{"id":336,"date":"2016-05-08T01:27:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T05:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=336"},"modified":"2016-05-08T01:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T05:27:34","slug":"to-read-or-not-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"To read, or not to read?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I was struggling to read a highly-praised novel that I was hating. I thought it was just me, that I was failing as a reader, so I kept trudging along, page after terrible page. I had promised myself to read today, and read I would. After about thirty minutes I realized I had finished several chapters. I didn\u2019t hate it anymore. But I wasn\u2019t really reading it either. I was actually just ignoring it. I could not remember anything I had read. I even clicked back a few pages only to discover the words were entirely foreign to me. \u00a0I finally accepted defeat and closed the book forever.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"old-books\" width=\"345\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/old-books-676x287.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite all of that I still wanted to read. After I deleted the daydream-inducing novel, I searched through the other titles I had available. I finally noticed the icon for Neil Gaiman\u2019s new collection of short stories. I don\u2019t know why I waited so long to start reading <em>Trigger Warning<\/em>. It has been on my Kindle for months, unopened. It is opened now, and it is delightful.<\/p>\n<p>Random musings from this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I finished watching <em>Sherpa<\/em> this weekend. I can\u2019t resist the allure of Mt. Everest.<\/li>\n<li>I really really wanted the Penguins to close out the series against the Capitals tonight.<\/li>\n<li>I feel inspired to finish that collection of short stories I\u2019ve been working on for years.<\/li>\n<li>I have already grown weary of all the election coverage.<\/li>\n<li>The final season of <em>Banshee<\/em> is great so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I was struggling to read a highly-praised novel that I was hating. I thought it was just me, that I was failing as a reader, so I kept trudging along, page after terrible page. I had promised myself to read today, and read I would. 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