the place... I think that my mind is wandering too much. I am taking a break from packing. Ahhh... Why are vacations so tiring? No, don't answer that.
When I was 14, I got majorly into Robert Ludlum. Great author. He has great spy thrillers. A little gorry in parts, but fascinating. I spent 2 years, off and on, reading all he ever published. Then it was onto Isaac Asimov. Strange worlds he created. Then I read.. hmmm... probably spent a lot of time on Shakespeare and all the major 'classical' authors that English classes make you read. I had the equivalent of college English classes my junior and senior year of high school.
When I went to college, I breezed through my first 2 semesters of English... I wouldn't recommend taking such difficult classes, unless you are a glutten for punishment. I could have had so much more time to spend on fun in high school. I don't remember ever having a night with less than 4 hours of homework and essays to write and notebooks to keep.
I think that I had brain freeze after that and consequently partied too much in college. *laughing* I had fun and would do it again, I think.
*edit* This message is all over the place... I think that my mind is wandering too much. I am taking a break from packing. Ahhh... Why are vacations so tiring? No, don't answer that.

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